Energy & Green Tech
Batteries in older Nissan Leaf electric vehicles are getting a new life as portable power sources that can be used to run gadgets on the go or deliver emergency power in disasters.
Aug 31, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Imperial energy experts have penned a new book exploring the fast-growing field of energy storage.
Aug 30, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Carbon capture is a promising method to help slow climate change. With this approach, carbon dioxide (CO2) is trapped before it escapes into the atmosphere, but the process requires a large amount of energy and equipment. ...
Aug 30, 2023
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Robotics
An innovative bimanual robot displays tactile sensitivity close to human-level dexterity using AI to inform its actions.
Aug 24, 2023
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Software
The search for innovative materials will be greatly assisted by software that can suggest new experimental possibilities and also control the robotic systems that check them out.
Aug 23, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Norway inaugurated the world's biggest floating wind park in the North Sea on Wednesday, an emerging technology considered promising for the transition from fossil fuels to green energy.
Aug 23, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Political and policy leaders worldwide are embarking on urgent decarbonization projects to meet their Paris Climate Accords targets. These efforts take multiple approaches, including the electrification of municipal bus fleets.
Aug 22, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Lithium ion batteries are the go-to power source for many of our favorite devices like cell phones and laptops, and their presence will continue to expand as electric vehicles become the new standard, replacing gasoline-powered ...
Aug 21, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Closed-loop pumped storage hydropower systems rank as having the lowest potential to add to the problem of global warming for energy storage when accounting for the full impacts of materials and construction, according to ...
Aug 18, 2023
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Engineering
The first guy on Earth who ever got lost probably said to himself, "I could really use a set of geographic coordinates expressed as latitude and longitude right about now." Time passed, neocortexes evolved, and eventually, ...
