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Energy
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.
Polar bears and reindeer suffering from climate change
From the Arctic to the Mojave Desert, terrestrial and marine habitats are rapidly changing. These changes impact…
Sawdust super sponge soaks up oil spills
The sawmill waste that's sometimes tossed onto home garage floors to soak up oil spilled by amateur mechanics,…
Methane emissions blow away efforts to slow down climate change
The powerful greenhouse gas, and main cause of climate change, Methane, is growing faster in the atmosphere than…
Understanding the ‘perfect storm’
With the number and variety of species gradually diminishing toward the poles, biodiversity on earth is greatest in…
Are the reindeer on weight watchers?
Santa’s sleigh might need a bit of extra help when it comes to pulling it along in the sky this year, as…
Smart Cities application demonstrations at Smart Cities Summit
scriptr.io, an IoT (Internet of Things) application development platform company, announced that it will have a…
Stellarators for future fusion reactors?
The Wendelstein 7-X (W7-X) fusion energy device called a stellarator in Greifswald, Germany, produces high-quality…
Turning renewable energy into natural gas
For wider adoption of wind and solar power, one of the biggest challenges is how to store the excess energy they…
55 trillion kilograms of carbon to fill the atmosphere
55 trillion kilograms: that's how much carbon could be released into the atmosphere from the soil by mid-century if…
Highly efficient solar cells inspired by plants
To make a key discovery that could help make solar cells more efficient, a University of California, Riverside…