In a recent review of more than 180 peer-reviewed articles—which I conducted with fellow researcher Richard Parncutt—we found that a scientific consensus has formed around the so-called 1,000-ton rule.
Environment
Nov 30, 2023
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Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have created grids of tiny clumps of atoms known as quantum dots and studied what happens when electrons dive into these archipelagos of atomic islands. ...
Nanophysics
Nov 17, 2022
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With the ever-increasing digitalization of our society, the question arises as to what potential this digital change has for climate protection. On behalf of the business association swisscleantech and the mobile phone operator ...
Environment
Oct 29, 2020
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This week, to coincide with the fifteenth annual European Space Weather Week, ESA is celebrating the dynamic phenomenon of space weather.
Space Exploration
Nov 7, 2018
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Coordinated development of electricity infrastructure connecting offshore wind farms to land will bring financial and environmental benefits.
Energy & Green Tech
Sep 20, 2018
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The German energy transition makes it necessary to extend the transmission grid. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), together with the grid operator TenneT, now studies the use of superconductor technology as an alternative ...
Energy & Green Tech
Jul 6, 2018
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"Power to the people," the activists chanted in the 1960s.
Energy & Green Tech
Jan 30, 2018
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Recent years have witnessed the rise of an economic revolution—the so-called sharing economy. Businesses such as Uber, Lyft, and Airbnb have created a new kind of marketplace, in essence, by relying on the investments of ...
Energy & Green Tech
Nov 10, 2016
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"The issue is that solar energy is only produced during the day, and wind energy only on windy days. It's not always in sync with consumers' demands of electricity and unused energy has nowhere to go."
Energy & Green Tech
Mar 7, 2016
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The U.S. Department of Energy is matching a $2.25 million Clean Energy Fund grant from the Washington Department of Commerce to research, develop and demonstrate the technologies needed to create 'smart' buildings, campuses ...
Energy & Green Tech
Nov 2, 2015
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