Sustainability Matters
May 21, 2020
Researchers at Queensland University of Technology (QUT) have proposed the design of a new carbon nanostructure made from diamond nanothreads that could one day be used for mechanical energy storage, wearable technologies and biomedical applications.
Dr Haifei Zhan, from the QUT Centre for Materials Science, and his colleagues successfully modelled the mechanical energy storage and release
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GreenBiz Group
May 12, 2020
The robotic, hybrid-electric future of agriculture
Shane Downing
Tue, 05/12/2020 - 00:15
While many around the world, ordered indoors amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, are coming up with innovative ways to plant small victory gardens in, around and on top of their homes, plenty of change is afoot in big ag — much of it driven by new technologies.
A recent IDTechEx
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Sustainability Matters
May 11, 2020
Wireless charging pads already exist for smartphones, but they only work if the phone is sitting still. Using this technology for cars would be just as inconvenient as the current practice of plugging a car in for an hour or two at a charging station or overnight at home. So what if a car could recharge as it drives?
Engineers from the Stanford School of Engineering have demonstrated a practical way to use magnetism
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GreenBiz Group
May 5, 2020
Sustainable infrastructure investments can aid the post-COVID recovery
Katherine Davisson
Tue, 05/05/2020 - 04:23
The economic fallout caused by the COVID-19 pandemic is forcing governments around the world to come up with policies for stimulating the global economy. Many are considering a tried-and-true method to boost economies in the short term and provide wide societal benefits in
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GreenBiz Group
April 30, 2020
It would be devastating if the COVID-19 crisis killed off climate tech startups. We only have a few months to get it right.
GreenBiz Group
April 22, 2020
The stunning array of technologies emerging to decarbonize the world and make it more habitable for flora, fauna and humans goes far beyond cleantech 2.0.
GreenBiz Group
April 21, 2020
But this may be the last stretch of typical clean energy procurement activity in a while.
GreenBiz Group
April 17, 2020
What’s implausible in 2020 may be plausible by mid-century.
GreenBiz Group
April 14, 2020
It's important to choose wisely.
GreenBiz Group
April 14, 2020
Nuclear plants, CCS and whole-building retrofits should not be prioritized over smaller cheaper alternatives, study argues, while acknowledging small scale technologies do not offer a panacea.