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New Stretchable Battery Technology Mimics Snake Scales

The Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM), an institute under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Science and ICT, has developed a flexible, stretchable battery that bends and stretches like a snake.

28 Sep 2021

Palmetto and Solar Sister Collaborate to Bring Clean Energy Across Sub-Saharan Africa

Palmetto, a leader in residential solar and energy services, has made a transformational $5 million multi-year commitment to support Solar Sister's core operation of training and supporting women to deliver clean ene...

28 Sep 2021

AI to Set the Stage for Growing Waste-to-Energy Production

According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in 2018, Americans generated 292 million tons of trash-also known as municipal solid waste (MSW)-triple the amount generated just sixty years ago.

28 Sep 2021

Novel Hydrogen Test Loop Mimics a Nuclear Reactor's Operation in Space

Nuclear thermal propulsion, which uses heat from nuclear reactions as fuel, could be used one day in human spaceflight, possibly even for missions to Mars. Its development, however, poses a challenge.

23 Sep 2021

Robotics Vital to the Renewables Expansion Needed to Reach Net Zero

Accelerating the development of robotics and autonomous systems will be a significant enabler to reaching Net Zero, according to new research from the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult.

23 Sep 2021

Maritime Decarbonisation to Cruise Forward in Orkney

Orkney is to be the setting for an ambitious seven-month project demonstrating technologies to enable maritime decarbonisation.

17 Sep 2021

Geothermal Technology Shows Enormous Potential as a Clean Energy Source

Clean, renewable geothermal power—the heat beneath our feet—has huge potential as a clean energy source, even possibly becoming as important as fossil fuels are today, but not without new technologies to make the resource economically viable and available to all.

14 Sep 2021