How Subways Are Powering Cities
Author: Matt Ferrell Every time a subway screeches to a stop, we usually chalk it up to another moment in the daily grind ...
Videos
Energy Production
Why Thorium is About to Change the World
Author: Matt Ferrell Thorium reactors are like the solid-state batteries of nuclear power: vastly superior, yet forever on the horizon. But now, a ...
Computers & AI
How Living Computers Could Change Everything
Author: Matt Ferrell It’s no secret that tech companies are racing to build “artificial general intelligence,” or AI that can match a human ...
Computers & AI
Why AI’s Progress Might Destroy Its Own Future
Author: Matt Ferrell You’ve seen the headlines. The viral demos. AI writing essays, generating photorealistic images, even creating entire videos. It feels like ...
Misc
How Deep Sea Water is Now Drinkable
Author: Matt Ferrell Freshwater may soon flow from the depths of the ocean to drought-stricken coastal cities. A handful of companies are betting ...
Renewable Energy
How Waves Could Quietly Overtake Solar & Wind
Author: Matt Ferrell Every crashing wave delivers a pulse of power. Add them all up, and the ocean carries more energy than the ...
Energy Storage
How Structural Batteries Just Got 10X Better
Author: Matt Ferrell When is a battery more than just a battery? That’s not a riddle. A battery is more than a battery ...
Sustainable Tech
How Magnetic Cooling Is Breaking All the Rules
Author: Matt Ferrell What if I told you your fridge — that humming box in the kitchen — could be cooled without gas, ...
Energy Storage
Why the Biggest Battery Company is Betting Against Lithium
Author: Matt Ferrell Sodium-ion battery technology isn’t exactly new, but something interesting is happening. CATL, the world’s biggest lithium battery manufacturer, says that ...
Energy Storage
How This Battery Runs on Sugar… Seriously
Author: Matt Ferrell You’ve heard of paper straws and cups, but how about a paper battery? One you can compost when you’re done ...
Energy Storage
How This Overlooked Battery Might Change Everything
Author: Matt Ferrell Lithium-sulfur batteries were once kind of a joke. A chemistry so unstable and unreliable that no one took them seriously. ...
