Energy and Green Tech News

Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a next-generation wearable system that enables people to control machines using everyday gestures—even while running, riding in a car or floating on turbulent ocean waves.... Read more

You've just finished a strenuous hike to the top of a mountain. You're exhausted but elated. The view of the city below is gorgeous, and you want to capture the moment on camera. But it's already quite dark, and you're not sure you'll get a good shot. Fortunately, your phone... Read more

Touch is the sense that brings us into direct contact with reality, revealing shape, texture, and resistance. Designing soft sensors to mimic biological fingertips facilitates natural haptic communications in telerobotics and prostheses, but suffers from inaccurate tactile decoding.... Read more

The rapid urbanization of the past century has made the car-centric North American city the norm. However, rising greenhouse gas emissions and fuel prices are pushing researchers and planners to look for innovative urban planning alternatives.... Read more

Google is unleashing its Gemini 3 artificial intelligence model on its dominant search engine and other popular online services in the high-stakes battle to create technology that people can trust to enlighten them and manage tedious tasks.... Read more

More than 40% of electric car drivers worldwide would avoid owning a Tesla, the brand run by controversial billionaire Elon Musk, for political reasons, according to a recent survey.... Read more

Chip giant Nvidia and Microsoft announced Tuesday investments totaling $15 billion in AI startup Anthropic, creator of the Claude chatbot, as the AI investment frenzy continues amid emerging fears of a bubble on Wall Street.... Read more

Over the past few years, we have repeatedly been told artificial intelligence (AI) is coming for our jobs.... Read more

If you follow news about climate change, you've probably seen the term "primary energy."... Read more

The average global temperature has risen by 1.5 C since the pre-industrial era due to climate change, and it is poised to continue increasing. In response, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has developed the Global Warming Potential (GWP) metric, a unit of measurement that compares a specific gas's contribution... Read more

One of the biggest goals for companies in the field of artificial intelligence is developing "agentic" or autonomous systems. These metaphorical agents can perform tasks without a guiding human hand. This parallels the goals of the emerging urban air mobility industry, which hopes to bring autonomous flying vehicles to cities... Read more

Climate events including floods and heat waves are likely to compound energy hardship for many Australians, a new report led by Monash University researchers has found, offering critical insights into how everyday household trends, practices and vulnerabilities will impact energy demand and the shift to renewable energy.... Read more

The perennial battle over EPA's biofuels mandates is coming to a head soon as the agency works on finalizing updates to the Renewable Fuel Standard's blending obligations.... Read more

Southwest Research Institute identified a security vulnerability in a standard protocol governing communications between electric vehicles (EV) and EV charging equipment. The research prompted the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to issue a security advisory related to the ISO 15118 vehicle-to-grid communications standard.... Read more

Remote First Nations communities in Australia experience ongoing energy insecurity due to geographic isolation, reliance on diesel, and uneven consumer protections relative to grid-connected households—so experts are navigating the many complicated factors to guide transition to clean energy supply.... Read more