All You Need to Know About Solar Panels
All the hip people these days are talking about going green by shifting to solar energy to power their homes and electric cars. But for most of us, we don’t know much about solar panels…
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Forget Heating And Cooking, Microwave To Power Rockets Now!
Rockets used to launch satellites and spacecraft into space require a lot of high-energy fuel. Much of the storage space of the rockets is forced to be dedicated to their fuel supply. Almost 85%–90% of…
Engineers Develop Highly Efficient Eco-friendly Solution to Convert Waste Heat into Energy
Did you know that nearly three-quarters of all the energy produced by humanity is wasted as waste heat? Worldwide scientists are exploring innovative technologies to capture and reuse this vast renewable energy source. Now, researchers…
The 2021 ‘Indy Autonomous Challenge’ Is Set to Take Place this October
The first ever ‘Indy Autonomous Challenge’ is scheduled to take place on October 23, 2021, and it’s going to be a novel sighting with single-seaters reaching speeds of up to 180 mph (290 kph) but…
These Containers Are Turning Sand into Solar Panels
It all starts with the raw material, which is sand for most solar panels that are made of silicon. But a solar panel typically requires around four years to offset the CO2 produced in the…
State of California Calls Tesla Powerwall Owners to Help Balance the Grid
The Californian grid operator is being severely stressed right now due to an ongoing drought that has left all of the state’s large water reservoirs dry. Many of these are used for hydroelectric generation, so…
Singapore to Build World’s Biggest Floating Solar Panel Farm
The market for solar energy is heating up worldwide, solar panel arrays are increasingly being deployed all over the world. More and more countries are joining the global effort to fight against climate change. So…
New Innovation Makes Solar Cells Thousand Times More Efficient
Worldwide scientists are working on improvements in solar power and are focusing on improving efficiency while lowering cost. Usually, the improvements are in the range of a few percent. But now innovation done by researchers…
China Building World’s First Thorium Nuclear Reactor
Molten salt reactor (MSR) is considered the most futuristic among all advanced reactor designs. The molten salt reactor is powered by liquid thorium rather than uranium, and it does not need water for cooling. Uranium…
The Infinity Track Topped Forest School in India to Reduce Air Pollution
Indian architecture studio Nudes has won a competition to design an eco-friendly school for Pune, a city in western India. Mumbai-based architecture studio NUDES is known for its focus on sustainability and learning. The project…
