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A New Sensor Could Spot Peanut Disease Before Farmers Can See It
A fungal disease can move through a peanut field long before its damage becomes obvious. That is why a new development from researchers at Virginia…
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India Has More Solar Power Than Its Grid Can Use — and That Is the Next Big Challenge
India is adding solar power at remarkable speed. But a surprising problem is emerging alongside that success: sometimes the country has more solar electricity available…
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New Zealand Is Teaching Cameras to See Inside Apples Without Cutting Them Open
A bruised or overripe apple can look perfectly healthy from the outside. That creates a costly problem for growers and exporters. Fruit can spend weeks…
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UK Launches New Push to Store Clean Energy for More Than 100 Hours
Renewable energy is becoming a larger part of electricity systems around the world. But there is a fundamental challenge: clean electricity is not always available…
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What If Wastewater Treatment Plants Could Make Useful Chemicals?
Wastewater treatment is usually thought of as an essential service: remove pollutants, clean the water and safely release it back into the environment. But researchers…
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How Biosolar Roofs Could Make Cities Cooler and More Energy Efficient
A roof does not have to serve just one purpose. A new biosolar roof at Bradfield City in Western Sydney is showing how solar panels,…
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The World Has Crossed 3 Terawatts of Solar Power—What Comes Next?
Solar energy has reached a remarkable milestone. The world has now crossed 3 terawatts (TW) of installed solar photovoltaic capacity, marking a rapid expansion of…
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Australia Wants New Data Centre’s to Bring Their Own Clean Energy
The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence is creating a new sustainability challenge: how do we power the enormous computing infrastructure behind AI without adding equally…
