Apr 13, 2023 | Energy, Featured, Hydrogen
One of the world’s biggest challenges is slashing emissions before it’s too late. In fact, we’ve only got until 2050 in order to avoid some of the worst effects of climate change. And guess what? Asking people to ditch meat isn’t going to be enough. Even a drastic...
Apr 13, 2023 | Energy, Solar, Wind
Record growth in wind and solar last year pushed worldwide electricity generation to its cleanest-ever level, a report found, reflecting a renewable energy boom that researchers say could herald the “beginning of the end of the fossil age.” The analysis published...
Apr 13, 2023 | Environment, Featured, Solar, Wind
Outside Denver, in a 9-mile-long canal that sends water to the local water treatment plant, small turbines spin as the water flows by. As they spin, they send energy to the water company so it can rely less on the electric grid. This new iteration of hydropower looks...
Apr 13, 2023 | Autonomous Vehicles, Smart Cities, Transportation
Feel like reading or watching a movie when you’re stuck in stop-and-go traffic? Thanks to advancing technology that’s now a possibility not only for a car’s passengers but also the driver. For example, the current S-Class from Mercedes, which reaches Level 3 (or...
Apr 13, 2023 | Electric Vehicles
The American school bus of the future won’t differ too much from its current iconic design: The wheels will still go round and round, the horn will go honk, honk, honk, and the wipers will swish, swish, swish. But if the transition from fossil...
Apr 13, 2023 | Climate, Electric Vehicles
The Biden administration’s proposal on Wednesday to sharply cut tailpipe emissions and vehicle pollutants is on a fast track as the future of U.S. auto production could become a presidential campaign issue next year. The Environmental Protection Agency is moving...
Apr 13, 2023 | Agriculture, Drones, Robots
Drones are being used for an ever widening range of agricultural applications enabled by new technology and diminishing regulatory constraints. Most current drone options are small, battery powered units and when equipped with cameras or other sensors and they are...
Apr 13, 2023 | Artificial Intelligence, Featured, Imaging, Space
The image of the supermassive black hole at the heart of the galaxy Messier 87 was boosted to high fidelity by a machine learning program trained on black hole models. A distant supermassive black hole is looking sharp after a makeover from a supercomputer. The...
Apr 6, 2023 | Aviation, Hydrogen
H2Fly, a company that makes hydrogen-powered planes, has successfully tested its cryogenic hydrogen refueling procedure on the ground. This is an essential prerequisite for the company’s planned test flights in the coming months. If the test flights also prove...
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