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The robotics industry should be creating robots that could be reprogrammed and repurposed for other tasks once its life span is completed, University of Bristol and University of West England researchers have advised. The study, published in Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems, aims to challenge individuals working in the robotics industry and in academia to note […]

In the future, charging stations along freeways, in parking lots or at logistics centers will have to deliver much more power in a short space of time than they do today. For this reason, new charging stations can no longer simply be connected to the low voltage power grid. In the project MS-Tankstelle, Fraunhofer ISE […]

A recent report produced by the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), which outlines the energy use of data centers from 2014 to 2028, estimates that data center load growth has tripled over the past decade and is projected to double or triple by 2028. The 2024 Report on U.S. Data Center Energy […]

An international team of engineers has developed an innovative, scalable method for creating topography-patterned aluminum surfaces, enhancing liquid transport properties critical for applications in electronics cooling, self-cleaning technologies and anti-icing systems. The research, published recently in Langmuir and conducted by groups at Rice University and the University of Edinburgh as part of the Rice-Edinburgh Strategic […]

Thermal switches, which electrically control heat transfer, are essential for the advancement of sophisticated thermal management systems. Historically, electrochemical thermal switches have been constrained by suboptimal performance, which impedes their extensive utilization in the electronics, energy, and waste heat recovery sectors. A research team led by Professor Hiromichi Ohta of the Research Institute for Electronic […]

For many, electric vehicles (EVs) represent the future of transportation and a means to reduce emissions, but they have also heralded a new lexicon of maintenance concerns. Chief among these considerations is whether frequent use of direct current (DC) fast charging impacts the lifespan of EV batteries. While early industry wisdom suggested that regular fast […]

Elon Musk reportedly discussed with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa the potential of Tesla building a battery factory in South Africa. The conversation between Musk and Ramaphosa reportedly happened earlier this year, but it was only now reported by Bloomberg. According to the report, Musk approached the president of his home country to ease regulations […]

Dr. Chi-Young Jung’s research team from the Hydrogen Research & Demonstration Center at the Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER) has successfully developed a method to analyze the microstructure of carbon fiber paper, a key material in hydrogen fuel cells, at a speed 100 times faster than existing methods. This was achieved by utilizing digital […]

Ensuring a reliable supply of critical battery raw materials will be crucial to the global push to net-zero, especially with demand for battery electric vehicles (BEV) picking up pace towards the end of this decade, a new report by McKinsey finds. By 2030, McKinsey estimates that worldwide demand for passenger cars in the BEV segment […]

Swedish multinational Sandvik says it’s successfully deployed a pair of fully autonomous Toro LH518iB battery-electric underground loaders at the New Gold Inc. ($NGD) New Afton mine in British Columbia, Canada. The heavy mining equipment experts at Sandvik say that the revolutionary new 18 ton loaders have been in service since mid-November, working in a designated […]