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The world remains riveted by the story of the lost vessel carrying five people to see the remains of the Titanic at the bottom of the North Atlantic Ocean. A massive search operation continues for the submersible, named Titan, ...
Jun 22, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Policymakers seeking to make the U.S. electric grid less reliant on fossil fuels have long looked north to Canada and its abundant surplus of hydropower, advocating for new transmission lines to bring more of that cheap, ...
Jun 7, 2023
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Engineering
Researchers in Drexel University's College of Engineering have developed a solar-powered, wireless sensor system that can continually monitor bridge deformation and could be used to alert authorities when the bridge performance ...
May 26, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Brazil burned fossil fuels for electricity at the lowest level in more than a decade in February, thanks to booming use of wind and solar power, said a study published Thursday.
May 18, 2023
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Robotics
Most of the world is covered in oceans, which are unfortunately highly polluted. One of the strategies to combat the mounds of waste found in these very sensitive ecosystems—especially around coral reefs—is to employ ...
Apr 25, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
For 35 years, the Emsland nuclear power plant in northwestern Germany has reliably provided millions of homes with electricity and many with well-paid jobs in what was once an agricultural backwater.
Apr 14, 2023
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Hardware
Imagine a movie about a rogue employee who breaches security in a company that implants chips inside half of the world's computers. They embed a Trojan in systems around the globe and hold the world to ransom.
Apr 3, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Using Berlin as a case study, scientists from the Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy (ATB) have compared the composting of leaf litter with its energetic utilization in biogas plants. The study ...
Nov 3, 2022
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Mesoscopic dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) were invented in 1990s by Brian O'Regan and Michael Grätzel, taking on the latter's name—the world-famous Grätzel cells. DSCs convert light into electricity through photosensitizers—dye ...
Oct 26, 2022
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Engineering
Researchers are looking to nature to build better power grids that are more resistant to various potential disturbances like natural disasters or cyberattacks.
Oct 11, 2022
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