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Energy refers to the application of engineering to energy efficiency and services, facility management, ecology, and alternative energy technologies. It includes renewable energy sources such as solar, wind, geothermal power, biofuels, and hydro power.
Ocean Is Reaching Its Carbon Capacity
MIT climate scientists have found that the ocean is reaching its carbon capacity due to rising global temperatures.
Raising Public Support For State-Level Renewable Energy Policies
Past research has shown that public opinion plays a crucial role in facilitating a political consensus around new…
Atmospheric Nanocluster Aerosols Caused By Traffic
Automobile traffic can be a major source of atmospheric nanocluster aerosols, a team of researchers affiliated with…
Wastewater Used To Irrigate Agriculture Globally
The use of untreated wastewater from cities to irrigate crops downstream is 50% more widespread than previously…
California Dreamin’ Of A Solar Powered State
There is an ever-growing number of Californians who are switching to solar power for their energy needs in a bid to…
Gecko-inspired robot designed to clean space
There are around 500,000 pieces of human-made debris are orbiting our planet, so to help clean this up a gecko-like…
Extraordinary diverse array of peptide generated from microbe
Researchers have found Prochlorococcus varieties can produce more than two dozen different peptides (molecules that…
Bumblebee drone replacement gets people buzzing
As the population of bumblebees is significantly decreasing, Japanese researchers have developed a replacement…
Runway electrons pave the way for fusion power
There is potential to provide clean and safe energy that is free from carbon dioxide emissions, through fusion…
Can you smell that scientific fight brewing?
There is a battle brewing between competing visions for the future of energy, and it has recently blown open with a…