Widespread non-compliance found in loot box advertising disclosure rules in the UK and South Korea Sama News June 30, 2025 Add Comment Edit A new study has found overwhelming (90%+) non-compliance with mandatory advertising disclosure requirements for gambling-like loot boxes in ...
Battery swapping stations powered by solar and wind: How this could work for electric vehicles Sama News June 30, 2025 Add Comment Edit Petrol and diesel vehicles are being phased out globally and replaced with electric vehicles so that countries can meet their commitments to...
AI vision language models provide video descriptions for blind users Sama News June 30, 2025 Add Comment Edit For people who are blind or have low vision, the audio descriptions of action in movies and TV shows are essential to understanding what is ...
Reinforcement learning for nuclear microreactor control Sama News June 30, 2025 Add Comment Edit A machine learning approach leverages nuclear microreactor symmetry to reduce training time when modeling power output adjustments, accordin...
Invasive lake weed turned to clean energy in Ethiopia Sama News June 27, 2025 Add Comment Edit For years, Fentie Wabi worked as a fisherman on Ethiopia's Lake Tana, until an aggressive green invader changed everything. from Energ...
From waste to walls: How your morning coffee can supercharge sustainable construction Sama News June 27, 2025 Add Comment Edit Bricks made from used coffee grounds could soon reshape Australia's construction industry, and its carbon footprint, thanks to researche...
Artificial photosynthesis system surpasses key efficiency benchmark for direct solar-to-hydrogen conversion Sama News June 27, 2025 Add Comment Edit A research team affiliated with UNIST has introduced a cutting-edge modular artificial leaf that simultaneously meets high efficiency, long-...
New method stores high-density methane in graphene-coated nanoporous carbon Sama News June 27, 2025 Add Comment Edit Methane (CH4), one of the most abundant natural gases on Earth, is still widely used to power several buildings and to fuel some types of ve...
Bangladesh pushes solar to tackle energy woes Sama News June 27, 2025 Add Comment Edit Bangladesh's caretaker leader has ordered all government institutions including ministry buildings and schools to install solar panels t...
New passivation strategy improves scalability and efficiency of perovskite solar cells Sama News June 26, 2025 Add Comment Edit Solar cells, devices that can convert sunlight into electrical energy, are becoming increasingly widespread, with many households and indust...
Gold from e-waste opens a rich vein for miners and the environment Sama News June 26, 2025 Add Comment Edit An interdisciplinary team of experts in green chemistry, engineering and physics at Flinders University in Australia has developed a safer a...
Mattel and OpenAI have partnered up. Here's why parents should be concerned about AI in toys Sama News June 25, 2025 Add Comment Edit Mattel may seem like an unchanging, old-school brand. Most of us are familiar with it—be it through Barbie, Fisher-Price, Thomas & Frien...
Noninvasive ultrasound technique can spot bad batteries before they malfunction Sama News June 25, 2025 Add Comment Edit A recent uptick in battery-related fires has drawn attention to the challenge of identifying defects that can cause these catastrophic malfu...
UK carbon emissions cut by half since 1990: experts Sama News June 25, 2025 Add Comment Edit The UK has cut its carbon emissions by 50.4% since 1990 levels, a group of experts tasked with advising the government said on Wednesday. ...
Turning captured carbon into natural gas could provide cost-competitive energy storage Sama News June 24, 2025 Add Comment Edit Solar and wind energy are highly variable, dependent on the day, weather and location of the facilities. At times, they can generate more el...
South Africa's big rooftops could power six million homes: How to make it happen Sama News June 23, 2025 Add Comment Edit South Africa has many factories, warehouses, schools and hospitals—big buildings with large rooftop spaces. In such a sunny country, these f...
NASA air taxi passenger comfort studies move forward Sama News June 23, 2025 Add Comment Edit NASA's Advanced Air Mobility vision involves the skies above the U.S. filled with new types of aircraft, including air taxis. But making...
Three-layered material separates charges to boost green hydrogen production Sama News June 23, 2025 Add Comment Edit The chemical reaction to produce hydrogen from water is several times more effective when using a combination of new materials in three laye...
High-capacity battery anode material offers graphite alternative Sama News June 23, 2025 Add Comment Edit Skoltech researchers have investigated the use of polyaromatic hydrocarbons as anode materials in metal-ion batteries. The high capacity, lo...
New report offers roadmap for stronger China–Asia partnerships on green independent power projects Sama News June 20, 2025 Add Comment Edit A new report released by the Griffith Asia Institute offers practical guidance for accelerating Asia's shift to clean energy by improvin...
From responding to thinking ahead: Bringing energy and spatial planning together Sama News June 19, 2025 Add Comment Edit For an effective energy transition, we need to think not only about how we generate sustainable energy, but also about the spatial consequen...
Some AI prompts could cause 50 times more CO₂ emissions than others, researchers find Sama News June 18, 2025 Add Comment Edit No matter which questions we ask an AI, the model will come up with an answer. To produce this information—regardless of whether the answer ...
