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name: Auramax. Year: The word “aura” comes from Latin and Ancient Greek and originally meant a gentle breeze. Today it’s more commonly used to describe the…
Pwadol Jatrawuttichai/Alamy About 450 kilometers north of Helsinki, Finland, there is an abandoned mine. Despite its remote location, it is attracting attention because of the role…
Using raindrops is an unusual idea Derek Croucher / Alamy A generator that harvests the sound of pattering rain could produce enough electricity to power LED lights, but it’s unclear how practical it would be. Zhang Yonghui of the Dalian University of Technology in China and his colleagues have developed a device they call a
Vehicles equipped with technology to collect data on building conditions Madeleine Cuff British city dwellers may have spotted a strange-looking vehicle driving around their neighborhood earlier…
Solar panels have become a common sight in suburban neighborhoods in California. However, the state’s ambitious clean energy vision has led to a unique challenge -…
The rise of artificial intelligence has propelled the stock prices of major tech companies to new heights, but this growth has come at the expense of…
Google’s climate footprint reduction targets are at risk due to the rising reliance on energy-intensive data centers to power its new artificial intelligence products. The tech…
A team of physicists at the University of California, Berkeley has developed the most sophisticated instrument ever designed to search for dark energy, the mysterious force…
The choice to name a new project the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) may come across as presumptuous. Dark energy, you see, is completely unseen; it…
Quantum states are surprisingly energetic David Wall/Getty New calculations suggest that in quantum mechanics, the whole can be much greater than the sum of its parts.…
Naming a new project the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) may come across as overly confident. This is because dark energy is undetectable and cannot be…
Largest 3D map slice of the universe ever Lea Raman/DESI collaboration There are hints that the universe may be behaving in unexpected ways, and astrophysicists are…
China’s rapid growth in solar power is changing the world’s electricity mix Cost Photo/NurPhoto/Shutterstock Thanks to the rapid growth of wind and solar power, renewable energy…
Vancouver, Canada, April 18, 2024, Chainwire Chey Eye, a leader in distributed artificial intelligence infrastructure, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Big Energy Investments Inc.,…
WASHINGTON — THE PRESIDENT Joe Biden marked Earth Day by announcing $7 billion in federal grants for residential solar power projects serving more than 900,000 households…
The curved tip of a wind turbine blade, or winglet, based on the shape of a condor wingKashayar Ranamai Vahanbali A design change inspired by the…
Vancouver, Canada, April 18, 2024, Chainwire Chey Eye, a leader in distributed artificial intelligence infrastructure, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Big Energy Investments Inc.,…
Slice of the universe's largest 3D map showing the fundamental structure of matter A collaboration between Leah Raman and DESI. Custom colormap package with cmastro The…
This drone rotates most of the time, but can fly over obstacles if needed Ruibin Zhang et al/Zhejiang University, Hangzhou According to the developer, the autonomous…
Crowds gather at the San Fermín festival in Pamplona during the famous running of the bullsMiguel/Shutterstock People in very dense crowds move in small circular “trajectories”…
Astronomers harness powerful energy dark energy camera The Victor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope (DECam) at Cerro Tororo Inter-American Observatory, a program of NSF's NOIRLab, Huge 1.3…
Environmental groups have warned that claims stating artificial intelligence will aid in addressing the climate crisis are inaccurate. Instead, they caution that the technology is likely…
○One of the most harmful myths about digital technology is that it is somehow weightless or immaterial. Remember the early talk about “paperless” offices and “frictionless”…
The U.S. government has halted an investigation into a cryptocurrency mining operation over its rising energy use following a lawsuit from an industry accused by environmental…
The myth that we only use 10 percent of our brains has been completely debunked. Perhaps this idea persists because it is so tempting to believe…
Fish often travel in schools. Their mesmerizing actions look choreographed and rehearsed as these schools bend and break at the perfect time. However, in reality, there…
Inside the JET fusion reactoreurofusion A 40-year-old nuclear fusion reactor in the UK has set a world record for energy output in its final run before…
A 40-year-old nuclear fusion reactor in the UK has set a world record for energy output in its final run before permanent shutdown, scientists have announced.…
Nuclear fusion experiments at the US National Ignition Facility reach a significant milestonephilip saltonstall Scientists confirmed that a 2022 fusion reaction reached a historic milestone by…
China played a big role in the growth of solar and wind power in 2023Yuan Yuan Xie / Alamy Stock Photo According to one study, 2023…
acceleration: A change in the speed or direction of an object.average: Term (in science) for arithmetic mean. The sum of a number group divided by the…
Iceland is one of the most boring countries in the world. That’s a compliment, not an insult. The island nation is dotted with thousands of boreholes…
Groundbreaking research has identified a molecular photoswitch that can improve solar energy storage. Researchers used quantum computing to analyze large databases to find the best molecules…
A breakthrough in hybrid supercapacitors was achieved by increasing the active material in the electrodes by a new method involving β-Ni(OH)2 and NH4F. This innovation leads…
Akron Energy data center infrastructure company has closed a $110 million private funding round to expand its business, CEO Josh Payne exclusively tells TechCrunch. The round…
An artist’s illustration of an extremely high-energy cosmic ray, named the “Amaterasu particle,” observed by the surface detector array of the Telescope Array experiment.Credit: Osaka Metropolitan…
clean innovation Technology and renewable energy are moving quickly, maybe a little too fast. While there is no shortage of clean technology solutions available in today’s…
Astronomers have detected a rare and extremely energetic particle falling to Earth. Scientists say the ray, named after the Japanese sun goddess Amaterasu, is one of…