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(ORNL: Oak Ridge, TN) -- The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Electricity, in partnership with Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has launched an experimental platform for energy sector-related data with enhanced emphasis on governance and usability. The Open Energy Hub is a connection hub of…
(AW-Lake Co.: Oak Creek, WI) -- AW-Lake Co., manufacturer of industrial flow meters and flow monitoring equipment, announced that it has achieved ISO 14001:2015 certification, an internationally recognized standard for environmental management systems (EMS). This certification highlights AW-Lake’s…
(ISO: Geneva) -- The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), and UL Standards & Engagement (ULSE) have come together for the first time at the dedicated Standards Pavilion at COP29 to ensure greater recognition of standards in…
(MIT: Cambridge, MA) -- The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) has selected MIT to lead a new Innovation Corps (I-Corps) Hub to support a partnership of eight New England universities committed to expanding science and technology entrepreneurship across the region, accelerating the translation…
(Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Oak Ridge, TN) -- Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists are developing a formula for success by studying how a new type of battery fails. The team’s goal is the design for long-term storage of wind and solar energy, which are produced intermittently, enabling…
(Georgia Institute of Technology: Atlanta) -- A research team led by Georgia Tech’s Hailong Chen has developed a low-cost iron chloride cathode for lithium-ion batteries that could radically improve lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), potentially transforming the electric vehicle (EV) market and large-…
(Steel Dynamics Inc.: Fort Wayne, IN) -- Steel Dynamics has recently joined the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Green Power Partnership (GPP). Steel Dynamics was recognized by the EPA as No. 21 on its list of Green Power Partners from the Fortune 500, and No. 33 on its National Top 100 list…
(ORNL: Oak Ridge, TN) -- Researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory were recently honored with the prestigious ACE Award for Composites Excellence by the American Composites Manufacturers Association. The team won the “innovation in green composites design” prize…
(ProLogium Technology: Taoyuan, Taiwan) -- ProLogium Technology, a pioneer in lithium-ion battery innovation, was invited to the Solid-State Battery Summit (SSB Summit) last August in Chicago. The company’s chief scientist, Dr. Dmitry Belov, took the opportunity to introduce a groundbreaking…
(MIT: Cambridge, MA) -- What if construction materials could be put together and taken apart as easily as LEGO bricks? Such reconfigurable masonry would be disassembled at the end of a building’s lifetime and reassembled into a new structure in a sustainable cycle that could supply generations of…
(Green Badger: Savannah, GA) -- Green Badger, the leading SaaS developer for managing sustainable construction, announced that it has received a “Just. 2.0” label from the International Living Future Institute (ILFI), further validating the company’s focus on sustainability for the built…
(NewTek: Pennsauken, NJ) -- NewTek custom-designs linear position sensors for companies that can no longer source replacement LVDTs from original suppliers. As LVDT manufacturers discontinue specific lines of position sensors or no longer offer small volumes of custom LVDTs, companies find it hard…
(NPL: Teddington, England) -- A new report by the National Physical Laboratory outlines the crucial needs and challenges that need addressing to boost the hydrogen economy and support the U.K. in reaching its net-zero goals.
The NPL report, “Measurement challenges in the hydrogen sector,”…
(Bolb: Livermore, CA) -- Bolb, a leading UV LED solution provider, will release its SUVOS BioCleanse UVC module—a cost-effective and environment-friendly solution that extends the useful lifetime of metalworking fluids (MWF) and improves worker health and safety—at the IMTS exhibition in Chicago at…
(Knowles: Itasca, IL) -- Knowles Corp., a market leader and global provider of advanced micro-acoustic microphones and speakers, audio solutions, and high-performance capacitors and RF products, announces the QAS Series, a new line of RC-type arc suppressor/snubber components that extend the…
(ISO: Geneva) -- Work is underway to develop ISO’s first international standard on net zero. It will provide clarity on the net-zero transition, robust requirements, and ultimately enable independently verified and comprehensive climate action while accelerating progress toward a sustainable world…
(Lanza International: Genoa, Italy) -- Taiwan, a leader in the global hardware tools market, will host the International Hardware Expo Taiwan & Taiwan International Tools & Hardware Expo (IHT x TiTE) Oct. 16–18 at the Taichung International Exhibition Center. This event will highlight…
(ORNL: Oak Ridge, TN) -- A research team led by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has bridged a knowledge gap in atomic-scale heat motion. This new understanding holds promise for enhancing materials to advance an emerging technology called solid-state cooling.
An…
(Asteri: Palo Alto, CA) – The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) is expected to replace millions of jobs globally in the next five years and drive the skill-acquisition velocity to unprecedented levels.
According to the National Fund for Workforce Solutions, AI is set to replace 75…
(CIMdata: Ann Arbor, MI) -- CIMdata and Eurostep have announced the upcoming PLM Road Map & PDT 2024 EMEA conference, scheduled to take place at the Lindholmen Conference Center in Gothenburg, Sweden, Oct. 23–24, 2024.
The globally recognized PLM-focused event, themed “Value Drivers for…
(ORNL: Oak Ridge, TN) -- Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have demonstrated the first 270-kW wireless power transfer to a light-duty electric vehicle. The demonstration used a Porsche Taycan and was conducted in collaboration with Volkswagen Group of…
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- In response to stakeholder feedback received, U.S. government (USG) departments and agencies worked to generate a draft Implementation Road Map. The road map sets forth actions and outcomes for the USG to increase investment in prestandards development activities for…
(Dürr: Southfield, MI) -- Paint shops must become “greener” to help vehicle manufacturers feel certain about meeting their ambitious climate targets.
Assessing a technology’s sustainability is a complex task. In a comprehensive life cycle analysis, the Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics (…
(NPL: Teddington, England) -- The National Physical Laboratory has signed a long-term framework agreement with Sellafield, a British nuclear decommissioning site license company controlled by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, a U.K. government body set up specifically to deal with the nuclear…
(MIT News: Cambridge, MA) – While 3D printing has exploded in popularity, many of the plastic materials these printers use to create objects can’t be easily recycled. New sustainable materials are emerging for use in 3D printing, but they remain difficult to adopt because 3D printer settings must…