green energy

The NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) says that the United States has sustained 338 weather and climate disasters where damage costs reached or exceeded $1 billion since 1980. These events cost more than $2.295…

Fidget spinners were all the rage in 2017. What if we could harvest the energy used to send them spinning to power small devices or wearables? We may be able to soon, thanks to researchers at Osaka Metropolitan University. The team…

by Jon Gabay, engineer We are so manipulated in our society. Others dictate the technologies we will use and depend on without regard to ramifications. Poor planning and hip-shot reactions lead to wasted time and money, and the goals…

Droughts. Floods. Heat waves. Climate change is threatening our food supplies. But what if plants were smart enough to change how they adapt to our dynamic world? Researchers at Stanford University are bioengineering plants, manipulating…

We've all seen stunning homes where solar panels on the roof didn't add to the home's intended look. A research group created a highly transparent and almost invisible solar cell with a 2D atomic sheet and a visible transparency of…

Rare earths consist of 17 elements found in the periodic table. Miners find these elements clustered in geologic deposits. Rare earths are in high demand as we use them in many aspects of the green energy transition and modern life.…

Renewable energy resources, some decreasing costs, and increase competition in the battery storage space have made renewables much sought after. Last year, despite supply chain challenges, increased shipping costs, and rising prices for key…

Mercedes-Benz is planning to go all-electric by the end of the decade and is implementing a series of plans to pull it off, including: From 2025, all new architectures will be electric-only, launch three that year Company to install…