Environment
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire on Friday said Washington's $430 billion plan to spur climate-friendly technologies in the United States must be seen as a wake-up call for Europe.
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Energy & Green Tech
Nearly 10% of today's electricity in the United States comes from wind power. The renewable energy source benefits climate, air quality, and public health by displacing emissions of greenhouse gases and air pollutants that ...
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Zinc batteries potentially offer a much lower fire risk than their market-leading yet fire-prone lithium-ion cousins, but researchers have concluded that the technology still needs a major boost to performance on a number ...
Dec 2, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
The unprecedented rise in energy costs this winter has many people asking how to reduce their bills. In a typical UK home, around 80% of the total energy used in a year goes towards heating space and water, so any change ...
Dec 2, 2022
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Robotics
Drones are already shaping the face of our cities—used for building planning, heritage, construction and safety enhancement. But, as studies by the UK's Department of Transport have found, swathes of the public have a limited ...
Dec 2, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
An unassuming pile of black graphite bricks containing uranium became known famously as Chicago Pile 1, the world's first human-created, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction. Eighty years later, nuclear scientists continue ...
Dec 2, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
If Denmark is to reach the goal of 1 million electric vehicles on the roads in 2030, the number of charging stations will have to keep up. DTU has created a calculation tool that enables cities and municipalities to analyze ...
Dec 2, 2022
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Robotics
As an integral part of modern life, sensors are now almost ubiquitous. They measure physical input from the environment and convert it into data that can be interpreted by humans or machines. A new six-dimensional force/torque ...
Dec 2, 2022
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Robotics
Wearing an exosuit could help people rehab from an injury or even give them extra oomph if they're carrying something heavy.
Dec 2, 2022
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Consumer & Gadgets
When Gila Drazen flies, she typically forgets or otherwise neglects to put her phone in airplane mode.
Dec 2, 2022
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