Tag: Environment and energy
Launch of Grid-Scale Battery Operations to Effectively Utilize Solar Power in Fukuoka
TOKYO, Jul 19, 2023 - (JCN Newswire) - NTT Anode Energy Corporation (NTTAE), Kyushu Electric Power Company, Inc. (Kyuden), and Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) are...
Climate change expected to reduce the quality of ground-based astronomical observations
Climate change will negatively impact the quality of ground-based astronomical observations and is likely to increase time lost due to deteriorating site conditions. That...
LED streetlights are increasing blue-light pollution in Europe
The shift to LED street lighting is producing more blue-light pollution – an important trend that has not been noticed by the specialized satellites...
Waving coral synchronizes according to temperature and light conditions
Correlations between the waving motions of individual coral polyps have been observed – a discovery that could boost our understanding of coral reefs. Through...
CERN’s proposed 100 km-circumference ‘Higgs factory’ has lower environmental impact than competing designs, finds study
The carbon footprint of a future Higgs factory could vary by almost a factor of 100, depending on the chosen design and its location....
Open-source tool allows researchers to calculate their lab’s carbon footprint
Carbon capture:
A study finds heating, travel and commuting are the biggest contributors to lab carbon emissions (Courtesy: iStock/Griffin24)
Researchers in France have developed a...
Ask me anything: Sara Fry – ‘There are always opportunities to develop simple solutions for complex problems’
Sara Fry is the head of sustainability and of safety, health, environment at multinational engineering solutions company, Atlas Copco’s Vacuum Technique business area, which...
Meet an engineer who blows things up to help preserve lives and property
In this episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast, the explosion expert Sam Rigby talks about his research, which focusses on protecting people, buildings...
Climate intervention: a possible hope in the face of humanity’s biggest problem
Hamish Johnston reviews Pandora’s Toolbox: the Hopes and Hazards of Climate Intervention by Wake Smith
The rapid reduction of greenhouse-gas emissions to net zero is...
Roasting New Mexico chile with a solar concentrator, “Diamond: The Game” simulates research at a synchrotron lab
Roasted chile is a culinary specialty of New Mexico that is made by roasting the red and green chilli peppers that are grown in...
Challenges facing Li-ion battery electrolytes and high-energy cathodes
Join the audience for a live webinar at 3 p.m. BST/10 a.m. EDT on 21 September 2022 exploring Li-ion battery electrolytes and high-energy cathodes
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Could this revolutionary plane turn air travel green?
Taken from the July 2022 issue of Physics World, where it appeared under the headline "Green-sky thinking". Members of the Institute of Physics can...
Cutting the carbon footprint of supercomputing in scientific research
Science benefits enormously from supercomputing, which enables researchers to process vast amounts of data and conduct complex simulations. But these machines can be notorious...