Engineering

New material will make locally flexible diodes possible

Diodes allow directed flows of current. Without them, modern electronics would be inconceivable. Until now, they had to be made out of two materials with different characteristics. A research team at the Technical University ...

Engineering

Why UK railways can't deal with heatwaves—and what might help

The UK's rail service has been hit with widespread train delays and high levels of cancelations during the heatwave. The whole of the east coast line between Edinburgh and London was closed for hours on July 20 because of ...

Energy & Green Tech

Power disconnections put First Nations people at risk

In some remote Northern Territory communities nearly all households, 91 percent, experienced a disconnection from electricity during the 2018-19 financial year, according to a new study led by The Australian National University ...

Energy & Green Tech

How Europe could slash its cooling footprint with chilled water

As climate change warms the world, we increasingly need to find ways to efficiently cool our buildings—whilst also lowering our emissions to attempt to halt the temperature rise as much as possible. Traditional air conditioners ...

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