LONDON - The Earth's energy grids could be sent into meltdown with the onset of a solar storm in 2025 because of solar storms that can inflict untold chaos on Earth. Scientists have long warned about the potential negative consequences of such storms, perhaps the biggest being what has been coined as an "internet apocalypse"
ATLANTA - Famed science educator Bill Nye has yet again issued a warning to the world: if we keep burning coal at higher and higher rates every year, all of South Florida is going to sink into the sea. In an interview with CNN discussing the melting of the "doomsday glacier," — a gigantic Antarctic glacier that may melt
NORWAY - If realized using solar energy or other renewable energy, water splitting could be a promising way of sustainably producing hydrogen (H2) on a large-scale. Most photoelectrochemical water splitting systems proposed so far, however, have been found to be either inefficient, unstable, or difficult to implement on a large-scale. Researchers at Ulsan National Institute
WASHINGTON DC - This year, temperatures across the globe could reach about 1.7 degrees Celsius (3 degrees Fahrenheit) higher than pre-Industrial Revolution averages, according to a man dubbed the “Godfather of Climate Science.” That passes the 2.7 F threshold that world leaders set as the mark needed to prevent the worst climate disasters. Ex-NASA scientist James
PHILADELPHIA -Penn Engineers have developed a new chip that uses light waves, rather than electricity, to perform the complex math essential to training AI. The chip has the potential to radically accelerate the processing speed of computers while also reducing their energy consumption. The silicon-photonic (SiPh) chip’s design is the first to bring together Benjamin
FRANCE - In the heart of Provence, some of the brightest scientific minds on the planet are setting the stage for what is being called the world’s largest and most ambitious science experiment. "We are building arguably the most complex machine ever designed," said Laban Coblentz. The task at hand is to demonstrate the feasibility
NEW YORK - The circulation of the Atlantic Ocean is heading towards a tipping point that is “bad news for the climate system and humanity," a study has found. The scientists behind the research said they were shocked at the forecast speed of collapse once the point is reached, although they said it was not
LAS VEGAS - At the 2024 Consumer Electronics Show, the spotlight was on groundbreaking developments in AI and healthcare. However, battery technology is the game-changer at the heart of these innovations, enabling greater power efficiency. Importantly, electric vehicles are where this technology is being applied most intensely. Today’s EVs can travel around 700km (400 miles)
DETROIT - Electric vehicles may reign supreme in the clean transportation conversation, but a silent revolution is brewing beneath the hood of a different technology: the hydrogen combustion engine. The story of hydrogen as a fuel stretches back centuries. In 1766, Henry Cavendish first identified and isolated hydrogen, recognizing its unique properties. Throughout the 19th and early
WASHINGTON DC - The U.S. Department of Energy Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies Office released a $15.7 million funding opportunity to advance the domestic manufacturing of next generation batteries and energy storage. AMMTO is seeking concept papers for projects that will advance platform technologies upon which battery manufacturing capabilities can be built. This research and
