A novel solar cell reported this week by researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBL) in California selectively cranks out electricity and hydrogen. Panels of these hybrid cells, a novel integration of photovoltaic and electrochemical devices, could simultaneously meet real-time energy demand while socking away hydrogen to back up solar, hydro, and wind generators and […]
Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee have developed wireless charging technology that they say could fill up a typical electric car today in under an hour. This represents a six-fold improvement over a similar wireless charging system they announced in 2016. That plugless EV charging technology, they report, is now being modified for […]
Shoddy construction, midprocess design changes and mismanagement have claimed another major nuclear energy project in the United States. Earlier this month the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) terminated construction of a facility in South Carolina designed to transform 34 metric tons of surplus military plutonium, enough for about 17,000 nuclear weapons, into fuel for nuclear […]
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You may not know it, but temperature sensors are present throughout many of the daily tasks in our lives. Thinking back on your day today – did you turn on the kettle for a cup of coffee or take the milk out of the refrigerator? Did you take the train to work or have you […]
The average American lost 41 hours to rush-hour congestion in 2017, according to a scorecard published by transportation analytics company INRIX, placing the U.S. with nations like Indonesia, Venezuela, and Russia on the list of top five countries with the highest average peak hours spent in congestion. And while expanding road networks and public transit […]
Already, human activity has caused the global average temperature to rise 1 °C above preindustrial levels. If nothing changes, temperatures will likely reach 1.5 °C above that baseline at some point between 2030 and 2052. Or, in a more extreme case, the global temperature could rise by 2 °C. A new report from the Intergovernmental Panel […]