Nature-based solutions generate greener urban renewal
Nature-based solutions are being adopted into urban renewal projects to mitigate the effects of climate change and create healthier communities.
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Engineering
Study tests firefighter turnout gear with and without PFAS
Transitioning away from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), which offer water- and oil-repelling properties on the outer shells of firefighter turnout gear, could bring potential performance tradeoffs, according to ...
Nov 30, 2023
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Researchers propose a novel liquid filter for enhanced solar energy utilization
Photovoltaic (PV) modules are devices that convert sunlight into electrical energy. However, they suffer from a low conversion efficiency of around 20% because they can only convert near-infrared wavelengths into electricity, ...
Sep 21, 2023
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Skin hardness to estimate better human thermal status
Under the same temperature and humidity, human thermal status may vary due to individual body constitution and climatic environment. A KAIST research team previously developed a wearable sweat rate sensor for human thermal ...
Oct 17, 2018
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Optimizing solar farms with smart drones
As the solar industry has grown, so have some of its inefficiencies. Smart entrepreneurs see those inefficiencies as business opportunities and try to create solutions around them. Such is the nature of a maturing industry.
Jan 30, 2019
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The extensive search for cation substitution in lithium-ion batteries
Powering everything from smartphones to electric cars, lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) have evolved markedly with advances in technology and revolutionized our world. The next step in the progress of technology is developing ...
Jul 19, 2021
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High efficiency, stable and scalable perovskite solar cells created with vacuum deposition apparatus
A research team, led by Professor Hyesung Park in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at UNIST has succeeded in manufacturing potentially high efficiency, stable, and scalable perovskite solar cells (PSCs) ...
Oct 20, 2022
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America's largest open-science chloride salt loop will accelerate clean energy technologies
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have begun operating a unique system designed to enable a variety of testing to characterize the performance of an advanced heat transfer fluid for ...
Feb 14, 2023
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Boosting thermal energy storage with polyelectrolytes
Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers have demonstrated that an additive made from polymers and electrolytes improves the thermal performance and stability of salt hydrate phase change materials, or PCMs, a finding that ...
Nov 16, 2023
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Beyond on and off: Engineers create continuously tunable thermal regulators
Battery safety and performance in electronic devices and systems like battery thermal management, space conditioning, vehicle thermal comfort and thermal energy storage can improve thanks to a continuously tunable thermal ...
Jun 12, 2023
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