Energy & Green Tech
It is no news that society's dependence on non-renewable fossil fuels has led to the ongoing global energy and climate crisis. The emissions from coal, natural gas, and petroleum-based fuel are major contributors to air pollution ...
Oct 21, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
The next generation of sustainable energy technology might be built from some low-tech materials: rocks and the sun. Using a new approach known as concentrated solar power, heat from the sun is stored then used to dry foods ...
May 30, 2023
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Engineering
The University of Missouri football team has been on a hot streak this season, ranking nationally and dominating games against SEC rivals. Now, Mizzou engineering students are designing new equipment to make sure players ...
Dec 13, 2023
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Consumer & Gadgets
Airports equipped with full-body scanners, metal detectors and face-recognition technology to identify potential terrorists are starting to make room for devices to target the latest global threat: travelers infected with ...
May 14, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
Study one of the first to address nuclear waste production of small modular reactors.
Nov 18, 2022
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Robotics
Engineers at the University of Maryland (UMD) have developed a model that combines machine learning and collaborative robotics to overcome challenges in the design of materials used in wearable green tech.
Jun 4, 2024
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Robotics
The thermal radiation emitted by the human body is predominantly in the long-wave infrared region (8–14 μm), which is characterized by low photon energy and low power intensity.
Aug 30, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Sometimes something sweet requires serious smarts.
Oct 2, 2018
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Engineering
Heating and cooling homes carries a hefty economic and environmental price tag. The U.S. Energy Information Administration has reported more than half of all home energy in the United States is used for heating and cooling, ...
Mar 1, 2023
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Engineering
An ultrathin coating developed by University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers upends a ubiquitous physics phenomenon of materials related to thermal radiation: The hotter an object gets, the brighter it glows.
Dec 18, 2019
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