Several years ago, a team of scientists from MIT and the University of Massachusetts at Lowell designed and deployed a first-of-its-kind web programming course for incarcerated individuals across multiple correctional facilities. ...
Social Sciences
Apr 25, 2024
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The fracturing and friction of coffee beans during grinding generates electricity that causes coffee particles to clump together and stick to the grinder. Researchers report Dec. 6 in the journal Matter that coffee beans ...
General Physics
Dec 6, 2023
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Rotting seaweed has plagued the Caribbean for more than 10 years—but our research shows how we could clean up beaches and emissions at the same time, by turning what's now rubbish into renewable electricity and fertilizer.
Biotechnology
May 31, 2022
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The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted just how reliant the United States and other countries are on Chinese manufacturing, with widespread shortages of protective medical gear produced there.
Environment
May 7, 2020
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When the Earth is dark, human activity sparkles across the globe. As seen from space, night-time lights tell a story about how we live, correlating to everything from electricity consumption and CO2 emissions, to gross domestic ...
Economics & Business
Mar 28, 2017
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Household electricity use falls by more than 30% when residents are obliged to pay for their own personal consumption. This is shown in a new study by researchers at Uppsala University's and the Research Institute of Industrial ...
Energy & Green Tech
Mar 6, 2017
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A nation's electricity consumption has been seen as a useful proxy for measuring economic growth offering a useful alternative to conventional measures such as gross domestic product (GDP) by incorporating the assumption ...
Energy & Green Tech
May 19, 2016
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Home to meditating monks and Himalayan nomads, the sleepy kingdom of Bhutan has set its sights on becoming an unlikely energy powerhouse thanks to its abundant winding rivers.
Energy & Green Tech
Jul 7, 2013
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Energy consumption by China, the world's leading emitter of CO2, rose 3.9 percent in 2012 from the previous year but fell by 3.6 percent per unit of gross domestic product, the government said.
Energy & Green Tech
Feb 24, 2013
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The invention of a long-lasting incandescent light bulb in the 19th century spurred on the second wave of the industrial revolution, illuminating homes, extending leisure time and bringing us to the point today where many ...
Energy & Green Tech
Feb 28, 2012
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