Новости за 03.05.2024

Washington (AFP) May 2, 2024
Lawyers for the US government and Google gave their closing arguments Thursday in a landmark antitrust trial over the search engine's monopoly power. The two-day hearing took place more than six months after the conclusion of the trial and a decision is not expected before late summer or autumn. The case is the first of five major lawsuits by the US government to reach trial, with Meta,

Ottawa (AFP) May 2, 2024
Canada's greenhouse gas emissions rose in 2022 from a pandemic dip the prior year but were still 7.1 percent below a 2005 benchmark, a government report showed Thursday. Annual total emissions - including carbon dioxide, methane and other greenhouse gasses - were 708 megatonnes of CO2 equivalent, or 7.1 percent below revised 2005 levels. "The report shows that Canada remains on track t

Santiago (AFP) May 2, 2024
Seventy percent of environmental journalists from 129 countries, polled in March, reported experiencing attacks, threats or pressure related to their job, UNESCO said Thursday. Of those, two in five subsequently experienced physical violence, it said in a report released on World Press Freedom Day. More than 900 reporters were questioned for the poll. The UN Educational, Scientific and C

Hong Kong (AFP) May 3, 2024
Hong Kong led gains across most Asian and European markets Friday thanks to a surge in tech giants, while the yen extended gains against the dollar on revived hopes for US interest rate cuts. The gains come as traders turn their attention to the release of key US jobs data due later in the day, which could play a major role in the Federal Reserve's decision-making on when to lower borrowing

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) May 03, 2024
A new technique using terahertz frequency lasers has shown promising results in inducing atomic excitation in semiconductor materials, specifically in two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs). Researchers at Yokohama National University, in collaboration with the California Institute of Technology, have successfully demonstrated this process, which is critical for advancing semico

Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 03, 2024
The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has incorporated robotic technology into the production of wind turbine blades, aiming to reduce hazardous working conditions and enhance product consistency. Robots, which have been utilized in the wind energy sector for tasks such as painting and polishing, are now being employed for more complex operations like trimmi

Boston MA (SPX) May 03, 2024
Proximity is key for many quantum phenomena, as interactions between atoms are stronger when the particles are close. In many quantum simulators, scientists arrange atoms as close together as possible to explore exotic states of matter and build new quantum materials. They typically do this by cooling the atoms to a stand-still, then using laser light to position the particles as close as

Berlin, Germany (SPX) May 03, 2024
Quantum teleportation, the process where the state of a quantum particle, or qubit, is transferred from one place to another without moving the particle itself, typically relies on entanglement between an additional pair of qubits. Ideally, this transfer should occur flawlessly, but real-world conditions introduce noise that can degrade teleportation quality. Researchers at the University

Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 03, 2024
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have developed a new method using femtosecond lasers to create glass-to-glass welds in solar modules, significantly simplifying the recycling process. This innovation replaces the traditional use of plastic polymer sheets, which complicates recycling efforts. By eliminating polymers and employing las

Atlanta GA (SPX) May 03, 2024
To avoid catastrophic climate impacts, excessive carbon emissions must be addressed. At this point, cutting emissions isn't enough. Direct air capture, a technology that pulls carbon dioxide out of ambient air, has great potential to help solve the problem. But there's a big challenge. For direct air capture technology, every type of environment and location requires a uniquely specific de

Paris (AFP) April 30, 2024 - G7 environment ministers committed on Tuesday to ramp up the production and deployment of battery storage technology, an essential component for increasing renewable energy and combating climate change.

Here is how and why batteries play a vital role in the energy transition: