sustainability

Move over Lithium; there's a new material in town. Researchers have discovered a material that might reduce Lithium use in batteries thanks to AI and supercomputing. Microsoft and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (U.S. Department of…

Integrating Artificial Intelligence (AI) into power systems transforms the energy sector. AI's capability to analyze vast amounts of data and make predictive decisions is pivotal in optimizing power generation, distribution, and…

Technology Review published its annual worst technology list for 2023. One of the year's tragic, entirely preventable disasters was the Titan submersible diving to see the original disaster of the Titanic. Five died because of unwarranted…

University of Sussex researchers discovered the transformative potential of Martian nanomaterials, possibly opening the door to sustainable habitation on the planet. Using techniques currently applied on the International Space Station…

Many materials in conventional semiconductor devices come from environmentally damaging extraction processes, are high-risk pollutants, and/or pose severe human health hazards. At the same time, the ever-growing demand for speed, large…

Democratic Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont is withdrawing his plan to mandate future EV purchases after the proposal received bipartisan pushback from lawmakers on a key legislative panel. He pulled the proposal only four months after…

Driving range – or the lack thereof – is a significant deterrent to EV adoption, in addition to long charging times. In a recent poll by the Washington Post and the University of Maryland, 74% of 1,404 respondents say that gas-powered…

According to a new study, corporations are not detailing the full scope of their carbon footprint—many claim to be ‘green’ despite a lack of reporting on Scope 3 key categories. The research is an industry-university collaboration between…

MIT engineers designed a system that can efficiently harness the sun's heat to split water and generate hydrogen. The goal is to produce green, carbon-free hydrogen fuel with a train-like system of reactors driven solely by the sun.…

For all its potential upside, Artificial intelligence (AI) may have a substantial downside—powering it. A study published in the journal Joule, a founder of Digiconomist, demonstrates that when AI is widely adopted, its large energy…