Consumer & Gadgets
While self-driving vehicles (SDVs) are being hailed as a solution for safer, more efficient roads, new research suggests British Columbians are not quite ready to embrace self-driving cars wholeheartedly—and will need a ...
Aug 30, 2023
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Business
While upstate New Yorkers are evenly split on utility-scale solar farms, naysayers object partly due to a perception that rural residents unfairly bear the burden of meeting downstate urban energy demands without compensation, ...
May 4, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
If you have lived in a home with a trampoline in the backyard, you may have observed the unreasonably tall grass growing under it. This is because many crops, including these grasses, actually grow better when protected from ...
Apr 27, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
The race to decarbonize passenger cars and light-duty trucks in the U.S. is accelerating. Battery electric vehicles accounted for almost 6% of all new vehicle sales in 2022, up from close to 3% in 2021, and demand is outstripping ...
Feb 2, 2023
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Business
The impact of Airbnb rentals on different neighborhoods reveals a need for designated zoning laws, say Business School researchers Dr. William Cheung and Associate Professor Edward Yiu.
Sep 14, 2022
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Business
A decade ago, Larry Howe was drawn to solar energy and became an early adopter. He put solar panels on the roof of his Plano, Texas, home in 2012 and, a few years later, added solar panels above his backyard patio to provide ...
Sep 8, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
The operator of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant said Thursday it is further postponing the start of the removal of highly radioactive melted fuel from its damaged reactors because of delays in the development of ...
Aug 25, 2022
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Internet
The federal government is pledging $401 million in grants and loans to expand the reach and improve the speed of internet for rural residents, tribes and businesses in remote parts of 11 states from Alaska to Arkansas.
Jul 28, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Texas A&M Superfund Research Center investigators have developed a novel green infrastructure plan to reduce stormwater runoff in Houston's Sunnyside community by uniquely combining the results of three separate landscape ...
Jul 18, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
One million gallons of radioactive water is inside a former nuclear power plant along Cape Cod Bay and it has got to go.
Apr 9, 2022
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