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Study: TV, Film Roles Underrepresent Women in STEM Careers
The Lyda Hill Foundation and the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media at Mount Saint Mary’s University have teamed up to create a new study on the way movies and TV portray women in STEM careers.
Second-life Battery Energy Storage System Developed by Renault
The system will use both new and used batteries to be stationed in three sites in Europe.
Lego-style Solar Panels Harness Waste Heat
The building-integrated photovoltaic system integrates flat heat pipes to cool the solar cells, improving overall efficiency and extending service life.
Quantum Materials Mass Producing Perovskite Quantum Dots
A continuous flow manufacturing process has been developed to produce stable, low-cost, high-purity perovskite quantum dots.
Evergreen Spectral Coating Research Underway at ODU’s Applied Research Center at Jefferson Lab
A joint project with Old Dominion University will further develop Face Companies's patented Spectral coating technology, which will enable light-sensitive devices such as solar panels and photosensors to be seamlessly concealed, increasing the aesthetic and economic appeal of these devices.
U.S. Department of Energy Awards 10 Energy Storage Projects
The projects will seek to provide extended discharge times to the electricity grid.
Home Energy Storage System Introduced with Amazon Alexa Integration
ElectriIQ’s energy storage system is designed to work with the smart home.
New Solar Clean Water Generator Design Inspired by Origami Technique
American Chemical Society has developed a new solar steam generator that is a huge step towards globally available clean drinking water.
Ballard Unveils Next Generation Zero-Emission Fuel Cell Stack for Heavy Duty Motive Market
The stack will be a core technology component of Ballard’s 8th-generation power module portfolio for use in heavy duty motive applications.
DNV GL Launches Revised Design Standard and New Certification Guideline for Floating Wind Turbines
The two documents define design and certification requirements for floating offshore wind turbine concepts, prototypes and projects.
Highest Peak Magnetic Field Intensity Ever Generated Indoors
Researchers at the University of Tokyo have produced the largest magnetic field ever generated indoors — 1,200 T.
Simec Atlantis Energy Unveils World’s Largest, Single-Rotor Tidal Turbine
The new 2 mW tidal power turbine system includes the largest and most powerful single-axis turbine available on the commercial market.
Report: These 10 U.S. Cities are Committed to 100% Renewable Energy
Ten U.S. cities which plan to be 100% powered with renewable energy in the near term are profiled in a new Sierra Club report.
Lithos Energy Announces Newest Generation of Battery Pack Technology
The technology offers significant improvements including a 23% increase in specific energy compared with previous generations.
Battery-powered Train Will Be Tested in Germany
The train includes four traction batteries and can travel around 40 kilometers, roughly 25 miles.
Graphene Gives a New Lease on Millennia-old Gilding Techniques
University of Illinois (UI) at Urbana-Champaign researchers have improved a millennia-old conservation technique with modern metals.
Bloom Energy to Preview Biogas Clean-up Solution at California Climate Action Summit
A standard Bloom Energy Server integrated with a new biogas clean-up module can generate clean electricity from biogas emitted by landfill, agricultural, waste and water treatment processes.
Watch: World's Largest Offshore Wind Farm is Now Operational
Walney Extension, the world's largest offshore wind farm, has officially opened in the Irish Sea.
Project to Demonstrate Hydrogen Production Using an Integral Molten Salt Reactor
The venture seeks to demonstrate the commercial and industrial-scale viability of pairing a hybrid sulfur process with a molten salt reactor for large-scale production of hydrogen with zero greenhouse-gas emissions.
Video: Electrification Could Lead to Emission-free Quarry
The feasibility of electrifying quarry operations is being weighed at a Skanska aggregate production mine near Gothenburg, Sweden.