Floating blue paddles dance on the waves that lap a dock in the Port of Los Angeles, silently converting the power of the sea into usable el...
Britain's energy grid bets on flywheels to keep the lights on
Britain's energy operator is betting on an age-old technology to future-proof its grid, as the power plants that traditionally helped st...
Morocco tests floating solar panels to save water, generate power
Sun-baked Morocco, grappling with its worst drought in decades, has launched a pilot project aimed at slowing water evaporation while simult...
When AI blurs reality: The rise of hyperreal digital culture
From Bigfoot vlogs to algorithmically created personas, hyperrealistic AI content is redefining the boundaries of digital creators. These in...
One Tech Tip: This summer, don't let your phone overheat
The summer holidays are here and many of us will heading off on trips to hot and sunny destinations, and bringing our electronic devices alo...
Welsh mine microbes mapped to help heat homes
Welsh scientists have mapped the hidden microbes thriving in south Wales's abandoned coal mines, helping to overcome obstacles to using ...
Japan confident on wind power after Mitsubishi blow
Japan remains optimistic about the adoption of renewable energy despite Mitsubishi pulling out of three big offshore wind projects, the gove...
Real-time technique directly images material failure in 3D to improve nuclear reactor safety and longevity
MIT researchers have developed a technique that enables real-time, 3D monitoring of corrosion, cracking, and other material failure processe...
Tiny defects deliver big gains: Controlling oxygen vacancies boosts thermoelectric efficiency by 91%
A research team has dramatically enhanced the efficiency of converting heat into electricity. The key lies in controlling tiny defects known...
Driver assist technology saves lives. So why do so many people turn it off?
Cars are getting smarter. Today's vehicles can automatically brake to avoid a rear-end collision, keep themselves centered in a lane, wa...
Researchers find evidence suggesting ChatGPT influences how we speak
Within five days of ChatGPT's release in 2022, the artificial intelligence chatbot gained more than a million users. Today, more than ha...
Trump signals his campaign against wind power has limits
U.S. President Donald Trump suggested there are limits in his campaign to thwart wind power, even as his administration moves to halt the in...
Eco-friendly composite fibers offer durable, multifunctional air filtration for industry
As industries including coal chemical processing, oil and gas refining, and semiconductor manufacturing undergo technological upgrading, the...
Fiber technology achieves high-purity CO₂ capture with smartphone-level power consumption
Direct air capture (DAC) is a technology that filters out carbon dioxide present in the atmosphere at extremely low concentrations (below 40...
Betavoltaic battery performance now measurable through standardized comparison tools
What if you never had to worry about recharging your devices again? Imagine a world where a heart pacemaker works for your whole life on its...
Data that is stored and not used has a carbon footprint. How companies can manage dark data better
In today's world, huge amounts of data are being created all the time, yet more than half of it is never used. It stays in silos, or isn...
Can we trust AI? Researchers offer framework for tackling this question
An international team of researchers has put forward a framework that it argues can be used to answer one of the biggest questions facing ar...
Membraneless process and flow battery promise cheaper, greener carbon capture
Sometimes less really is more—at least that is the case when it comes to improving carbon capture systems, according to a team of researcher...
EVs reduce climate pollution, but by how much? Analysis covers powertrain type, size, usage and location
Choosing a more electrified vehicle will reduce drivers' greenhouse gas emissions, regardless of where they live in the contiguous Unite...
Pairing food waste and nanocatalysts to reduce carbon emissions in aviation
For researchers from The Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, a new avenue for reducing carbon em...
Reinventing industry: Carbon capture technologies lead the charge against climate change
Researchers are testing a new method of capturing CO2 from energy-intensive industries and converting it into valuable chemicals and fuels. ...
As AI becomes part of everyday life, it brings a hidden climate cost
Marissa Loewen first started using artificial intelligence in 2014 as a project management tool. She has autism and ADHD and said it helped ...
Fast charging zinc-ion batteries to flip a foundational belief in battery design
Fast charging a battery is supposed to be risky—a shortcut that leads to battery breakdown. But for a Georgia Tech team studying zinc-ion ba...
Researchers uncover hidden risks of passkeys in abusive relationships
A new study reveals that passkeys—widely promoted as a safer login method compared with passwords—may unintentionally expose users to seriou...
Novel cement lets buildings cool themselves
When temperatures get too hot to handle, most of us crank up the air conditioning to keep cool. It does the job, but it's expensive and ...
