OPEC sees no peak in global oil demand on the horizon
Despite mounting efforts to limit climate change, the OPEC oil cartel said Monday it expects demand for crude to continue to grow for the next two decades.
Oct 9, 2023
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Consumer & Gadgets
Should you charge your phone overnight? Will 'overcharging' make it explode? Common battery myths debunked
In the world of lithium-ion batteries, smartphones take center stage. Yet they've also sparked an ongoing debate: does prolonged (or overnight) charging wreak havoc on your battery?
Oct 5, 2023
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Engineering
Disaster-proofing sustainable neighborhoods requires thorough long-term planning, study shows
Individual neighborhoods will be intimately involved in providing local solutions to collective problems. One measure will be distributed renewable energy production—energy produced at local levels, either by solar technology, ...
Oct 3, 2023
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Engineering
Using anchored ionic droplets to harvest low-speed wind energy
A team of chemists and engineers affiliated with a host of institutions in China, working with one colleague from the U.S. and another from the U.K., has developed new technology that harvests energy from low-speed wind. ...
Business
Predicting the sustainability of a future hydrogen economy
As renewable energy sources like wind and solar ramp up, they can be used to sustainably generate hydrogen fuel. But implementing such a strategy on a large scale requires land and water dedicated to this purpose.
Sep 21, 2023
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Researchers offer insights into solid-electrolyte interphases in next-gen aqueous potassium-ion batteries
Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) have become immensely popular as the go-to power source for a wide variety of electronic devices and vehicles over the past two decades. Although it is hard to overstate the transformative effects ...
Sep 19, 2023
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Scientists explore solar cell-based hybrid energy harvesters
Energy harvesting stands out as a vital player in our modern world. Solar energy, with its renewable and environmentally friendly characteristics, has gained immense popularity in various applications, ranging from small ...
Sep 15, 2023
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Robotics
Using tiny combustion engines to power very tiny robots
A team of mechanical engineers at Cornell University, working with a colleague from Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, has designed and built a tiny robot that is powered by a combustion engine. In their paper published ...
Robotics
Battery-free robots use origami to change shape in mid-air
Researchers at the University of Washington have developed small robotic devices that can change how they move through the air by "snapping" into a folded position during their descent. The team published these results in ...
Sep 13, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
How zinc-ion batteries may solve our renewable energy storage problem
Hotter summers, drier forests, rising waters: climate change is not just a threat to our future, it's hurting our world right now.
Sep 13, 2023
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