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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.
Dancing on the ceiling, electricity generation on the floor…
Flooring can be made from any number of sustainable materials, making it, generally, an eco-friendly feature in…
Ambient light sensors support energy harvesting
New Yorker Electronics is now distributing Vishay’s optoelectronics sensor, the Vishay Semiconductors VCNL4100. The…
17% of carbon emissions to be neutralized through solar energy
MIT, Boston Medical Center, and Post Office Square Redevelopment Corporation have formed an alliance to buy…
Nuclear reactor winds down and defines legacy
They are here to make fusion energy a reality. Gathering the data that will inform the design of a new fusion…
New world record for nuclear fusion reactor
On Friday, September 30th, at 9:25 p.m. EDT, scientists and engineers at MIT’s Plasma Science and…
Soybeans the answer to world hunger?
A way to dramatically increase the yield and quality of soybeans has been developed by Washington State…
Nearby star Proxima Centauri has regular starspots
In August astronomers announced that the nearby star Proxima Centauri hosts an Earth-sized planet (called Proxima…
Supercapacitor uses no conductive carbon
Energy storage devices called supercapacitors have become a hot area of research, in part because they can be…
Unmanned aircraft is powered by solar energy
The pilots of Solar Impulse 2 of spoke of their new project, following circling the globe in an aircraft that used…
Africa’s first green airport powered by the sun
The regional airport in George, a town of just 150,000 residents on South Africa's south coast is Africa's first…