Jan 30, 2025 | Batteries, Featured
Earlier this week, scientists from both institutions announced the creation of a diamond battery that leverages the decaying power of isotope carbon-14—the same isotope used in carbon dating. This isotope is useful for archaeologists because its half-life...
Jan 30, 2025 | Climate, Energy, Featured, Hydrogen
In a recent study published in the International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Washington State University Professor Bin Yang and colleagues demonstrated that their lignin-based jet fuel can chemically bind hydrogen in a stable liquid form. This...
Jan 23, 2025 | Featured, Robots, Telecommunications
To ramp up iPhone production at Foxconn factories, the manufacturer closed a deal to start using more humanoid robots. With the process of making iPhones becoming more complicated, these robots could help improve the reliability of processes involving the most...
Jan 23, 2025 | Coal, Energy, Featured, Solar
Solar overtook coal in the European Union’s electricity production in 2024, with the share of renewables rising to almost half the bloc’s power sector, according to a report released Thursday. Gas generation, meanwhile, declined for the fifth year in a row...
Jan 23, 2025 | Autonomous Vehicles, Featured, Intermodal
The Federal Railroad Administration will allow Parallel Systems to test its autonomous, self-propelled flatcar system on a pair of Genesee & Wyoming short lines in Georgia. The FRA last week approved the request from Parallel, Georgia Central Railway and Heart of...
Jan 16, 2025 | Auto Industry, Featured, Michigan
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer addressed the Detroit Auto Show, saying that tariffs should not be used “to punish our closest trading partners,” like Canada. Whitmer on Wednesday subtly warned against President-elect Donald J. Trump’s tariff threats targeting Canada,...
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