NEVADA - Buried beneath an ancient volcanic crater on the Nevada Oregon border sits an enormous deposit of lithium rich clay. Scientists now think this quiet landscape may hold enough lithium to influence the global battery market for decades. A new study argues that McDermitt caldera may host about 20 to 40 million metric tons of lithium,
NEW YORK - A new analysis from TechGaged Research reveals that combustion engines have officially become a minority in the European Union, marking a decisive and historic shift in the region’s automotive landscape. According to TechGaged’s research, petrol and diesel models accounted for just 36.6% of all new vehicles registered across the EU this year,
NEW YORK - Scientists think they know when a mass extinction event will hit Earth. Living creatures will likely face a 'triple whammy' of extinction events that will make the Earth inhospitable to life, a Nature Geoscience study conducted using a supercomputer has found. But thankfully, despite the habitat-endangering threat posed through climate change caused by the
CALIFORNIA - A 'white gold' mine containing $540 billion in treasures has been discovered at the bottom of a giant lake in Southern California. The Salton Sea, which is the largest lake in the US state was being studied by scientists as part of research funded by the Department of Energy. The study aimed to
DETROIT - Researchers studying whether food crops and a solar array could share the same land were shocked to discover a mutually beneficial relationship between the plants and panels, The experiment took place in Houston, Alaska, about one hour outside Anchorage. Houston is home to Alaska's largest solar array. Using funding from the Department of
DETROIT - The tides are changing, and a Qatari investment firm has plenty to do with it. Al Masdar Investment, chaired by Sheikh Saud bin Abdulaziz Al-Thani, has acquired a 63 percent majority stake in Tyde, the German builder of all-electric hydrofoiling boats best known for The Icon and The Open created with BMW. The
SOUTH KOREA - A team of researchers in South Korea has just taken a massive step toward a cleaner, more efficient energy future, and it could transform how the world produces hydrogen. Scientists at the Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials have developed and successfully tested the country's first 20-kilowatt-class solid oxide electrolysis cell system,
GRAND RAPIDS – Woodchuck announced that it has partnered with Barton Malow to divert wood waste from the Hart Solar Farm into clean energy. Together, the companies are not only diverting thousands of tons of wood waste from landfills, but also saving valuable time and resources by streamlining the waste hauling process. The diverted material
DETROIT - The year 2027 is poised to be a big one for electric vehicles. That's when Ford plans to start building a lower-cost, all-electric pickup starting at $30,000. By the end of that year, Panasonic is set to be making a breakthrough battery that can add nearly a hundred miles of range to the popular Tesla
DETROIT - Imagine you come across a silent field of concrete houses and behold America’s newest reactor, completed and licensed, just waiting to be activated. Humming with potential but not yet on, the reactor presents a pivotal change, not just for the U.S. energy infrastructure but for committing to clean and reliable nuclear power and moving on
