New Carbon Material Sets Energy-Storage Record Likely To Advance Supercapacitors

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2023 04:14:45 +0000

Guided by machine learning, chemists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory designed a record-setting carbonaceous supercapacitor material … [continued]

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New Plant Hardiness Map, Used By Gardeners Nationwide & Based On OSU Climate Data, Unveiled

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2023 20:45:48 +0000

The U.S. Department of Agriculture today released its new Plant Hardiness Zone Map, the national standard by which gardeners can … [continued]

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The Benefits of Semiconductor Manufacturing in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) for Terrestrial Use

Credit to Author: NASA| Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2023 15:42:14 +0000

Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) in semiconductor and in-space manufacturing collaborated on a white paper that outlines how microgravity benefits the … [continued]

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The AI Boom Is Boosting Carbon Emissions — Should Companies Acknowledge Their Climate Share?

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2023 18:12:43 +0000

As companies hurry to create competitive AI models, it becomes increasingly difficult to get them to factor in electricity consumption. Yet the next generation of AI hardware and software absolutely needs environmental sustainability reporting metrics.

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South Korea’s First ‘K-Gas Turbine’ Begins Commercial Operation

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2023 04:19:21 +0000

Marking a significant inroad to establish a South Korean foothold in the world’s gas turbine technology market, heavy industrial company Doosan Enerbility this summer began commercial operation of its first

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USA Needs To Protect Its Farmworkers From “Danger Season”

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2023 00:01:53 +0000

Farmworkers face many hazards while performing the labor that props up the $1.264 trillion US food and farm economy, yet a new analysis by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) found that federal agencies focused on agriculture and health invested an average of only $16.2 million dollars per year in farmworker health research projects between […]

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Did You Know That Soil Health Affects Human Health?

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2023 22:10:05 +0000

As a part of the Consolidated Appropriations Package passed in 2022, Congress directed the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) to investigate the links between human health and soil health, looking into how soil management practices that support healthy soils influence the nutritional content of foods and affect overall human health. In response, […]

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Marine Environment At Risk Due to Ship Emissions

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2023 08:00:32 +0000

According to a recent study conducted by Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, the collective release of metals and other environmentally harmful substances by ships poses a significant threat to the marine ecosystem. The researchers assessed the pollution levels caused by these emissions in four ports and discovered that over 90 percent of the contaminants […]

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