Factory and warehouse rooftops offer untapped opportunity to help disadvantaged communities bridge solar energy divide

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Lower-income communities across the United States have long been much slower to adopt solar power than their affluent neighbors, even when local and federal agencies offer…

Highest power efficiency achieved in flexible solar cells using new fabrication technique

Paving new paths for sustainable construction

Formation of carbonate minerals in the pores and bulk matrix of the developed 3D printable material during carbon sequestration. The crystals are 3–5 micrometers in size and thus densify the…

Japan to unveil next-generation passenger plane project

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Japan is expected to announce plans to develop a next-generation passenger jet following a government committee meeting on Wednesday, a year after the last struggling attempt…

Building energy management platform uses AI and statistical methods to optimize operations

Researchers checking fault characteristics of direct current distribution for distributed energy resources. Credit: Korea Institute of Energy Research The research team led by Dr. Jeong Hak-geun at the Energy ICT…

Research lights up process for turning CO₂ into sustainable fuel

Assessing the wind vulnerability of Patagonia’s oil storage tanks

AI’s excessive water consumption threatens to drown out its environmental contributions

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Water is needed for development, production and consumption, yet we are overusing and polluting an unsubstitutable resource and system. Eight safe and just boundaries for five…

Researchers take major step toward developing next-generation solar cells

A technician installs solar panels on the roof of the building which houses the University of Colorado Center for Innovation and Creativity in Boulder.  Credit: Glenn Asakawa/University of Colorado The solar…

New reactor could save millions when making ingredients for plastics and rubber from natural gas

Rawan Almallahi, a doctoral graduate of chemical engineering and the study’s first author, is preparing a reactor for a performance test inside a furnace. Suljo Linic, the Martin Lewis Perl…