As electronics get smaller, faster, and more powerful, the devices we count on in our everyday connected lives tend to get hotter, requiring some kind of cooling device. Laptops have enough room for a fan to extract heat from...
After no winner was declared in the first round of a contest staged by the European Commission to fund carbon capture and storage (CCS), the search for emissions cutting technology is looking bleak. At least for the time being....
Researchers at the University of East Anglia and the University of Massachusetts predict that intense, small-scale polar storms may impact climate predictions. These polar events, called mesoscale storms, are difficult to predict and have previously been missing from most...
Sulfur compounds in fuels can cause problems. Big problems. To combat this issue, researchers at the University of Illinois have developed mats of metal oxide nanofibers that scrub sulfur from petroleum-based fuels in a much more effective way than...
In an unlikely move for a US utility company, a Connecticut utility has signed an agreement with a power company on the east coast to build a massive fuel cell park in Bridgeport, Connecticut, utilising fuel cells produced by...
Despite tax incentives and local discounts, electric vehicles cost considerably more than the average fuel-saving car in the US. However, when the total cost of lifecycle ownership is compared to that of ICEs, it is found that savings on...
As teenagers, most of us cared more about say, a humiliating acne outbreak or which classmate we’d ask to homecoming, rather than the difficulties of developing countries. When she watched some Indian children drinking from a pool of stagnant...
The U.S. Forest Service's Pacific Southwest Research Station, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE)'s Urban and Community Forestry Program, and EcoLayers developed a tool that helps property owners estimate the benefit of planting trees in terms...
As agricultural practices become more advanced, and different types of fertilizers flood the market, it is almost inevitable to assume that soils no longer determine the agricultural productivity.
Stephen Porder, an assistant professor of biology in the Department of Ecology...
Electric vehicles are designed to make the most of their limited battery charge. To that end, EV designers focus on weight reduction, aerodynamics, and efficient electrical systems. Still, the lithium-ion battery packs in today's EVs are a...
