We abuse our robots. That’s a problem.

Electron bunches are generated and accelerated to relativistic velocities by tunnel ionization of neutral gas species in a plasma. This represents a step towards ultra-bright, high-emittance beams in plasma wakefield accelerators. [This summary has been amended from ‘laser-plasma’ to ‘plasma wakefield’ accelerators.]

A team of scientists is developing wearable skin sensors that can detect what's in your sweat. In a new article, the team describes a sensor design that can be rapidly manufactured using a 'roll-to-roll' processing technique that essentially prints the sensors onto a sheet of plastic like words on a newspaper. The sensors can provide real-time measurements of sweat rate, and electrolytes and metabolites in sweat.

We propose to use artificial neural networks to process the experimental data and to predict the performance of the aerosol CVD synthesis of single-wa…

Engineers designed a new system to help cool buildings in crowded metropolitan areas without consuming electricity, an important innovation as cities work to adapt to climate change. The system consists of an inexpensive polymer/aluminum film that's installed inside a box at the bottom of a specially designed solar 'shelter.' The film helps keep its surroundings cool by absorbing heat from the air inside the box and transmitting that energy into outer space.

Atomically thin materials could create heat-shields for cell phones or laptops that would protect people and temperature-sensitive components and make future electronic gadgets even more compact.

The research explains how random fluctuations affect the operation of microscopic machines like this tiny motor. In the future, such devices could be incorporated into other technologies to recycle waste heat and thus improve energy efficiency.

Researchers say they have discovered 'a new kind of quantum time order'. The discovery arose from an experiment the team designed to bring together elements of the two big -- but contradictory -- physics theories developed in the past century.

Scientists say the results have far reaching implications for how we understand the aging process, and how we might develop much-needed treatments for age-related brain diseases.

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Over the past two centuries, millions of dedicated people—revolutionaries, activists, politicians, and theorists—have been unable to curb the disastrous and increasingly globalized trajectory of economic ...

The United Nations, the International Energy Agency and the World Energy Council are drawing global attention to the inherent qualities of nuclear power as a clean and reliable source of electricity. Now into its seventh decade, nuclear energy is seen by these and other prominent organisations as an existing and proven solution to the 21st Century challenges of climate change and a sustainable energy transition.

Что такое аэрофобия, или по-простому страх полетов, известно многим. В последнее время в обсуждении авиапутешествий все чаще всплывает новый термин — флайтшейминг (flight-shaming). Он произошел от шведского flygskam и используется в отношении людей, озабоченных состоянием окружающей среды и призывающих сократить число авиаперелетов или вообще отказаться от них ради снижения выбросов CO2 в атмосферу. Одна из ярких представительниц движения, 16-летняя шведская экоактивистка Грета Тунберг, в конце августа даже пересекла Атлантику на электрической яхте, чтобы принять участие в саммите ООН в Нью-Йорке по изменению климата. Лететь в США на самолете она отказалась из-за вреда, который авиаперелеты наносят экологии.

Как показало последнее международное исследование Ipsos, взгляды Греты, пусть и не в столь радикальной форме, разделяет каждый седьмой опрошенный. Всего в опросах участвовало более 19 тыс. совершеннолетних из 27 стран. 14% из них заявили, что при возможности согласились бы выбрать для своих передвижений…

Новый Прогноз мирового энергетического развития до 2050 года от DNV GL - Energy Transition Outlook 2019.