'Freeze-thaw battery' is adept at preserving its own energy
Scientists have created a battery designed for the electric grid that locks in energy for months without losing much storage capacity.
Apr 4, 2022
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News tagged with outage
Energy & Green Tech
Experts call for home battery storage to protect vulnerable during outages
Extreme weather driven by climate change is making power outages more commonplace even as the need for electricity-dependent home health equipment grows. In this context, battery storage can help protect medically vulnerable ...
Feb 24, 2021
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Internet
Cellular networks vulnerable to wildfires across U.S.
About one in four people in the United States lives in an area served by cellular phone towers at risk of an outage caused by wildfires, according to researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Oct 28, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
Researchers develop model to predict and prevent power outages using big data
High-speed winds during a thunderstorm may cause trees around an electric grid to crash into the distribution system feeders causing an outage in that area. Currently, most utility companies diminish such accidents by scheduling ...
Jul 27, 2017
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Energy & Green Tech
Indoor candle device is designed to keep phones charged
An emergency generator for your phone at time of power outages? That's on offer in the form of a crowdfunded-campaign item called Candle Charger. It offers USB power when you need it, designed to keep phones souped up when ...
Engineering
Researchers develop improved power pole insulation materials to prevent power pole-top fires
Engineers in Australia have found a new way to make power-pole insulators resistant to fire and electrical sparking, promising to prevent dangerous pole-top fires and reduce blackouts.
Apr 30, 2024
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Internet
Meta suffers global Facebook, Instagram outage
Meta suffered a highly unusual outage of all its social media platforms on Tuesday with users of Facebook, Instagram and Threads locked out of their accounts.
Mar 5, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
Combining big data and machine learning to predict power outages and help consumers prepare
Unplanned power outages due to environmental conditions (wind, lightning, tree growth, etc.) leave those without power on their own, sometimes for long periods of time. Utility companies lack the ability to predict when forced ...
Mar 4, 2024
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Business
Americans reporting nationwide cellular outages from AT&T, Cricket Wireless and other providers
A number of Americans are dealing with cellular outages on AT&T, Cricket Wireless, Verizon, T-Mobile and other service providers, according to data from Downdetector. AT&T, who was the hardest hit, is actively working to ...
Feb 22, 2024
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Business
Microsoft Teams outage blocks access, limits features for some users
Microsoft Teams experienced an outage on Friday that blocked access for some and led to what Microsoft calls "multiple issues" for many users.
Jan 26, 2024
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