Engineering

Carbon dioxide electrolysis as an alternative to coal

Coal in the Rhenish region is not only an important fuel for power generation. It is also used by the chemical industry to produce important basic chemicals. But by the time of the coal phase-out these substances will have ...

Engineering

Dynamic energy management using batteries and photovoltaics

One challenge facing the widespread adoption of renewable energies is the fluctuating output of photovoltaic systems—for energy-intensive companies, this means that their distribution networks are rapidly becoming inadequate.

Business

Huawei dominates MWC mobile tech fair despite US sanctions

A contingent of Chinese companies led by technology giant Huawei is turning the world's biggest wireless trade fair into an opportunity to show their muscle in the face of Huawei's blacklisting by Western nations concerned ...

Energy & Green Tech

New study takes close look at energy storage

Research into electrochemical energy storage devices and their development is among those fields of material sciences in which most work is being done worldwide. The rapidly growing need for high-performance batteries for ...

Internet

UNESCO chief urges tougher regulation of social media

The United Nations' educational, scientific and cultural agency chief on Wednesday called for a global dialogue to find ways to regulate social media companies and limit their role in the spreading of misinformation around ...

Electronics & Semiconductors

GM reaches computer chip supply deal with GlobalFoundries

With the global shortage of semiconductors still crimping U.S auto production, General Motors has signed a deal with chipmaker GlobalFoundries to dedicate part of an upstate New York factory to supply the automaker.

Business

Big tech job cuts keep coming; Zoom latest to trim headcount

The tech industry started the year with a wave of job cuts, around 50,000 in January alone, and there doesn't appear to be any let up this month. The computer maker Dell said Monday that it's cutting about 6,600 jobs. Large ...

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