Africa could become 'renewable superpower', says Guterres
Africa has everything it takes to become a "renewable superpower," UN head Antonio Guterres said Thursday, as he called for greate...
HydroBoost: Increasing hydropower revenue with realistic forecasting
In many electricity markets, hydropower operators earn a significant portion of their revenue from the day-ahead market. In this market, uti...
Solar trees provide opportunity to meet renewable energy targets without deforestation
With the right technology, solar energy has the potential to meet all of the world's electricity needs, but we are still a long way off ...
Augmented reality tool could teach old robots new tricks
Researchers from Scottish universities have developed an innovative way to breathe new life into outdated robot pets and toys using augmente...
3D-printed gyroidal solid oxide cells offer lighter, more compact energy solutions
Over the past decades, energy engineers have been developing a wide range of new technologies that could power electronic devices, robots an...
India celebrates clean energy milestone but coal still king
Non-fossil fuels now account for half of India's installed energy capacity -- years ahead of schedule -- but the third-largest greenhous...
AI tech breathes life into virtual companion animals
Researchers at UNIST have developed an innovative AI technology capable of reconstructing highly detailed three-dimensional (3D) models of c...
Eco-friendly upcycling: Turning spent batteries into high-voltage energy storage systems
As electric vehicles and energy storage systems (ESS) become increasingly widespread, the management and recycling of spent lithium-ion batt...
Liquid gold: Prototype harvests valuable resource from urine
A newly developed system transforms human waste into a powerful tool for profitable and sustainable energy and agriculture in resource-limit...
A humanoid robot is now on sale for under US $6,000. What can you do with it?
You might have noticed that humanoid robots are having a bit of a moment. From Tesla's Optimus to Figure AI's Figure 02, these machi...
Battery breakthrough could transform electric car performance and range
Researchers in China claim to have achieved a significant breakthrough in lithium battery technology, doubling the energy density (the amoun...
Nuclear waste could be a source of fuel in future reactors
From electric cars to artificial intelligence (AI) data centers, the technologies people use every day require a growing need for electricit...
Self-propelled ice could be the green power of the future
Scientists from Virginia Tech have discovered a way to make ice move on its own. It's not a magic trick or a supernatural occurrence but...
Caught in a social media echo chamber? AI can help you out
Falling for clickbait is easy these days, especially for those who mainly get their news through social media. Have you ever noticed your fe...
Sharing is power: Doing the neighborly thing when it comes to solar
Australian researchers have found that households with solar panels could boost their returns by selling surplus power directly to their nei...
Grok 4's new AI companions offer 'pornographic productivity' for a price
The most controversial AI platform is arguably the one founded by Elon Musk. The chatbot Grok has spewed racist and antisemitic comments and...
Digital twin framework enhances sustainability and efficiency of modular buildings
Relocatable modular buildings (RMBs) represent an innovative and growing solution for flexible and sustainable construction. These buildings...
New research effort could boost nuclear fuel performance
Researchers at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have begun a series of experiments that could res...
Scientists visualize real-time electrolyte behavior in lithium-sulfur battery cells
Using a non-destructive method, a team at HZB investigated practical lithium-sulfur pouch cells with lean electrolyte for the first time. Wi...
Improving zinc battery stability with artificial polymer nanolayers
Aqueous zinc-ion batteries (ZIBs) are gaining attention as a safer and more affordable alternative to lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). While LI...
Swiss pilot surpasses solar-powered plane altitude record
Swiss pilot Raphael Domjan beat the altitude record for a solar-powered electric plane in a flight that took him soaring to 9,521 meters, hi...
Black metal could give a heavy boost to solar power generation
In the quest for energy independence, researchers have studied solar thermoelectric generators (STEGs) as a promising source of solar electr...
States scramble to complete renewable energy projects before tax credits expire
The abrupt termination of tax credits for clean energy projects is perhaps the most drastic blow that President Donald Trump has struck in h...
At least 73% of US adults have experienced online scams—here's how you can avoid the latest con
Online scammers continue to dupe the majority of American adults as they infiltrate virtual calendars and security systems meant to defend u...
Next-generation solar cells could soon harvest indoor light for battery-free devices
An international team led by UCL researchers has developed durable new solar cells capable of efficiently harvesting energy from indoor ligh...
Water vapor nearly doubles oxide-ion conductivity in promising fuel cell ceramic
Hydration significantly boosts ion conductivity in Ba7Nb4MoO20, a promising ceramic electrolyte candidate for low-temperature solid oxide fu...
