Researchers suggest smart solution to harness waste heat from industry
Norway wastes huge amounts of energy. Surplus heat produced by industry is hardly exploited at all.
Jun 27, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
Norway wastes huge amounts of energy. Surplus heat produced by industry is hardly exploited at all.
Jun 27, 2024
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Robotics
It resembles a malevolent robot from 1980s sci-fi but West Japan Railway's new humanoid employee was designed with nothing more sinister than a spot of painting and gardening in mind.
Jul 4, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
In "Star Wars," Luke Skywalker grows up on the hot desert planet Tatooine. His family owns a moisture farm that uses devices called "vaporators" to pull drinking water from the air.
Nov 26, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Engineering
About two-fifths of all the water that gets withdrawn from lakes, rivers, and wells in the U.S. is used not for agriculture, drinking, or sanitation, but to cool the power plants that provide electricity from fossil fuels ...
Aug 3, 2021
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Samsung Electronics became the first chipmaker in the world to mass produce advanced 3-nanometer microchips, the company said Thursday, as it seeks to catch up with Taiwan's TSMC.
Jun 30, 2022
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Engineering
The Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology announced the development of Korea's first sand dam capable of supplying stable water to residents of mountainous highlands during periods of water shortage ...
Apr 27, 2023
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Engineering
A lot can go wrong in a large urban water system. Pumps malfunction. Valves break. Pipes leak. Even when the system is functioning properly, water can sit in pipes for long periods of time. Water shortages are also a growing ...
Dec 15, 2023
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Robotics
With big, expressive eyes, elfin ears and adorable cooing, Miroka and Miroki could be an apparition from your favorite cartoon.
Jan 10, 2024
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Automotive
Taiwan's drive to plug a global shortage of microchips has hit a snag—a lack of water for its foundries caused by a drought.
Feb 25, 2021
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