Pens can be tricky. Once I was using one to write notes as fast as possible, trying to keep up with a former Monroe County judge telling me tales of Key West corruption, such as the one about a patrolman who got caught helping a crook drag a safe down the street. Suddenly, my pen […]

BOURNE –  Senator Elizabeth Warren said that she would halt a possible funding extension for a machine gun range on Joint Base Cape Cod until Environmental Protection officials finished …

Black plastics pose an identification problem for sorting machines at recycling facilities, as the sensors can't see them. Canon has developed a system that users lasers and tracking tech to identify and sort plastic trash on the conveyor belt, no matter its color.

A magnet created by AI could transform green technology by eliminating the need for rare-earth metals, offering a sustainable and cost-effective alternative.

While April and May are usually the hottest months in many countries in Southeast Asia, hundreds of millions of people are now suffering in South Asia

Renewable home-energy systems are increasing everywhere, although who controls the electrons is still being worked out, just as in the time of the two great grid pioneers Thomas Edison and Samuel Insull. Edison built the first commercial electricity-generating power station in New York in 1882, while Insull designed how to monetize the juice from an ever-growing supply. Add in the ability today to buy and sell to others along an internet-enabled, “bi-directional” grid, however, and we could soon be embarking on the next big thing or an unregulated free-for-all with everyday customers holding the bag.

s OAK BLUFFS/NANTUCKET – Researchers with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, were treated to a fascinating sight this month when aerial crews sighted over 160 whale…

The new ‘transformative’ production method substitutes fossil fuels for biochar made from animal and agricultural waste.

Among the hundreds of cars left stranded and stalled in the floodwaters that blanketed South Florida this week were plenty of electric vehicles. So just how safe is it to drive them through the water?

Gas engines are built to take in air and gas, and sucking in water is usually catastrophic. EVs have one advantage - seals that protect the batteries and electronics that power them - but those seals can degrade, said Jonathan Sanchez, the lead supervisor at EV Garage Miami.

This story was originally published by Montana Free Press. The Spanish Peaks Mountain Club in Big Sky has asked for a permit from the Montana Department

Since revealing a concept for an energy generating wall back in 2021, designer Joe Doucet has been working on bringing the idea to life. That time is here with the launch of Airiva, a modular rotary wind turbine wall destined for installation on city buildings and infrastructure.

An innovative new combustion engine eliminates half the guts of a traditional engine, and uses a fascinating internally rotating piston and sleeve arrangement, making it lighter, simpler and more efficient while still making strong power and torque.

You accelerated multiple times on your way to Yosemite for the weekend. You braked when driving to a doctor appointment. If your car has internet capabilities, GPS tracking or OnStar, your car knows your driving history.And now we know: your car insurance carrier might know it, too.In a recen

With AI technology proliferating through every facet of our lives these days, Eatron Technologies and Syntiant have leveraged their collective expertise to create an AI-powered battery management system (BMS) to boost battery life.

The Ipswich Select Board voted 4-1 in favor of removing the historic mills dam Monday night. The debate over whether to remove the dam has been tense at times; residents on both sides of the issue have strong ties to the river but opposing views over how to steward it into the future.

On June 5, 2024, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres gave a talk at the Museum of Natural History in New York. He spoke on the desperate climate situation facing humanity. He focused on the 1.5 degrees Celsius global temperature above pre-industrial levels, which world leaders agreed, in Paris in 2015, to maintain in order to avoid planetary catastrophe.

“Why all this fuss about 1.5 degrees?” Guterres asked. “Because our planet is a mass of complex, connected systems.  And every fraction of a degree of global heating counts. The difference between 1.5 and two degrees could be extinction and survival for some small island states and coastal communities.

A new report contends that deep sea mining is not just an environmental risk, it’s also not going to help meet the world’s renewable energy needs.

Building on the trailblazing carbon-fiber-as-a-battery work started at Sweden's Chalmers University of Technology, deep-tech startup Sinonus is working to commercialize a groundbreaking new breed of multifunctional carbon fiber. In its vision, the wonder-composite will save weight not merely…

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has never responded to deadly or damaging extreme heat. Environmental groups and labor unions are asking for that to change.

Extreme weather threatens the investment value of many properties, but financing for climate mitigation efforts are only just getting going.

A sweltering heat wave is bearing down on a large swath of the U.S., creating potentially dangerous conditions for millions of people in multiple states.

The fertilizer that supports around half of the food we consume has become one of the leading driver of human-influenced greenhouse gas emissions, with China, India, the US, Brazil and Russia the biggest culprits, according to the new Global Nitrous Oxide (N₂O) Budget report.

A new round of grants from the federal government will pay out $78 million across 12 states and 13 Tribal nations, hoping to reduce energy bills for rural

Electric micro-cars make a lot of sense for quietly and cleanly navigating packed inner-city environs. As do ebikes or velomobiles. A French startup has combined all three for the Karbikes pedal-assist quadricycle.