Energy & Green Tech
While many advancements have been in improving its efficiency, the refrigerator still consumes considerable amounts of energy each year.
Mar 28, 2019
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Energy & Green Tech
Thermal decomposition is helping to green two major EU manufacturing industries.
Jan 30, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
Formic acid, which can be produced electrochemically from carbon dioxide, is a promising energy carrier. A Chinese research team has now developed a fast-charging hybrid battery system that combines the electrochemical generation ...
Oct 31, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Since the Industrial Revolution, the environmental impacts of energy have posed a concern. Recently, this has driven researchers to search for viable options for clean and renewable energy sources.
Jan 28, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
A new form of wave devouring propulsion (WDP) could power ships and help to cut greenhouse gas emissions in the maritime industry. Academics from Cranfield University have worked on the concept of using wave energy for propulsion ...
Nov 24, 2023
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Hi Tech & Innovation
In the 1960s animated sitcom The Jetsons, George Jetson commutes to work in his family-size flying car, which miraculously transforms into a briefcase at the end of the trip.
Apr 9, 2019
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Engineering
Cornell University is developing a system to extract energy from cattle manure to meet the campus's peak demands for heat in the winter months. In the Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, scientists involved with ...
Dec 22, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
The now-familiar sight of traditional propeller wind turbines could be replaced in the future with wind farms containing more compact and efficient vertical turbines. New research from Oxford Brookes University has found ...
Apr 27, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
The energy produced over the lifetime of typical rooftop solar panels more than makes up for the energy it takes to make, mount and then eventually recycle them. But adding a home battery usually lowers those dividends, according ...
Apr 9, 2019
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Engineering
An international research group has engineered a novel, high-strength flexible device by combining piezoelectric composites with unidirectional carbon fiber (UDCF), an anisotropic material that provides strength only in the ...
Dec 28, 2023
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