Energy & Green Tech
Power plants generate electricity and send it into power lines that distribute energy to nodes, or sites, where it can be used. But if the electricity load is more than the system's capacity, transmission can fail, leading ...
Nov 10, 2020
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Hi Tech & Innovation
For years, the idea of a "3D business" only evoked images of 1950s theater patrons donning plastic goggles to watch a "stereoscopic" movie. Now the term is used more often to denote 3D printing that allows consumers to create ...
Oct 30, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
The unprecedented rise in energy costs this winter has many people asking how to reduce their bills. In a typical UK home, around 80% of the total energy used in a year goes towards heating space and water, so any change ...
Dec 2, 2022
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Business
Norway's biggest wireless carrier, Telenor, on Friday chose Sweden's Ericsson to supply part of its new 5G network, ending its cooperation with Chinese tech giant Huawei after a decade.
Dec 13, 2019
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Energy & Green Tech
Salts are cheap and sustainable materials that can be used to store energy (heat) over periods ranging from hours to years without loss. This works via so-called hydration-dehydration processes. Energy release (discharge) ...
Jun 10, 2020
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Business
The cement industry is responsible for about seven percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. To encourage the decarbonization of this industry, policymakers and the industry must find ways to incentivize reductions. A study ...
Mar 15, 2022
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Software
Smartphone apps that tell commuters when a bus will arrive at a stop don't result in less time waiting than reliance on an official bus route schedule, a new study suggests.
Oct 13, 2020
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Other
Teachers across the nation have been expected to flip the switch to online learning when schools started closing their doors in an effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus in the U.S.
Mar 27, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
Newfoundland and Labrador's offshore oil and gas industry is facing major challenges due to plummeting oil prices and the COVID-19 pandemic. Exploration wells have been postponed and several large projects have been deferred.
Jun 4, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
Around the world, there are pools of water filled with nuclear waste waiting for their final resting place. This is waste that was created from decades of nuclear power generation, and the waste must be handled carefully.
Apr 29, 2020
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