Knowledge and Technology

The Japanese government will require new models of vehicles to be fitted with devices that prevent pedal misapplication from September 2028, following cases of elderly drivers causing accidents by mistakenly accelerating instead of braking. The move, however, is unlikely to have a major impact on automakers as most vehicles produced …

Focused Energy, a U.S.-German start-up pursuing laser-driven fusion power, has signed a non-binding agreement with the largest German electric utility RWE and the state of Hessen to build a fusion research and development facility in Germany, Focused Energy’s CEO Scott Mercer told Reuters on Monday. Focused Energy plans to have …

Astronomers are sounding alarm bells as the world’s most precious sky-observing location faces a risk of being blinded by light pollution due to a planned renewable energy project. The U.S. energy company AES Energy wants to build a large renewable hydrogen manufacturing complex in Chile, only a few kilometers from …

Italian oil and gas giant Eni S.p.A has launched its next-generation supercomputer that will help it to ramp up oil and gas discovery technology and support its decarbonization strategies. Based at Eni’s Green Data Center in the small town of Ferrera Erbognone, the €100m High-Performance Computing 6 (HPC6) machine is …

Two months ago, we reported that Baiju Bhatt, one of the co-founders of the investing app Robinhood, debuted space solar power company Aetherflux. The startup plans to build a constellation of Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites that will use infrared lasers to transmit power to small ground stations on Earth. The …

Researchers from the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom have developed a residential ice-source heat pump system that uses repurposing existing gas pipelines to transport water for the ice-source heat pump’s operation. “Our heat pump demonstrates superior performance compared to all existing types, based on our claims. We have …

The North Sea is famous as one of Europe’s top crude production sites, with the UK and Norway accounting for about 80% of the region’s output. Unfortunately, the North Sea has already entered a phase of terminal decline. Last year, the oil basin produced 34 m tonnes of oil, its …

As the U.S. strives to develop stronger regional supply chains for several key components supporting the green transition, both the U.S. and Mexico are constructing large-scale microchip manufacturing facilities. The U.S. is increasingly looking to move away from its dependence on China for critical minerals and manufactured components vital to …

The trend of legacy automakers ditching their plans and investments in EVs continues, with Ford reportedly the latest to cancel plans for a large three-row electric sport-utility vehicle, according to a new report from the Wall Street Journal. The company will take $1.9 billion in related special charges and write-downs …

BP has signed a deal with US space agency NASA which could see its technology used on Mars or the moon in future. Under the agreement, BP America and NASA will share digital technologies and technical expertise from “decades of experience operating in harsh environments”. This includes digital models and …