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Scavenger nanoparticles could make fuel cell-powered vehicles a reality
Engineers at the University of Illinois Chicago are among a collaborative team that has developed a material that could give fuel cell syste...
Reducing concrete in buildings to decarbonize construction
The Automating Concrete Construction project (ACORN), which aims to change the way concrete is used in buildings to decarbonize construction...
Study unveils factors limiting the voltage of polycrystalline CdSeTe solar cells
So far, solar cells based on polycrystalline cadmium selenide telluride (CdSeTe) have exhibited some crucial limitations, despite their low ...
Poor policy and short-sightedness: How the budget treats climate change and energy in the wake of disasters
This year's federal budget is characterised by an avalanche of immediate handouts in response to cost-of-living pressures, some sound in...
Germany looks to farm fumes in breakup with Russian gas
As Germany scrambles to reduce its dependence on Russian energy, the pungent fumes from the manure and other organic waste in Peter Kaim...
Q & A: What does being energy independent really mean?
The rapid rise in gas prices following Russia's invasion of Ukraine has renewed calls for the U.S. to become "energy independent....
Researchers protecting solar technologies from cyberattack
New research from the University of Georgia suggests a novel approach to safeguarding one possible target of a cyberattack—the nation's ...
US seeks new lithium sources as demand for batteries grows
The race is on to produce more lithium in the United States. from Energy & Green Tech News - Energy Sciences News, Green Tech, Energy,...
Apple set to snap win streak on report of iPhone production cut
Apple Inc. looks set to snap its longest win streak this year after a report that the iPhone maker is cutting production of its entry-level ...
Low-cost hydrocarbon membrane enables commercial-scale flow batteries for long-duration energy storage
Flow batteries are promising for energy storage due to their high safety, high reliability, long cycle life, and high efficiency. from Ene...
Here's how food waste can generate clean energy
Food waste is a growing problem in Canada and many other parts of the world—and it is only expected to get worse in the coming years. The wo...
There is, in fact, a 'wrong' way to use Google: Five tips to set you on the right path
I was recently reading comments on a post related to COVID-19, and saw a reply I would classify as misinformation, bordering on conspiracy. ...
Simplified interface for time-series data predictions
Whether someone is trying to predict tomorrow's weather, forecast future stock prices, identify missed opportunities for sales in retail...
A new approach to tackle optimization problems using Boltzmann machines
Ising machines are unconventional computer architectures based on physics principles, named after the German physicist Ernst Ising. In recen...
Targeted demand response reduces price volatility of electric grid
Demand response, a measure taken to reduce the energy load in response to supply constraints within the Texas electric grid, has been a topi...
'Crawling to my seat': Some travel experiences can be avoided with better technology
"People who don't use the equipment just don't realize how important it is for individuals," a wheelchair user told USA TO...
Novel aqueous polymeric sodium battery enables operation in water or at low temperature
Researchers from the Shanghai Institute of Ceramics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences proposed a novel "water-in-ionogel" aqueous...
Pilot study to test energy codes that result in more efficient buildings
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) is lending its expertise to support big building efficiency and decarbonization improvements in...
Q&A: How to make AI systems learn better
Artificial intelligence systems are smart. They can recognize patterns better than humans, for example. Yet humans are still very much neede...
Using quantum methods to predict next-gen lithium-metal battery reactivity
Lithium-metal (Li-metal) batteries show great potential for packing more significant amounts of energy than the current lithium-ion batterie...
Crystallization regulation helps to realize efficient and stable perovskite minimodules
Hybrid organic-inorganic perovskite materials have emerged as promising candidates for photovoltaic applications due to their outstanding op...
Robotic exoskeleton uses machine learning to help users with mobility impairments
Researchers from the RIKEN Guardian Robot Project and collaborators have used a combination of lightweight material engineering and artifici...
Bionic wing flaps improve wind energy efficiency
Wind energy relies on efficient wind turbine blades, which act as airfoils, structures akin to an airplane wing. Air flow control accessorie...
New ferrocenium-based anion-exchange membranes for fuel cells
Anion exchange membranes (AEMs) are semipermeable fuel cell components that can conduct anions but reject cations and gases. This enables th...
New approach to recycling synthetic textiles
A new approach to recycling textiles made from polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is discussed in the International Journal of Technology Mana...
