Lawmakers in some states have been laying the groundwork to add geothermal power to the electrical grid and pump underground heat into buildings. Now, a technological breakthrough could dramatically expand those ambitions—and perhaps unleash a new wave of policies to tap into geothermal sources. Last month, a company announced the successful
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It was difficult to maintain a poker face when the leader of a big US tech firm I was chatting to said there was a definite tipping point at which the firm would exit the UK. I could see my own surprise mirrored on the faces of the other people in
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Debts for energy supplied by Nigeria amounting to over $5 million may stand in the way of any claim for breach of contracts following Nigeria’s decision to cut off its power source in line with sanctions imposed by the regional bloc. A review of the latest quarterly electricity sector performance report
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Novel approach to measuring microbe activity in wetted soil leads to better understanding of vulnerability, researchers report. Using a novel method to detect microbial activity in biological soil crusts, or biocrusts, after they are wetted, a Penn State-led research team in a new study uncovered clues that will lead to a
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Imperva has announced an analysis of data breaches around the world and in the UK. The analysis shows that despite increasingly stringent regulations and fines, a lack of genuine data security is still putting tens of millions of individuals’ data at risk, and costing organisations billions. The analysis of 99,490 data
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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has threatened to punish banks engaging in illegal sales of forex. The acting Governor of CBN, Folashodun Shonubi, who disclosed this during a lecture titled: “Diaspora Remittances and Nigerian Economic Development”, in Abuja, emphasised the importance of strict steps to restrict illegal remittances and
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IBM has developed a prototype “brain-like” chip that could lead to less battery-draining artificial intelligence (AI) semiconductors for smartphones. IBM Research has unveiled a prototype of an analogue AI chip that demonstrates remarkable efficiency and accuracy in performing complex computations for deep neural networks (DNNs). The new design aims to address concerns regarding
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MIT engineers developed a new way to create these arrays, by scaffolding quantum rods onto patterned DNA. Flat screen TVs that incorporate quantum dots are now commercially available, but it has been more difficult to create arrays of their elongated cousins, quantum rods, for commercial devices. Quantum rods can control both
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Elon Musk’s recent rebranding of Twitter as X is a step toward the CEO’s goal of developing an “everything app.” Musk’s vision is for X to mark the spot for all your digital needs – to chat with your friends, order groceries, watch videos and manage your finances, all on
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Damian Stefaniuk is a postdoc at the MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub (CSHub). He works with MIT professors Franz-Josef Ulm and Admir Masic of the MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) to investigate multifunctional concrete. Here, he provides an overview of carbonation in cement-based products, a brief explanation of
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