Archive for the ‘sustainability’ category: Page 27
Sep 1, 2024
Scientists make breakthrough discovery with the power to permanently change plastic pollution: ‘Transforming … pollutants into valuable, reusable chemicals’
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: chemistry, computing, sustainability
Scientists at the University of Texas used a breakthrough laser recycling technique to turn plastic into computer components.
Aug 31, 2024
Tesla chooses interesting location for Robotaxi unveiling event
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: Elon Musk, sustainability, transportation
Tesla has reportedly chosen its location for the Robotaxi unveiling event on October 10, and it is quite interesting.
According to a new report from Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the matter, Tesla is planning to show off its new Robotaxi platform, along with “a few other things,” at the Warner Brothers Studio in Burbank, California.
Tesla initially planned to hold its unveiling event on August 8, but it was pushed back to October 10 due to a request for a front-end design change by CEO Elon Musk, who also hinted there would be more to show at the event with the delayed date.
Aug 29, 2024
Rare earth single atoms enhance manganese oxide’s electrochemical oxygen evolution
Posted by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz in categories: chemistry, particle physics, sustainability
An international group of researchers has developed a novel approach that enhances the efficiency of the oxygen evolution reaction (OER), a key process in renewable energy technologies. By introducing rare earth single atoms into manganese oxide (MnO2), the group successfully modulated oxygen electronic states, leading to unprecedented improvements in OER performance.
Aug 29, 2024
Beyond Einstein: Attosecond X-Ray Pulses Unlock the Secrets of the Photoelectric Effect
Posted by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz in categories: solar power, sustainability
Researchers at SLAC have made groundbreaking strides in understanding the photoelectric effect, initially described by Einstein.
They’ve developed a technique using attosecond X-ray pulses to measure electron-emission delays, revealing discrepancies in existing theories by showing larger-than-expected delays. Their method provides a new tool to study electron-electron interactions, which are fundamental to many technologies, including semiconductors and solar cells.
New Photoelectric Effect Insights
Aug 28, 2024
Study of disordered rock salts leads to battery breakthrough
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: engineering, mobile phones, nuclear energy, sustainability, transportation
For the past decade, disordered rock salt has been studied as a potential breakthrough cathode material for use in lithium-ion batteries and a key to creating low-cost, high-energy storage for everything from cell phones to electric vehicles to renewable energy storage.
A new MIT study is making sure the material fulfills that promise.
Led by Ju Li, the Tokyo Electric Power Company Professor in Nuclear Engineering and professor of materials science and engineering, a team of researchers describe a new class of partially disordered rock salt cathode, integrated with polyanions—dubbed disordered rock salt-polyanionic spinel, or DRXPS—that delivers high energy density at high voltages with significantly improved cycling stability.
Aug 28, 2024
Solid-state electrolyte advance could double energy storage for next-gen vehicles
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: chemistry, energy, sustainability, transportation
Using a polymer to make a strong yet springy thin film, scientists led by the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory are speeding the arrival of next-generation solid-state batteries. This effort advances the development of electric vehicle power enabled by flexible, durable sheets of solid-state electrolytes.
The sheets may allow scalable production of future solid-state batteries with higher energy density electrodes. By separating negative and positive electrodes, they would prevent dangerous electrical shorts while providing high-conduction paths for ion movement.
These achievements foreshadow greater safety, performance and energy density compared to current batteries that use liquid electrolytes, which are flammable, chemically reactive, thermally unstable and prone to leakage.
Aug 28, 2024
Canada to impose 100% Tax On Chinese EVs, including Tesla
Posted by Chris Smedley in category: sustainability
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Aug 28, 2024
New system extracts 264 gallons of drinking water daily from thin air
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: sustainability
Aquaria’s line of atmospheric water generators can generate affordable drinking water from moisture in the air.
Aug 28, 2024
Solar power at US schools surges, growing fourfold over the last decade
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: education, solar power, sustainability
Since 2014, solar capacity at K-12 schools has more than quadrupled across the US, according to a new report from clean energy nonprofit Generation180.
The “Brighter Future: A Study of Solar on K-12 Schools” report highlights that over 6.2 million students – more than 1 in 9 – now attend schools powered by solar. In 2023 alone, more than 800 schools added solar panels, meaning that at least one school went solar every single day during the 2022–23 school year.
“The benefits of solar energy are now reaching a broad range of schools across the country, including those in under-resourced communities that stand to gain the most from the cost savings and educational opportunities that solar technology provides. We want all schools and communities, regardless of their size, geography, or wealth, to have access to affordable, clean energy,” says Tish Tablan, the report’s lead author and senior director of Generation180’s Electrify Our Schools Program.