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Nov 1, 2024

Mesoporous MoS₂ strategy boosts efficiency and stability of perovskite solar cells

Posted by in categories: solar power, sustainability

The efficiency and performance of photovoltaics (PVs) have improved significantly over the past decades, which has led to an increase in the adoption of solar technologies. To further enhance the performance of solar cells, energy researchers worldwide have been devising and testing alternative design strategies, leveraging different materials and cell structures.

Oct 31, 2024

Giant Clams Are Marvels of Solar Energy

Posted by in categories: solar power, sustainability

What we can learn from the critically endangered species.

Oct 31, 2024

Japanese Chip Packaging Giant Kyocera Launches $100 Million AI Startup Funds

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, sustainability

Kyocera has unveiled two funds totaling $100 million for startups focused on technologies including artificial intelligence, renewable energy and mobility.

Oct 30, 2024

Roll out the PV: CSIRO opens flexible solar facility

Posted by in categories: solar power, space travel, sustainability

Solar cells could be printed out like newspapers after Australia’s leading science organisation opened a $6.8 million facility dedicated to flexible solar technology.

The CSIRO launched its state-of-the-art Printed Photovoltaic Facility in south-east Melbourne on Wednesday, following more than 15 years of research into the renewable energy technology.

Researchers said printed, flexible photovoltaic cells could not only lower the cost of solar energy but could be used to deliver power in challenging areas such as space exploration, defence and disaster recovery.

Oct 30, 2024

Bergen Engines to Power World’s Largest Hydrogen Ferries

Posted by in category: sustainability

“Scheduled for delivery in 2026, these new ferries will be powered with a hybrid mix of 85% hydrogen fuel cells and 15% biofuel from Bergen’s C25:33 engines.”


Norwegian power solutions supplier Bergen Engines has been selected to provide four generating sets to support the world’s largest hydrogen ferries, operating on Norway’s longest ferry connection from Bodø to Lofoten.

The C25:33L8A generating sets will be fueled by low carbon Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) and will serve as support power to the hydrogen fuel cells onboard, which act as the vessel’s main propulsion power.

Oct 30, 2024

Breakdown of polyethylene therepthalate microplastics under saltwater conditions using engineered Vibrio natriegens

Posted by in categories: bioengineering, biological, health, sustainability

Bioengineered bacteria to eat plastic in seawater:3 Which in large quantities can eat all the plastic in the ocean:3 Yay face_with_colon_three


Poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) is a highly recyclable plastic that has been extensively used and manufactured. Like other plastics, PET resists natural degradation, thus accumulating in the environment. Several recycling strategies have been applied to PET, but these tend to result in downcycled products that eventually end up in landfills. This accumulation of landfilled PET waste contributes to the formation of microplastics, which pose a serious threat to marine life and ecosystems, and potentially to human health. To address this issue, our project leveraged synthetic biology to develop a whole-cell biocatalyst capable of depolymerizing PET in seawater environments by using the fast-growing, nonpathogenic, moderate halophile Vibrio natriegens. By leveraging a two-enzyme system—comprising a chimera of IsPETase and IsMHETase from Ideonella sakaiensis —displayed on V. natriegens, we constructed whole-cell catalysts that depolymerize PET and convert it into its monomers in salt-containing media and at a temperature of 30°C.

Oct 29, 2024

Chinese electric truck claims charging record of 500 kWh in drive from Melbourne to Sydney

Posted by in categories: sustainability, transportation

Newly emerging Chinese electric truck maker Windrose has claimed an Australian record for a public fast charge of more than 500 kilowatt hours as it topped up its massive batteries on its flagship heavy electric truck on a drive from Melbourne to Sydney.

The Windrose electric truck features a 729 kWh battery, and at a brief glance appears to be a Tesla Semi look-alike, with streamlined features and a driver’s seat placed in the middle of the cabin. The company claims a range of more than 670 kms, fully loaded to 49 tonnes, and hopes to enter commercial production next year.

The truck made an appearance at the All Energy show in Melbourne last week, before being taken around to show its wares to some major Australian logistics companies,. It then made the trip up the Hume Highway to Sydney on Sunday for another series of demonstrations.

Oct 29, 2024

Malur Narayan Shares About A Large Language Model Trained with Diverse Histories & Inclusive Voices

Posted by in categories: information science, neuroscience, quantum physics, robotics/AI, sustainability

Here’s Malur Narayan of Latimer AI sharing about removing bias, and setting a standard for identifying and measuring it in artificial intelligence systems, and LLM’s.

Malur is a tech leader in AI / ML, mobile, quantum, and is an advocate of tech for good, and responsible AI.

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Oct 29, 2024

Ford Mustang Mach-E Battery Production Is Moving To America

Posted by in categories: energy, sustainability, transportation

The consumer-facing side of electric vehicles paints a limited picture of what’s happening in the broader automotive industry. But when you glance behind the scenes, things start appearing far clearer, to a point where it’s pretty evident that the future of road transport is battery-powered. A big part of what’s happening backstage is making those batteries right here, on American soil.

Korean battery maker LG Energy Solution announced recently that it reached an agreement with Ford to move production of the Ford Mustang Mach-E’s batteries from Poland to Michigan starting next year. Instead, the LGES Poland factory will prioritize producing batteries for Ford’s commercial vans sold in the U.K. and the European Union.

Oct 29, 2024

New solvent-free 3D printing material could enable biodegradable implants

Posted by in categories: 3D printing, sustainability

Additive manufacturing (AM) has revolutionized many industries and holds the promise to affect many more in the not too distant future. While people are most familiar with the 3D printers that function much like inkjet printers, another type of AM offers advantages using a different approach: building objects with light one layer at a time.

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