AI paves the way toward green cement Sama News June 18, 2025 Add Comment Edit The cement industry produces about 8% of global CO₂ emissions—more than the entire aviation sector worldwide. Researchers at the Paul Scherr...
Websites are tracking you via browser fingerprinting, researchers show Sama News June 18, 2025 Add Comment Edit Clearing your cookies is not enough to protect your privacy online. New research led by Texas A&M University has found that websites are...
Microsoft working on next-gen Xbox video game console Sama News June 18, 2025 Add Comment Edit Xbox president Sarah Bond on Tuesday confirmed that her team is working on a new Xbox video game console. from Consumer Electronics News -...
Energy transition: How coal mines could go solar Sama News June 18, 2025 Add Comment Edit Disused coal mines could be refashioned to place vast fields of solar panels, a new report suggests, providing an unlikely solution to a com...
AI 'reanimations': Making facsimiles of the dead raises ethical quandaries Sama News June 17, 2025 Add Comment Edit Christopher Pelkey was shot and killed in a road range incident in 2021. On May 8, 2025, at the sentencing hearing for his killer, an AI vid...
'Yes, in my back yard'—most people who live near large-scale solar projects are happy to have more built nearby Sama News June 16, 2025 Add Comment Edit Would you like to live next door to a solar farm? Traditionally, it's been thought that although people like the idea of renewable energ...
Emojis bring facial expressions and hand gestures back into our conversations Sama News June 16, 2025 Add Comment Edit The first emojis can be traced back to the late 1980s, but it was not until 2011 that they became a part of our everyday lives. That was whe...
A deeper look at hidden damage: Nano-CT imaging maps internal battery degradation Sama News June 16, 2025 Add Comment Edit The minerals that power lithium-ion batteries—including lithium, nickel, cobalt, manganese, and graphite—are both highly valuable and diffic...
AI is gobbling up water it cannot replace. I'm working on a solution Sama News June 16, 2025 Add Comment Edit Data centers are the invisible engines of our digital world. Every Google search, Netflix stream, cloud-stored photo or ChatGPT response pas...
Lab test supports method to synthesize extractable oil from solid organic matter locked 3 km underground Sama News June 16, 2025 Add Comment Edit In the culmination of a seven-year R&D project commissioned by a major oil company, a team of Skoltech researchers has published a study...
A solar panel recycling scheme would help reduce waste, but please repair and reuse first Sama News June 16, 2025 Add Comment Edit Australia's rooftop solar industry has renewed calls for a mandatory recycling scheme to deal with the growing problem of solar panel wa...
Big tech on a quest for ideal AI device Sama News June 15, 2025 Add Comment Edit ChatGPT-maker OpenAI has enlisted the legendary designer behind the iPhone to create an irresistible gadget for using generative artificial ...
AI-generated podcasts open new doors to make science accessible Sama News June 14, 2025 Add Comment Edit The first study to use artificial intelligence (AI) technology to generate podcasts about research published in scientific papers has shown ...
New imaging method reveals how lithium-metal batteries lose capacity over time Sama News June 14, 2025 Add Comment Edit Lithium-metal batteries have not hit the market yet, but if they do, they could be a solution to the everyday woes of the dwindling battery ...
Optimal design could unlock the potential of bladeless wind turbines Sama News June 13, 2025 Add Comment Edit Insights from a new study could help unlock the full potential of a developing form of smaller-scale wind power generation, researchers say....
AI toys and games? Barbie maker Mattel teams up with OpenAI to create new products Sama News June 13, 2025 Add Comment Edit Your next toy or game may be able to converse with you. Mattel, the El Segundo toy maker behind Barbie and Hot Wheels, said Thursday that it...
Advanced steelmaking technologies could substantially reduce carbon emissions Sama News June 12, 2025 Add Comment Edit The long-term aspirational goal of the Paris Agreement on climate change is to cap global warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial...
Fog harvester gets upgrade for improved water collection Sama News June 12, 2025 Add Comment Edit A third of the world's population struggles with water scarcity. In many of these areas, fog holds water that could provide a lifeline—i...
High-performance water electrolysis without platinum brings hydrogen economy closer Sama News June 11, 2025 Add Comment Edit Hydrogen is gaining attention as a clean energy source that emits no carbon. Among various methods, water electrolysis, which splits water i...
Nintendo's Switch 2 scores record early sales Sama News June 11, 2025 Add Comment Edit The Switch 2 has smashed records to become the fastest-selling console ever after gamers snapped up 3.5 million units in its first four days...
Europe's industrial policy worsens the crises it claims to solve, say researchers Sama News June 10, 2025 Add Comment Edit The European Union's industrial strategy, centered on Single Market Resilience, Strategic Autonomy, and Competitive Sustainability, is r...
Fire-ready? Report finds many US power utilities unprepared for wildfire risk Sama News June 10, 2025 Add Comment Edit Evidence suggests that several of the catastrophic wildfires that struck Los Angeles earlier this year may have been sparked by electric uti...
