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Summit Supercomputer Study Fathoms Troubled Waters Of Ocean Turbulence

June 17, 2023 admin oak ridge national laboratory (ornl), oceans, research, SCIENCE, Water

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2023 17:15:32 +0000

Simulations performed on the Summit supercomputer at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory revealed new insights into the role of turbulence in mixing fluids and could open new possibilities for projecting climate change and studying fluid dynamics. The study, published in the Journal of Turbulence, used Summit to model the dynamics of a […]

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US Army Suddenly Obsessed With Liquefied Gas Electrolytes For Portable Energy Storage Systems

June 11, 2023 admin batteries, Energy Storage, lithium-ion batteries, nanograf, portable battery, research, SCIENCE, south 8, US Army, US Department of Defense, US military, usa

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2023 15:35:15 +0000

The US Army is taking a keen interest in new liquefied gas electrolytes for high powered, non-flammable energy storage systems that hold up under pressure in the field.

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Drones Fly Low & Slow for Radiation Detection

June 11, 2023 admin Aviation, clean transport, DRONES, Nuclear, pacific northwest national laboratory (pnnl), radiation, research, SCIENCE

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2023 20:49:35 +0000

PNNL researchers explore the feasibility of using drones to survey sites for low levels of radiation.

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Scientists Find Earth Is In “Danger Zone”

June 6, 2023 admin climate change, nature, research, SCIENCE

Credit to Author: Nexus Media| Date: Sat, 03 Jun 2023 03:57:49 +0000

We have reached what I call a saturation point where we hit the ceiling of the biophysical capacity of the Earth system to remain in its stable state.

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Strange Goop Resolves Sticky Perovskite Solar Cell Problems

June 1, 2023 admin Canada, clean energy innovation, clean energy investment, clean power, cleantech news, energy investment, iea, international energy agency, materials, materials science, perovskite, perovskite solar cells, polymers, renewable energy, research, SCIENCE, solar cells, Solar energy, startups, xlynx materials

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 29 May 2023 15:35:05 +0000

The Canadian startup XlynX aims to improve perovskite solar cells with a new advanced adhesive.

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NOAA: How Greenhouse Gas Pollution Amplified Global Warming in 2022

May 31, 2023 admin climate change, CO2, co2 emissions, Fossil Fuels, greenhouse gases, greenhouse gases (ghgs), methane, national oceanic and atmospheric administration (noaa), NOAA, research, SCIENCE

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sun, 28 May 2023 04:35:51 +0000

“The AGGI is derived from highly accurate measurements of greenhouse gases in air samples collected around the world,” said Vanda Grubišić, Ph.D, director of NOAA’s Global Monitoring Laboratory (GML). “It continues to rise despite international efforts to curb emission of greenhouse gases from fossil fuels that seem to be falling short of their targets.”

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Neuralink & Elon Musk Want To Control Your Brain

May 30, 2023 admin ANIMALS, elon musk, neuralink, research, SCIENCE

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sat, 27 May 2023 11:01:40 +0000

The US FDA has given the go-ahead for Neuralink to begin testing its technology on humans. Will Elon Musk implant the tech in his own brain in the trials?

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New Report: Carbon Capture & Storage Serves California Communities, Environment, & Economy

May 29, 2023 admin California, carbon capture (ccs), carbon neutrality, climate change, Energy Storage, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green jobs, investment, lawrence livermore national laboratory, Manufacturing, policy & politics, policy research, research, SCIENCE

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Fri, 26 May 2023 14:53:42 +0000

LLNL and the Clean Air Task Force have released a new report “Sharing the Benefits: How the Economics of Carbon Capture and Storage Projects in California Can Serve Communities, the Economy, and the Climate,” that examines the costs of carbon dioxide capture, transportation, and geologic storage in California.

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Ask A Scientist: Calling Out The Companies Responsible For Western Wildfires

May 27, 2023 admin Agriculture, climate change, research, SCIENCE, us wildfires, Wildfires

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Wed, 24 May 2023 21:35:03 +0000

Not only is the fire season longer, wildfires are burning larger areas more severely and at higher elevations. The average acreage that has burned every year since 2000—7 million—is more than double the annual average of 3.3 million acres in the 1990s,

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Why You Should Care About Warmer-Than-Average Ocean Temperatures

May 26, 2023 admin carbon emissions, climate change, Fossil Fuels, ocean temperatures, oceans, SCIENCE

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Wed, 24 May 2023 18:35:22 +0000

Higher sea surface temperatures disrupt the mixing of nutrients and oxygen that is key to supporting life. They have the potential to alter the ocean’s crucial role in absorbing carbon from the atmosphere.