78 million batteries will be discarded every day by 2025, researchers warn
About 78 million batteries powering Internet of Things (IoT) devices will be dumped globally every day by 2025 if nothing is done to improve...
New wireless charger could charge multiple devices at the same time
Smartphones and tablets have allowed us to stay in touch regardless of our location, yet they still rely on plugs, sockets, and charging pads...
Gaming graphics card or GPU could help run prototype fusion reactor, shows study
Nuclear fusion offers the potential for a safe, clean and abundant energy source.
This process, which also occurs in the sun, involves plasmas, fluids composed...
Scientists solve a major hurdle to make clean hydrogen
For decades, researchers around the world have searched for ways to use solar power to generate the key reaction for producing hydrogen as a...
Cold weather cost New England electric customers nearly $1.8 billion in one month
In New England, constraints in the supply of natural gas have led to nearly a quarter of all unscheduled power plant outages.
In a new...
Scientists find new inorganic material with lowest thermal conductivity ever reported
Scientists have discovered a new inorganic material with the lowest thermal conductivity ever reported.
This discovery paves the way for the development of new thermoelectric...
Scientists convert tamarind shells into energy source for vehicles
Shells of tamarind, a tropical fruit consumed worldwide, are discarded during food production.
As they are bulky, tamarind shells take up a considerable amount of...
This device harvests power from your sweaty fingertips while you sleep
Feeling extra sweaty from a summer heat wave?
Don't worry--not all your perspiration has to go to waste.
In a paper publishing in the journal Joule,...
New phase-changing material can regulate temperatures inside buildings
Changing climate patterns have left millions of people vulnerable to weather extremes.
As temperature fluctuations become more commonplace around the world, conventional power-guzzling cooling and...
Producing clean energy can diminish earthquake risk, shows study
In the months following the July 5, 2019 magnitude-7.1 earthquake in Ridgecrest, California, seismologists recorded thousands of aftershocks in the region.
Surprisingly, none were...