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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.
Biohybrid Robot Uses Sea Slug’s Muscles
A robot that uses muscles from a sea slug’s mouth, nerves, and neurons to crawl with an inchworm-like movement, has…
Solar Glasses Generate 200mW Of Electric Power
Researchers from KIT now present sunglasses with colored, semitransparent solar cells applied onto lenses that…
Methane Beneath Antarctic Ice Sheets Eaten By Microbes
Lurking in a lake half a mile beneath Antarctica's icy surface, methane-eating microbes may mitigate the release of…
Seafloor Signs Of Tsunami Danger In Alaska
A geologic structure that signals potential for a major tsunami in an area that normally would be considered benign…
Fish Relationships Disrupted By Noisy Boats
Researchers from the UK, US and France tested the effects of boat noise on bluestreak cleaner wrasse - and found an…
Smart Microgarden Provides Soil-Free System Solution
A smart, app-controlled microgarden that lets consumers optimize, customize, and monitor the growth of certain…
The Electric Vehicle Switch: Good Or Bad?
Technological advances mean fossil fuel in cars could be phased out within decades but switching to electric…
UK Join France In Battle Against Air Pollution
From 2040, Britain will outlaw the sale of new diesel and petrol cars and vans in a bid to cut air pollution, it…
A Cocktail of Geoengineering Could Save Our Climate
For the first time the possibility of using a 'cocktail' of geoengineering tools could reduce changes in the…
The World’s Most Powerful Artificial Sun
Synlight is a very big lab containing the world's most artificial sun which offers us a ray of hope in terms of…