Energy & Green Tech
Generating energy from the difference in salt concentration between sea water and river water sounds like magic, yet it really works! Blue energy, as this rather obscure form of sustainable power is commonly known, has huge ...
Jun 10, 2021
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Engineering
Electronically conductive fibers are already in use in smart textiles, but in a recently published research article ionically conductive fibers have proven to be of increasing interest. The so-called ionofibers achieve higher ...
Jun 13, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
More than 2.2 billion people currently live in water-stressed countries, and the United Nations estimates that 3.5 million die every year from water-related diseases. Because the areas most in need of improved drinking water ...
Dec 5, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
(Tech Xplore)—A company has an ambitious plan: To build the world's largest battery. Germany is the hatching grounds. Ewe Gasspeicher, subsidiary of utility company Ewe, is talking about its plan with an approach that centers ...
Engineering
Pavements could soon be saved from some of the ravages of the winter chill thanks to a new type of low-cost concrete that absorbs significantly less of the salt that gets spread on it annually.
Jul 26, 2019
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Energy & Green Tech
Engineers at the University of Maryland have found that porous types of wood from trees like poplar and pine can greatly increase the efficiency of water-to-steam conversion under sunlight. The findings, published November ...
Nov 15, 2017
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Energy & Green Tech
New Jersey's Canoe Brook Water Treatment plant produces 14 millions gallons of drinking water a day.
Jun 6, 2023
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Researcher Sveinung Attestog shows in a new study how we can more quickly detect faults in machines that are widely used in wind turbines and electric cars. This is something that could pay off for electricity customers and ...
Dec 20, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
"We have water, and it's the most important thing in a house," says Abdullah al-Harthi from the port city of Sur in Oman, a country that relies on desalination plants.
Dec 11, 2019
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Energy & Green Tech
Flexible aqueous batteries, such as those used in portable electronics, often contain a hydrogel electrolyte containing water and salt. Using a chemical modification inspired by nature, a team of Chinese researchers have ...
Oct 5, 2023
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