Technology

Credit: PhotoAdventure Studio, Shutterstock Transmission grids are struggling to keep up with the growth of renewable energy. In Bulgaria, the installation of a novel mobile power flow control system is now making it possible to greatly increase the amount of renewable energy that the country's power grid can handle. It's...

The research team with the Reconfigurable Reflecting Surface technology. Credit: University of Surrey Signal blindspots in built-up urban areas could soon be a thing of the past thanks to research at 5G/6GIC. A team of academics and researchers, led by Dr. Mohsen Khalily, have been developing a new technology called...

The main entrance to the New York Times headquarters is seen on December 13, 2019. The New York TImes said Wednesday it now has more than eight million subscribers in a quarterly update showing improving revenues and profits. Profits doubled to $54 million and revenues rose 23 percent to $498...

The 13 top-performing blendstocks with the potential to reduce criteria and GHG emissions comprise 6 hydrocarbons, 3 esters, and 4 ethers. Credit: Dan Gaspar, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Diesel engines far outpace gasoline engines when it comes to miles-per-gallon for freight-hauling heavy-duty trucks. And thanks to advances in technology, today's...

PNNL researcher Harold Kirkham is leading the charge to overhaul outdated electricity measurements. Credit: Shannon Colson | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory In August 2016, two 500-kilovolt transmission lines in San Bernardino County, California, tripped offline during a fire. As a result, some distance away, more than 1,000 megawatts of solar generation...

Researchers have developed sphere-based triboelectric nanogenerators that can be incorporated directly into navigational buoys to provide electricity from ocean waves. Credit: Cátia Rodrigues To find a power source for buoys, look no further than the ocean itself. During the AIP Publishing Horizons—Energy Storage and Conversion virtual conference, which will be...

The cardiac pacemaker of the future could be powered by the heart itself, according to researchers at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Credit: Yi Zhiran The cardiac pacemaker of the future could be powered by the heart itself, according to researchers at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. During the AIP Publishing Horizons—Energy...

Determining photovoltaic cells' performance under artificial lighting. Credit: Hamadani As photovoltaic (PV) technology continues to progress, PV devices' applications in harvesting energy from indoor ambient light have become more realistic. During the AIP Publishing Horizons—Energy Storage and Conversion virtual conference, which will be held Aug. 4-6, Behrang Hamadani, from the...

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Achieving Net Zero energy, where the total amount of energy used is equal to the amount of renewable energy created, is closer than ever before, and hydrogen technologies will play an important role in achieving that goal. During the AIP Publishing Horizons—Energy Storage and Conversion virtual...

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Dark patterns are design elements that deliberately obscure, mislead, coerce and/or deceive website visitors into making unintended and possibly harmful choices. Dark patterns can be found in many kinds of sites and are used by several kinds of organizations. They take the form of deceptively labeled...

This photo provided by the Ford Motor Co. shows the 2021 Ford Escape Hybrid, a small hybrid crossover SUV that's still roomy and comfortable. Credit: David Westphal/Ford Motor Co. via AP Buying a hybrid vehicle is typically a smart way to help save money on gas and reduce your carbon...

The Chevrolet logo is displayed on the facade of a dealership , Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021, in Woburn, Mass. Despite a computer chip shortage that temporarily closed some of its factories, General Motors made a healthy $2.8 billion second-quarter net profit in the second quarter. Credit: AP Photo/Charles Krupa Despite...

The success of Afterpay caught the eye of Square, a digital payment platform owned by Twitter chief Jack Dorsey. The $29-billion takeover of Australia's "buy now, pay later" app Afterpay by US firm Square has thrown a spotlight on a sector that is growing rapidly and grabbing the attention of...

Vodafone Idea and other operators have been battered since Mukesh Ambani's Jio entered the market five years ago. Shares in telecoms giant Vodafone's debt-ridden Indian unit fell sharply for a second day Wednesday following reports that its billionaire chairman thought the firm was on the brink of collapse and wanted...

This Aug. 15, 2019, file photo shows the Toyota logo on a dealership in Manchester, N.H. In a deal announced Wednesday, July 21, 2021, Japan's top automaker Toyota is adding makers specializing in tiny "kei" cars, Daihatsu and Suzuki, to a partnership in commercial vehicles set up with Hino and...

Sony now predicts a net profit of $6.4 billion for the fiscal year to March 2022. Sony upgraded its full-year profit forecast Wednesday on the back of a strong quarterly performance, although the pandemic boom enjoyed by the gaming sector is slowing. The Japanese entertainment and consumer electronics giant now...

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The COVID-19 pandemic was expected to change how people consume media. A new study analyzed online music streaming data for top songs for two years in 60 countries, as well as COVID-19 case and lockdown statistics and daily mobility data, to determine the nature of those...

The cooling tower of MIT’s nuclear plant has demonstrated the effectiveness of the new water recovery system. The right side of the tower has the new system installed, eliminating its plume of vapor, while the untreated left side continues to produce a steady vapor stream. Credit: Massachusetts Institute of Technology...

Credit: CC0 Public Domain The Abbey Library of St. Gall in Switzerland is home to approximately 160,000 volumes of literary and historical manuscripts dating back to the eighth century—all of which are written by hand, on parchment, in languages rarely spoken in modern times. To preserve these historical accounts of...

The app, paired with a 3D-printed stand containing a simple heating element, controls the temperature of the origami test, heating it in around ten minutes to the temperature the LAMP process requires to work. Credit: University of Glasgow A new approach to tackling the spread of malaria in sub-Saharan Africa,...