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.
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...
Uruguay puts high priority on renewable energies
Uruguay is modifying its energy mix with the aim of achieving carbon neutrality by 2030, by means of a strategy that bolsters non-conventional clean energy sources through public-private partnerships and new investment. A majority of this South American country’s energy already comes from Read More...
Renewable energy made up half of world's new power plants in 2014
Rocky Mountain Institute launched the Business Renewables Center to accelerate corporate renewable energy procurement. At the same time, 36 companies have committed to the RE100, a global initiative to showcase companies committed to using 100 percent renewable power. A line has been crossed; end Read More...
Canada’s Trudeau orders tanker ban on B.C. North Coast
Canada’s new Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today instructed his incoming cabinet members to work together to “formalize a moratorium on crude oil tanker traffic on British Columbia’s north coast.” In mandate letters to Transport Minister Marc Garneau and Hunter Tootoo, Read More...
Portland bans new oil, coal, and gas projects
Clean energy advocates in the United States have added another win to their recent string of victories on Thursday, as Portland, Oregon became the first city in the U.S. to ban all new oil, coal, or natural gas export infrastructure. “We need to take more action to address climate disruption,” Read More...