According to Study, New Heavy Vehicle efficiency requirements could increase Energy Use
Deliveries are getting faster than ever in the U.S., but the faster movement of goods is undercutting the country’s climate progress. In a new study…
Engineering
Data Storage could be revolutionized by a breakthrough in Energy-efficient Avalanche-based Amorphization
Like sand grains on a beach, the atoms that make up amorphous substances like glass are haphazardly arranged and lack an organized structure. Amorphization, the…
Using Hydrogen to Fuel more Environmentally Friendly Aviation
Despite continued efforts to reduce CO2 emissions with electric and hybrid automobiles, other modes of transportation continue to emit large amounts of greenhouse gasses. To…
Improving Energy Production via increasing Singlet Fission
Singlet fission (SF) is an exciton amplification process in which two triplet excitons are formed from a singlet exciton produced by the absorption of a…
Novel Electro-biodiesel is more capable and cleaner than Existing Alternatives
Vehicles powered by diesel emit significant carbon emissions that are difficult to decarbonize. According to the United States Energy Information Administration, diesel fuel use in…
Key to Low-cost and Long-lasting Renewable Batteries for Electric Vehicles
Lithium-sulfur batteries have never fulfilled their promise as the next generation of renewable batteries for electric vehicles and other gadgets. But ?Donghai Wang, a mechanical…
Evaluating the True Climatic Costs of Manufacturing
The production of commodities such as steel, polymers, and cement in the United States alone causes $79 billion in climate-related harm worldwide each year, according…
Reactor could Improve the Energy Efficiency of Direct Air Capture
Rice University researchers created an electrochemical reactor that has the potential to significantly reduce energy usage for direct air capture, which is the removal of…
Researchers use Programmable Materials to help mend Fractured Bones
Despite their uneven structures, natural materials such as bone, bird feathers, and wood use intelligent physical stress distribution. However, the link between stress modulation and…
Jet-propelled Sea Creatures could improve Ocean Robotics
Scientists at the University of Oregon have discovered that colonies of gelatinous sea animals swim through the ocean in giant corkscrew shapes using coordinated jet…
Scientists Generate Temperatures exceeding 1,000 Degrees Celsius using Solar Power instead of Fossil Fuels
Instead than utilizing fossil fuels to smelt steel and cook cement, Swiss researchers propose using solar heat. The proof-of-concept work, published on May 15 in…
Using AI to enhance Building Energy Consumption and Comfort
Researchers at the University of Waterloo have devised a novel technology that has the potential to save significant energy in buildings. The researchers discovered 28…
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