How Greener Grids Can Stay Lit
California recently made headlines after becoming the first state to require solar panels on all new homes. While the move seems at first glance as a major step in the …
Pressure Used to Control Properties of Graphene Transistors
An international team of researchers led by Columbia University has developed a technique for manipulating the electrical conductivity of graphene through compression. This discovery marks a significant step toward graphene’s …
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Scientists Improve Behavior of Quantum Dots
Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison recently revealed new effects in tiny electronic devices known as quantum dots. The potential for this research is huge, as it could very well …
Game over for Hydrogen fuel cells? Not really — but an explosion in Norway halts sales of hydrogen fuel cell cars locally
Toyota and Hyundai both halted sales of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles in Norway after an explosion at a Hydrogen fuel station. Norway, which has a more advanced infrastructure in terms …
Electro Water Separation (EWS) or Electro Coagulation: Treatment system uses electricity to clean contaminated water
Technology for cleaning contaminated water is increasingly being adopted by oil companies and well operators as a pay-by-the-gallon water-cleaning service. OriginOil’s electro water separation (EWS) technology, described as a high-speed, …
New oil extraction methods such as swept acoustic wave promise to increase yield
Typically, companies only manage to extract a third of the oil from a given field using current technologies. A promising new extraction method, developed by veteran Russian engineer Alex Barak and …
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Scientists Use Machine Learning to Automate Atomic-Scale Manufacturing
Scientists at the University of Alberta recently unveiled a method wherein they applied a machine learning technique to automate atomic-scale manufacturing for the first time. The green technology used in …
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91% of coal-fired power plants are leaking toxic chemicals into groundwater: report
The majority of the 250 coal-fired powerplants in the US have leaked toxic chemicals into local groundwater from both coal ash waste landfills and ponds. The data, published March 2019, …
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