Jul 22, 2021 | Environment, Mobility
An international collaborative study led by University of Helsinki has conducted a holistic study to investigate the effects of COVID-19 restrictions on several air quality pollutants for the Po Valley region in northern Italy. The area is well known to have one of...
Jul 22, 2021 | Batteries, Climate, Electric Vehicles
A new study debunks a common theory that was used to argue against innovators like Tesla CEO Elon Musk regarding the sustainability of electric cars. The popular myth falsely claims that an EV’s manufacturing processes, plus the energy that is produced...
Jul 22, 2021 | Electric Vehicles, Investment
Mercedes-Benz laid out its roadmap to all-electric mobility today with goals that fall into line with what many other automakers are promising. There’s one big caveat, however. The company says that it will only go all-in on electric vehicles “where market...
Jul 22, 2021 | Artificial Intelligence, Climate, Featured, Forests
Forest fires are already a global threat. “But considering how climate change is progressing, we are probably only at the beginning of a future that will see more and bigger forest fires,” explains Rupert Seidl, Professor of Ecosystem Dynamics and Forest...
Jul 22, 2021 | Agriculture, Artificial Intelligence, Featured
Scientists from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi have developed a computational model for automated disease detection in potato crops using photographs of the leaves. The research led by Srikant Srinivasan, associate professor, School of Computing and...
Jul 22, 2021 | Artificial Intelligence, Featured
AI research lab DeepMind has created the most comprehensive map of human proteins to date using artificial intelligence. The company, a subsidiary of Google-parent Alphabet, is releasing the data for free, with some scientists comparing the potential impact of the...
Jul 22, 2021 | Climate, Investment
Chemicals used in air conditioning, freezers and refrigeration have long hurt the environment by destroying the ozone layer and polluting water sources, but technology is starting to change the way we keep cool. Phononic, a startup based in Durham North Carolina using...
Jul 22, 2021 | Agriculture, Climate
The Scenic Hudson Soil Lab is a rather unassuming structure. Sitting atop a hemp farm within New York’s Hudson River Valley, the lab is unadorned, and no bigger than a roadside diner. The inconspicuousness of the site, however, belies the importance of the...
Jul 15, 2021 | Electric Vehicles, Oceanography
On the docket over the next 10-plus years, Jeep CEO Christian Meunier says, is electrifying the lineup to become the world’s greenest SUV brand with a fully battery-electric model in each segment by 2025, adding autonomous capabilities and maybe even going fully...
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