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The batteries of electric vehicles subject to the normal use of real-world drivers – like heavy traffic, long highway trips, short city trips, and mostly being parked – could last about a third longer than researchers have generally forecast, according to a new study by scientists working in the SLAC-Stanford Battery Center, a joint center between Stanford University’s Precourt Institute for Energy and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.
The Alaska we experience today and our children will experience in the future is not the Alaska of the past.
MIT engineers show how detailed mapping of weather conditions and energy demand can guide optimization for siting renewable energy installations.
New research has revealed less than a quarter of the remaining tropical rainforests around the globe can safeguard thousands of threatened species from extinction.
The new method could help slash carbon emissions in hard to reach industries like aviation and road haulage.
Recent decades have seen a rapid surge in damages and disruptions caused by flooding.
