Technology

Learning from Covid: Can we re-use resources for teaching online?

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Digital classrooms and resources for teaching online have become essential during the pandemic. Some schools have even provided students with tablets, laptops and digital platforms to help out. Covid-19 not only took millions of lives but strained many key sectors, including education. 185 million students around the world have had courses disrupted, lost loved ones […]

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Coronavirus, Society, Technology

What is wind energy? Advantages and disadvantages

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The basic principle of wind energy is simple. A series of sails or blades mounted around a rotor catch the wind and translate its kinetic energy into rotational energy. Traditional windmills use that rotational energy to grind grain or pump water. But in modern wind turbines, it turns a generator that creates electricity. How do

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Energy, Sustainability, Technology

Are Solar-Powered Cars the Future of Transport?

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The transport sector accounts for one-fifth of global carbon emissions (Ritchie, 2020). With all the discussions surrounding net-zero emissions, it is crucial that we make transportation sustainable. So, how can we achieve this? Try solar-powered cars. They could be one of the best solutions to reduce carbon emissions from transport. How do solar-powered cars work? Solar-powered cars

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Energy, Sustainability, Technology

Storage Technology: Five new ways to store energy

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The long-duration storage technology is a series of technologies that are using technologies such as pumped hydro, compressed air energy storage, etc for energy storage and producing electricity. As one knows, the long-duration technology is capitalizing on high usage of renewable energy resources.

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Energy, Environment, Innovation, Science, Sustainability, Technology
Row of planes parked on tarmac.

Jet Fuel From Carbon Dioxide: Is This the Future of Flying?

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Each year, many innovations are driving positive change to reduce our carbon footprint. Most of all, they are reaching targets set by the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. Scientists worldwide have thought about capturing carbon dioxide and involving the molecule in reactions that yields more wanted products than unwanted. That is the aim of the future

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Innovation, Lifestyle, Science, Technology
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Sustainable Energy: A Revolution on the Orkney Islands

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Access to affordable, reliable and sustainable energy for everyone is one of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. In a world largely driven and powered by fossil fuels, this may seem like an unrealistic or even impossible goal. But Orkney, a chain of islands sitting off the northernmost tip of Scotland, is in the middle

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Energy, Sustainability, Technology

Remote Sensing: A Smarter Way for Sustainable Agriculture

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The Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are playing larger roles in smart farming systems. Smart agriculture uses remote sensing technology to track and predict crop productivity, environmental conditions, and allow for smart machinery control. These improvements can significantly increase the efficiency and productivity of the agricultural sector.Unfortunately, 8.9 per cent of the

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Environment, Innovation, Science, Sustainability, Technology

Vertical Farming: The Urban Plant Factories

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Vertical farming involves growing crops in vertically stacked layers under controlled conditions. These farms usually grow crops without soil or light. Vertical farms are also known as plant factories. At present, over 50% of the population live in urban areas worldwide. It is predicted that by 2045 the global urban population will increase by 1.5

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Innovation, Science, Sustainability, Technology
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How to Live Sustainably: Lessons from the Biosphere 2 Experiment

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What is Biosphere 2 and was it a failed experiment? For centuries, humans have been manipulating the Earth’s environment to suit our needs, but what about recreating the Earth itself? In the late 1980s, a group of scientists did just that. A 3.14-acre research facility was constructed in the middle of the Arizona desert in

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Environment, Innovation, Science, Space, Sustainability, Technology
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