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Energy
Energy refers to the application of engineering to energy efficiency and services, facility management, ecology, and alternative energy technologies. It includes renewable energy sources such as solar, wind, geothermal power, biofuels, and hydro power.
Sustainability for Smart Devices and Buildings
In Europe, the increasing energy prices and goals to reduce the CO2 footprint of buildings to become climate…
5 Advances in Solar That Could Reduce Energy Costs in 2023 and Beyond
As we stretch electrical grids across the U.S. and Europe to their maximum capacities and the price of electricity,…
Google Billionaire Warns China Gaining Technology Edge
Eric Schmidt has some recommendations for Washington regarding its policies. The former Google CEO is encouraging…
NASA Cooling Technique for Space Makes Charging EVs Fast and Easy
NASA's Biological and Physical Sciences Division sponsored a team that developed the Flow Boiling and Condensation…
Honeywell Revolutionizes Ethanol-to-Jet Fuel
Honeywell flies into the future with its revolutionary ethanol-to-jet fuel technology, bringing us closer to green…
MIT Engineers Create Battery-Free, Wireless Underwater Camera
A significant challenge for undersea exploration is powering underwater cameras. Researchers can tether it to their…
Turning Heat into Electricity—Cool
A new nanophotonic material just broke records for high-temperature stability. Implications are that the material…
Stanford: We’re Charging Our Cars All Wrong
Charging your EV in the evening or overnight? A new Stanford study says we're doing it wrong.
The study focused…
An Innovative Approach to Novel Lithium-ion Battery Materials
Researchers at Boise State University developed a new approach to creating novel lithium-ion battery materials.…
Smart Plants? Sure!
Droughts. Floods. Heat waves. Climate change is threatening our food supplies. But what if plants were smart enough…