Physics-informed neural network significantly boosts battery diagnostics Sama News June 10, 2025 Add Comment Edit Resilient energy systems depend on reliable batteries. The lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries powering our world must endure the steady strain o...
Sunny Greece struggles with solar energy overload Sama News June 10, 2025 Add Comment Edit In a field in central Greece that once grew clover and corn, maintenance worker Nikos Zigomitros deftly drives a tractor between rows of sol...
Study sheds light on solar farm impacts to property values Sama News June 09, 2025 Add Comment Edit As solar energy becomes more affordable and widespread, farmland has emerged as a prime location for large-scale solar development. But with...
Real-time carbon dioxide monitoring without batteries or external power Sama News June 09, 2025 Add Comment Edit A research team has developed a self-powered wireless carbon dioxide (CO2) monitoring system. This innovative system harvests minute vibrati...
Turning trash into treasure: How microwaves are revolutionizing e-waste recycling Sama News June 09, 2025 Add Comment Edit You may not have heard of tantalum, but chances are you're holding some right now. It's an essential component in our cell phones an...
Microsoft unveils ROG Xbox Ally handheld video game devices Sama News June 09, 2025 Add Comment Edit Microsoft on Sunday unveiled its first Xbox-branded handheld gaming devices, touting them as a way to play its vast library of titles anywhe...
Just 2% of tidal and offshore solar energy could make a dent in carbon dioxide emissions Sama News June 05, 2025 Add Comment Edit Harnessing just 2% of the energy potential from tidal and offshore solar sources could make a significant dent in global CO2 emissions, new ...
Hard-to-recycle thermoset waste plastics reborn as hydrogen Sama News June 05, 2025 Add Comment Edit A research team has successfully developed the Republic of Korea's first continuous oxy-fuel combustion-based process for producing high...
Citizen participation in the energy transition: Learning from experience Sama News June 05, 2025 Add Comment Edit How effective is citizen and public participation in the energy transition? This question has been explored in numerous case studies—with va...
Engineers make a big splash, turning water treatment sludge into sustainable concrete Sama News June 05, 2025 Add Comment Edit Concrete is widely used for making sewage pipes due to its availability, affordability and structural strength, but it is highly susceptible...
Study points to recommended reforms in solar energy Sama News June 05, 2025 Add Comment Edit Solar power is growing by leaps and bounds in the United States, propelled by climate mitigation policies and carbon-free energy goals—and C...
Gamers get hold of Nintendo's hotly awaited Switch 2 Sama News June 05, 2025 Add Comment Edit Gamers finally got their hands on Nintendo's new Switch 2 on Thursday, the console that could score record early sales for the Japanese ...
Laser-induced graphene enables greener, flexible hybrid circuit manufacturing Sama News June 04, 2025 Add Comment Edit Boise State University researchers have unveiled a cutting-edge approach to manufacturing flexible hybrid circuits—reducing costs, waste, an...
Collaboration can unlock Australia's energy transition without sacrificing natural capital Sama News June 03, 2025 Add Comment Edit Decarbonizing Australia's economy and protecting the country's most critical natural resources are both possible, but will require s...
Meta becomes the latest big tech company turning to nuclear power for AI needs Sama News June 03, 2025 Add Comment Edit Meta has cut a 20-year deal to secure nuclear power to help meet surging demand for artificial intelligence and other computing needs at Fac...
AI tools optimize plastic packaging design for recycling and sustainability goals Sama News June 02, 2025 Add Comment Edit Plastics are lightweight, durable and easy to process, making them truly versatile materials for almost any application. This makes it no su...
Airbnb scams: New book explores thriving criminal activity on big tech platforms Sama News June 02, 2025 Add Comment Edit Big tech sharing economy platforms like Airbnb and Uber are marketed as trustworthy, but a new book by a South African media scholar argues ...
Your smartphone is a parasite, according to evolution Sama News June 02, 2025 Add Comment Edit Head lice, fleas and tapeworms have been humanity's companions throughout our evolutionary history. Yet, the greatest parasite of the mo...
DERConnect test bed helps shape future of energy management Sama News June 02, 2025 Add Comment Edit Finding the optimal balance between energy generation and energy use is proving critical as California aims for a power grid that is 100% po...
Smartphones: The parasite of the modern era? Sama News June 02, 2025 Add Comment Edit Smartphones have become "the greatest parasite of the modern age," according to new research from The Australian National Universi...
Nintendo aims to match Switch success with new console Sama News June 01, 2025 Add Comment Edit Nintendo hopes to match the runaway success of the Switch when its leveled-up new console hits shelves Thursday, with strong early sales exp...
India, a major user of coal power, is making large gains in clean energy adoption. Here is how Sama News June 01, 2025 Add Comment Edit One of the most carbon-polluting countries, India is also making huge efforts to harness the power of the sun, wind and other clean energy s...