Science
From mathematics and AI to medicine and psychology, The Optimist Daily features the latest news on discoveries, technological advances, and breakthroughs in the world of science. Our Science section is here to engage and enlighten you.
Canada sees opportunity to become biofuel superpower for airlines
Canada’s airlines plan to use the rich resources of their country to massively transition to using biofuels. Canada has the potential to become a biofuel superpower by transforming forest residue and agricultural crops into energy that can help the airline industry reduce greenhouse gas Read More...
Researchers develop mobile phone that does not need a battery
Car companies are working on electric vehicles with solar panels on their roofs that charge the battery while driving. There are smart phones that recharge with solar panels integrated into their screens. Researchers have now gone one big step further and have developed a phone without a battery. Read More...
Denmark now has 2,030 electric car charging docks and 2,028 gas stations
Denmark has set a unique new record: The number of electric charging stations in the country has surpassed the number of gas stations. Despite the inspiring achievement, Denmark has still a lot of work to do to catch up with neighbor Norway that is leading the world in the acceptance of electric Read More...
Renewables can create “groundbreaking” decarbonisation effort for mining industry
A new report from the Rocky Mountain Institute has concluded that a collection of factors working together have created a “groundbreaking” opportunity for decarbonising the global mining industry, specifically a transition to renewable energy across the industry. The report was Read More...
Royal Mail goes electric with 100 plug-in Peugeot vans
Royal Mail will purchase 100 electric Peugeot vans and install commensurate charging infrastructure across its network, according to an announcement from the organisation today. The Peugeot Partner L2 Electric vans are fully electric plug-in vehicles, and will be used by delivery Read More...
Proof of concept: Conservative billionaire to build America’s largest wind farm
It’s a sure sign of changing times when conservative investors embrace new technologies. In Wyoming, the biggest wind farm in the US, is being built with the money of conservative billionaire Philip Anschutz, who got his start in his father’s oil business. The farm with 1,000 turbines will be Read More...
Electric car that can recharge in moments being developed by Toyota
Toyota is working on an electric car powered by a new type of battery that significantly increases driving range and reduces charging time, aiming to begin sales in 2022, the Chunichi Shimbun daily reported on Tuesday. Toyota's new electric car, to be built on an all-new platform, will use Read More...
Britain launches renewables based electricity policy to save consumers billions
Clever use of technology can save a lot of energy. The British government has set new rules for the way electricity is made, used and stored. New rules will make it easier for people to generate their own power with solar panels, store it in batteries and sell it to the National Grid. They will Read More...
Bikes may have to talk to self-driving cars for safety's sake
Proponents of self-driving cars say they'll make the world safer, but autonomous vehicles need to predict what bicyclists are going to do. Now researchers say part of the answer is to have bikes feed information to cars. A few years ago on Google's campus, Nathaniel Fairfield arranged an unusual Read More...
Scotland sets renewable energy record for wind power
Wind power output in Scotland has helped set a new record for the first half of the year, according to an independent conservation group. Analysis by WWF Scotland of data provided by WeatherEnergy found wind turbines provided around 1,039,001MWh of electricity to the National Grid during June. Read More...