Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2022 00:50:44 +0000
AUSTIN, Texas — More of the world’s coastal glaciers are melting faster than ever, but exactly what’s triggering the large-scale retreat has been difficult to pin down because of natural fluctuations in the glaciers’ surroundings. Now, researchers at the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics (UTIG) and Georgia Tech have developed a methodology that they […]
Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2022 22:50:45 +0000
The ability to assess and characterize available wind resources is critical to the development, siting, and operation of a wind power plant. WINDExchange has released new wind resource maps to help accurately define, measure, and forecast the nation’s land-based and offshore wind resources. New land-based maps are now available for Colorado, Idaho, Nebraska, New Mexico, Nevada, and […]
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2022 15:11:51 +0000
A smartly designed pressure valve allows soft robots to respond to their environment without the need for computer control, reveal AMOLF researchers in their article in the journal Matter. That brings robots with natural movements and tactile responses similar to those of living organisms one step closer to reality. Such developments render soft robots more […]
Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2022 18:15:57 +0000
What does it look like to enhance electrical grid and community resilience through repurposing decommissioned mines into underground pumped storage facilities?
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sat, 09 Jul 2022 11:00:26 +0000
Using naturally occurring and engineered proteins and bacteria, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) scientists and collaborators will separate and purify rare-earth elements so they can be used in the defense sector. Under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Environmental Microbes as a BioEngineering Resource (EMBER) program, the team was awarded an initial $4 million in funding R&D in Phase 1 with an […]
Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2022 18:35:23 +0000
A huge range of possible future scenarios exist for wild species. It’s important to take into account that climate change, increasing demand, and technological advances are likely to present significant challenges to their sustainable use in the future.
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2022 20:40:43 +0000
Researchers at ETH Zurich prove that the depletion of ozone over the Arctic in spring causes abnormal weather throughout the northern hemisphere. In many places it will be warmer than average and dry — or too wet. Many people are familiar with the ozone hole over Antarctica. What is less well known is that the […]
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2022 05:00:05 +0000
Engineers at the University of California–San Diego have developed lithium-ion batteries that perform well at freezing cold and scorching hot temperatures, while packing a lot of energy. The researchers accomplished this feat by developing an electrolyte that is not only versatile and robust throughout a wide temperature range, but also compatible with a high energy […]
Credit to Author: Transport & Environment (T&E)| Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2022 03:10:38 +0000
New rules will help end the emissions scandal that allowed carmakers to use PHEVs to weaken EU climate targets. PHEV emissions in reality are much higher than the tests suggest.
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2022 01:00:38 +0000
“New” ozone hole much larger than Antarctic ozone hole.