How a few geothermal plants could solve America's lithium supply crunch and boost the EV battery industry
Geothermal energy has long been the forgotten member of the clean energy family, overshadowed by relatively cheap solar and wind power, desp...
Biofuel: How new microalgae technologies can hasten the end of our reliance on oil
Microalgae have been used by the Chinese for medicinal and nutritional purposes for thousands of years in the belief they could cure almost ...
Interview: How waste heat recovery will change the landscape
Each year industries across Europe allow a valuable source of heat energy to simply escape out their chimneys. An EU-funded project called E...
How AI helped deliver cash aid to many of the poorest people in Togo
Governments and humanitarian groups can use machine learning algorithms and mobile phone data to get aid to those who need it most during a ...
Energy bills are spiking after the Russian invasion. We should have doubled-down on renewables years ago
Russia's invasion of Ukraine is happening half a planet away from Australia. from Energy & Green Tech News - Energy Sciences News,...
Belgium delays nuclear energy exit 10 years due to Ukraine war
Belgium on Friday delayed by a decade a plan to scrap nuclear energy in 2025, spooked by the huge rise in energy prices due to the Russian i...
Energy startup to bring electric battery factory to W.Va.
The energy startup SPARKZ said Thursday it plans to build an electric battery factory in West Virginia in 2022 that will employ at least 350...
3 Questions: How the mini cheetah robot learns to run
It's been roughly 23 years since one of the first robotic animals trotted on the scene, defying classical notions of our cuddly four-leg...
Clean energy investing makes financial as well as climate sense, says new report
Clean energy transitions can be successful if institutional investors, corporates and governments increase the funding of renewable infrastr...
NJ to study environmental impacts of offshore wind projects
New Jersey officials will commission studies on the environmental impact of offshore wind energy projects on animals as large as whales and ...
Materials scientists discover why perovskite solar cells degrade in sunlight
Materials scientists at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering and colleagues from five other universities around the world have discovered ...
The Med gets first offshore wind farm as Italy vows energy revolution
The Mediterranean's first offshore wind farm is rising from the shallows off Italy, its turbines a symbol of hope for a Europe suffering...
New study assesses the impact of automation on long-haul trucking
As automated truck technology continues to be developed in the United States, there are still many questions about how the technology will b...
Texas cold snap highlights need for improved power systems
With extreme weather events rising in frequency, the need for a prepared modern energy grid grows. from Energy & Green Tech News - Ene...
Electric cars coming on fast: Climate worries, sinking prices put spotlight on EV sales
Concerns about climate change, a bonanza of choices, falling prices and government support mean that a decade after the first modern, mass-m...
Warning: Objects in driverless car sensors may be closer than they appear
Researchers at Duke University have demonstrated the first attack strategy that can fool industry-standard autonomous vehicle sensors into b...
Revealing thermal runaway routes in lithium-sulfur batteries
Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries offer great potential for use in energy storage systems because of their large energy capacity. However, saf...
Meaningful standards for auditing high-stakes artificial intelligence
When hiring, many organizations use artificial intelligence tools to scan resumes and predict job-relevant skills. Colleges and universities...
Study highlights the potential of neuromorphic architectures to perform random walk computations
Over the past decade or so, many researchers worldwide have been trying to develop brain-inspired computer systems, also known as neuromorph...
You're doing it wrong: You need to compare apples to oranges
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev researchers argue in a new paper that previous tests of virtual reality versus social robots for cognitiv...
Opinion: Ukraine demonstrates the problem with nuclear power
Many of my colleagues have long maintained that the best solution to climate change is nuclear power. Free of greenhouse gasses, nuclear is ...
A new cleaning method could remove dust on solar installations in water-limited regions, improving overall efficiency
Solar power is expected to reach 10 percent of global power generation by the year 2030, and much of that is likely to be located in desert ...
Five things to know about LNG as EU looks beyond Russia
Europe is counting on liquefied natural gas (LNG) to help reduce its heavy dependence on Russian energy in the wake of Moscow's invasion...
A text-reading robot may help users manage negative emotions
Scientists from the Faculty of Engineering, Information and Systems at the University of Tsukuba devised a text message mediation robot that...