Want to know how far your new EV can actually go? Take 10–20% off its claimed range
Many electric vehicles (EVs) now come with range estimates of 400–500 kilometers, while some premium models claim ranges of more than 600km....
Conversations remotely detected from cell phone vibrations, researchers report
An emerging form of surveillance, wireless tapping, explores the possibility of remotely deciphering conversations from the tiny vibrations ...
'Stop killing games': Demands for game ownership must also include workers' rights
When French video-game publisher Ubisoft announced it was shutting down servers for The Crew, a popular online racing game released in 2014,...
Swiss pilot takes big step closer to solar plane altitude record
Swiss pilot Raphael Domjan got within around a thousand meters of setting a new altitude record in a solar-powered plane on Sunday as he cha...
Self-adaptive electrolytes expand stability for fast charging and high-energy batteries
To support the ongoing transition to electric vehicles and reduce greenhouse emissions, engineers have been trying to develop batteries that...
As electric bills rise, evidence mounts that data centers share blame. States feel pressure to act
Amid rising electric bills, states are under pressure to insulate regular household and business ratepayers from the costs of feeding Big Te...
Scandium superhighway paves way for low-temperature hydrogen fuel cells
As global energy demand increases, researchers, industries, governments, and stakeholders are working together to develop new ways of meetin...
Study finds big crowds hurt live-stream engagement
Most content platforms thrive on user engagement, but a professor at the University of Miami Patti and Allan Herbert Business School has dis...
Trump moves to kill $7 billion in solar panel grants
President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday moved to kill a $7 billion program designed to bring rooftop solar to low-income and...
EPA cancels $7 billion Biden-era grant program to boost solar energy
The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday terminated a $7 billion grant program that was intended to help pay for residential solar pr...
Wind farms important to achieving net zero, says researcher
Few energy technologies divide public opinion quite like wind turbines. To some, they are elegant icons of the green transition, while other...
The energy source that could survive Trump's attack on California's green ambitions
At a construction site along the Los Angeles River, just south of where four freeways converge in Vernon, a crane hoisted a set of massive w...
Maximizing direct methanol fuel cell performance: Reinforcement learning enables real-time voltage control
Fuel cells are energy solutions that can convert the chemical energy in fuels into electricity via specific chemical reactions, instead of r...
Clean energy is here, but getting it to electric vehicles is not
Even if enough renewable energy is available, simply switching from gas-powered cars to electric vehicles (EVs) won't be enough to fight...
Thin biofilm can transform CO₂ into renewable energy
NIBIO has contributed to developing a method for turning greenhouse gases like CO2 or CO into biomethane—a renewable energy source. Using th...
A low-cost catalytic cycle could advance the separation, storage and transportation of hydrogen
Hydrogen (H2) is an Earth-abundant molecule that is widely used in industrial settings and could soon contribute to the clean generation and...
Microscopic imaging reveals how electric double layers form at battery nucleation sites
Electrochemical cells—or batteries, as a well-known example—are complex technologies that combine chemistry, physics, materials science and ...
Floating sponges can recover ammonia from wastewater using the sun
Sunlight shining on specialized floaties can now produce fuel for plants by recovering ammonia from wastewater. Researchers designed a float...
Professor sorts through myths about long-term implications of solar farms
The Maryland Department of the Environment is pushing for 50% of the state's electricity generation by 2030 to come from renewable energ...
Agrivoltaics addresses the needs for both clean electricity production and land use for food
As countries race to expand renewable energy infrastructure, balancing clean electricity production with land use for food remains a pressin...
Do more with less—reducing material usage in light-driven energy conversion
Researchers from the Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, have developed a new synthesis route for ultrathin photoanodes, wh...
How California can cash in on federal incentives for green power before they disappear
California is often criticized for high electricity costs and slow development timelines. But critics confuse the real reasons for this prob...
'Let's go fly a kite': Capturing wind for clean energy in Ireland
On Ireland's blustery western seaboard researchers are gleefully flying giant kites—not for fun but in the hope of generating renewable ...
AI tools identify promising alternatives to lithium-ion batteries for energy storage
Researchers from New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) have used artificial intelligence to tackle a critical problem facing the future ...
Remote detection system developed for wind turbine blade damage
Maintaining wind turbines and identifying potential vulnerabilities is expensive and time-consuming, especially when they are located offsho...
Real-time measuring method extends lifespan and enhances safety of batteries
Powerful, safe batteries are a key component in the success of electric mobility. This makes measuring a battery's capacity and state a ...
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