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.
UN: 2015 record year for global renewables investment
Global investment in renewable energy hit a record US$285.9 billion in 2015, beating the previous high of $278.5 billion set in 2011, according to the UNEP Collaborating Centre for Climate and Sustainable Energy Finance and Bloomberg New Energy Finance. The 10th Global Trends in Renewable Energy Read More...
A new efficient solar technology material could one day roll onto windows
We are edging closer and closer to a world where buildings capture energy with rooftop solar panels as well as through thin, flexible solar panels that line the windows of buildings. Making these flexible panels wouldn’t be possible with today’s silicon-based solar cells, but a rather new Read More...
Toyota boosts battery range in new plug-in Prius Prime
Toyota has unveiled a new version of its plug-in hybrid Toyota Prius, the Prius Prime. The new Prius, which goes on sale late this fall, will go 22 miles on battery power alone, twice as long as the previous version, the Japanese company said. The Prius Prime will have an estimated 120 miles or Read More...
A hydrogen car has just done something amazing on the M25
The world record for the longest continuous journey in a hydrogen car has been broken. The London Hydrogen Network Expansion project (LHNE), a government-backed group, drove a hydrogen car around the M25 for six days. Impressively, the Hyundai ix35 fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV), covered Read More...
Dyson developing an electric car, according to government documents
Dyson is developing an electric car at its headquarters in Wiltshire with help from public money, according to government documents. The company, which makes a range of products that utilise the sort of highly efficient motors needed for an electric car such as vacuum cleaners, hand dryers and Read More...
Pork power: Renewable energy source?
"The gas from this project will generate carbon neutral electricity compared to the emissions that would result if the waste was left to decay naturally," Fountain went on to add. The facility will be built and owned by Carbon Cycle Energy. According to Duke Energy, the methane, once captured, will Read More...
Meet the South Korean entrepreneurs promising a clean energy revolution
For South Korean millennials born into bright lights, cheap energy and bustling modernisation, the country’s dimly lit, war torn past is a thing of the history books. This made Akas Kim’s trip to rural India, seeing remote villages struggling to secure running water and power, all the Read More...
10 U.S. tech companies expanding in Cuba now or very soon
President Obama made a historic visit to Havana this week, making him the first sitting President to visit Cuba in decades. Obama was accompanied by business leaders including executives from some big tech names that are looking to expand into the isolated island nation. Here's a look at ten of the Read More...
China to more than triple solar power capacity in five years
China plans to more than triple solar power capacity by 2020 to as much as 143 gigawatts to help reduce carbon emissions. The country will add 15 to 20 gigawatts of photovoltaic power annually in the next five years, Nur Bekri, head of the National Energy Administration, said in a conference in Read More...
EU: Energy efficiency will replace oil as “fuel”
Renewable energy guru, Amory Lovins, famously said: “We'd find more energy in the attics of American homes than in all the oil buried in Alaska.” A new report by the Joint Research Center of the European Commission proves his point. The sum of energy savings plus the renewable energy power of Read More...