Transfer learning offers new insight into machine-learning error estimation
Omar Maddouri, a doctoral student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University, is working with Dr. ...
Computer science professor takes a 'hands-on' approach to smartphone security
As smartphones have grown more sophisticated over the years, so too have their accompanying security measures. Simple passwords have been re...
Constellation Energy forms partnership with Microsoft to help companies track clean energy use
Baltimore-based Constellation Energy has joined forces with Microsoft to create technology to help large commercial customers reach clean en...
Blowing dust to cool fusion plasmas
Future tokamak fusion power reactors will generate heat beyond what current materials can withstand. Scientists have proposed various method...
AI core software 'Deep Learning Compiler' developed
A Korean research team has unveiled a core technology which reduces the time and cost invested in developing artificial intelligence (AI) ch...
Apple's new budget iPhone will be faster and more expensive
Apple on Tuesday unveiled a new version of its budget-priced iPhone that's capable of connecting to ultrafast 5G wireless networks, an u...
Future of TV: We're putting new personalized features into shows using an ethical version of AI
"Look away now if you don't want to know the score," they say on the news before reporting the football results. But imagine i...
Researchers develop hybrid human-machine framework for building smarter AI
From chatbots that answer tax questions to algorithms that drive autonomous vehicles and dish out medical diagnoses, artificial intelligence...
Safer, more powerful batteries for electric cars, power grid
Solid-state batteries, currently used in small electronic devices like smart watches, have the potential to be safer and more powerful than ...
Electric Truck Hydropower, a flexible solution to hydropower in mountainous regions
In our transition towards a more sustainable future, hydropower will likely grow in importance as a renewable energy source. Despite its pot...
Wind turbines can breathe new life into our warming seas
,Offshore wind is set to move further and further from shore, as demand for renewable energy grows and new floating turbine technology makes...
Design and implementation of a lithium-ion battery management system for EVs
The transition towards electric vehicles (EVs) is moving apace, mainly being driven by the need to remove polluting vehicles from our towns ...
How X-rays can make better batteries
Over a three-month period, the average car in the U.S. produces one metric ton of carbon dioxide. Multiply that by all the gasoline-powered ...
Machine learning gets smarter to speed up drug discovery
Predicting molecular properties quickly and accurately is important to advancing scientific discovery and application in areas ranging from ...
Russian shelling caused a fire at a Ukrainian nuclear power plant. How close did we actually come to disaster?
It sounds like a nightmare come true. During a military offensive as part of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, fire broke out at Europe'...
Machine learning offers shortcut to optimal HVAC operation
Control mechanisms for heating, ventilation and air conditioning in buildings follow set parameters to make conditions in a building more co...
Traffic-based analyses of buildings advance smart city capabilities
Every day, hundreds of thousands of commuters across the country travel from houses, apartments and other residential spaces to commercial b...
Progress on recycling smartphones, but more to do
Smartphone manufacturers have promised to do better when it comes to recycling and reconditioning their product, responding to pressure from...
Foldable future: Smartphones return to design classic
The "snap!" of a shutting phone is the nostalgic sound resonating from the giant stands of Samsung, Oppo and Huawei at the Mobile ...
Researchers explore use of AI in human resources
One available position, 1,000 applications. More and more large companies are using artificial intelligence (AI) to increase efficiency in h...
New study reveals small-scale renewable energy sources could cause power failures
Renewable energy that feeds into the main power grid could destabilize the system and potentially cause power failures according to a new st...
Fitbit recalls over 1 million smartwatches due to burn hazard
Nearly 1 million Fitbit Ionic smartwatches sold in the United States have been recalled because they pose a burn hazard, the U.S. Consumer P...
Why fracking is not the answer to soaring UK gas prices
Even before Russia invaded Ukraine, the wholesale price of gas had quadrupled over the preceding six months. This was largely driven by too ...
Simulation developed for testing autonomous water treatment plants
Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists worked with the Colorado School of Mines and Baylor University to develop and test control methods ...
Researchers develop a way to capture furnace emissions
Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers have developed a novel solution to reduce the environmental impact of natural gas-condensing furna...
Researchers develop an AI-powered surveillance system for future pandemics
Nobody wants to think about the next pandemic. But we need to be prepared, and a critical step in prevention is early detection and interven...
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