Offshore wind farms can provide us with clean, renewable energy to power our homes. But they can also provide us with delicious seafood, as researchers in Denmark have shown. Swedish state-owned power firm Vattenfall and Aarhus University in Denmark have teamed up to create the world’s first offshore wind farm that doubles as an underwater […]
Experts from Massachussett’s Form Energy think they can clean up the dirty steelmaking process with battery science. The team made headlines last summer with an iron-air battery that can power up and down as rust turns to iron — and rusts again — in a repeated cycle. It’s a unique bit of chemistry that is […]
Designer Joe Doucet has created a wind fence that will help urban areas produce clean energy. Doucet’s system features twisty vertical wind turbines, according to Interesting Engineering, that look like DNA helices or fusilli noodles. The designer’s road to settling on this design was a long one — he originally conceived of 16 different turbine […]
At the 45th Bangkok International Motor Show, Felo showcased its new electric motorcycle, which boasts unmatched speed and charging range. According to a recent article published in Interesting Engineering, the Felo Tooz has a top speed of 125 mph and a range of 450 miles per charge. These specifications make the Tooz the world’s largest […]
Silent Yachts has debuted a redesigned version of its Silent 62 catamaran, complete with three decks and solar electric power. The boat has three solar arrays that combine to yield 17 kilowatts peak, as well as energy storage that can hold 350 kilowatt-hours at a time (up from the previous model’s 286 kWh), according to […]
Things are looking promising for a proposed high-speed train route that would connect Dallas and Houston, Newsweek reported. In April 2024, President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida both expressed support for a plan that would use Japanese Shinkansen technology and link these two major Texas hubs in just 90 minutes. Driving from […]
A British chip company is leading the way in making strides toward reducing plastic pollution — one recyclable bag at a time. The British Crisp Co.’s new chip bags, developed with sustainable packaging supplier EvoPak, are made of paper coated in a plastic alternative that’s touted as being completely biodegradable. Packaging World reported that this […]
Grace Sun, a 16-year-old from Kentucky, won $75,000 for her research on biomedical devices. She took home the top prize at the ISEF — the “granddaddy of all science fairs.” Her work on organic electronic devices aims to make medical implants safer and more effective. Grace Sun can’t drive yet. Unlike many 16-year-olds, getting her […]
Scientists have made a major breakthrough that takes us a step closer to developing a nuclear clock — a device that keeps time based on the inner workings of atoms. For the first time, physicists have used laser light to bump the nucleus of a thorium atom up to a higher energy level. The discovery […]
A breakthrough in battery lifespan could help speed up the adoption of electric vehicles. Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Ltd., the Chinese battery behemoth, announced in April that it had developed a battery with a warranty of up to 932,000 miles (1.5 million kilometers) or 15 years, Electrek reported. CATL partnered with Yutung Bus Co. to […]
“Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links.” Rock weathering is a natural process where minerals in the soil can capture carbon and sequester it as calcium carbonate in the oceans, but the process is an incredibly slow one. An Irish startup hopes to speed up the process […]
Workers with their own personal Roth IRAs would be able to roll those accounts into a workplace Roth 401(k) and some similar accounts under legislation recently introduced in the House of Representatives by two of its members. These other accounts types could include 403(b)s and 457(b)s. If signed into law, this proposal could change the […]