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.
90 EV charging spots coming to Paris for COP21
Supporting clean air, pure water, emissions-free travel, the Renault-Nissan Alliance is installing 90 new charging spots powered by low-carbon electricity. The Renault-Nissan charging spots will refuel 200 Renault-Nissan EVs during the COP21 climate change conference. The Renault-Nissan press Read More...
Moroccan solar plant to bring energy to a million people
A giant plant using energy from the Sun to power a Moroccan city at night will open next month. The solar thermal plant at Ouarzazate will harness the Sun's warmth to melt salt, which will hold its heat to generate energy in the evening. The first phase will generate for three hours after dark; the Read More...
This professional football player could revolutionize energy industry
OK, so we missed this story earlier this week. Then again, this story had been kept secret for seven years. And since we're talking about a pioneering technology that could replace oil and revolutionize the energy sector, led by 31-year-old Mathieu Flamini, the French midfielder for Arsenal, Read More...
OECD countries agree to restrict financing for overseas coal power plants
Just two weeks before the Paris climate talks commence, representatives from 34 of the world’s developed and major economies reached a compromise to phase out public financing that supports the construction of new coal power plants around the world. Starting in 2017, the Organization for Economic Read More...
The world could run entirely on wind, solar and hydro power by 2050
After much number-crunching, there's now a clear roadmap for 139 countries to supply all the world's energy needed in 2050 by using wind, water and sunlight. Researchers at Stanford University and the University of California collaborated to first analyze how much energy each country would need by Read More...
6 futuristic cars powered entirely by the sun
Innovators around the world are obsessed with harnessing the power of the sun. Solar energy has been used to power lamps that light up the night, to run desalinators that create clean drinking water, and to offset fossil fuels on utility grids. But what about solar cars? The world hasn't seen many Read More...
Researchers create cheaper, high performance LED
LED lighting has become an essential part of reducing energy usage around the world but its adoption hasn’t been all too fast considering the costs associated with the material and the quality. That’s all set to change however as researchers from Florida State University have created new LED Read More...
Toyota says its fuel-cell vehicle gaining traction in California
Toyota Motor Corp's hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles are gaining traction in California, where 22 of the company's Mirai cars have been delivered in its first month of availability, company officials said on Tuesday. Toyota has ambitious plans to sell 30,000 fuel-cell vehicles globally by 2020, ramping Read More...
Solar prices could be 10% less than coal In India by 2020
KPMG has released a report stating that by 2020 solar power in India could cost about 10% less than coal power, saying “Solar power price declines have beaten the expectations of most analysts since the beginning of 2015. In the ongoing NTPC solar park tender, solar prices have breached the Read More...
Daimler to recycle electric car batteries for massive energy storage systems
Daimler AG announced that it is cobbling together used lithium-ion batteries from electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles to create massive power storage systems for commercial use. The first of Daimler's "2nd use battery storage units" will consist of 1,000 smart electric drive vehicle batteries and Read More...