The best AI investment might be in energy tech
Venture capitalists have placed increasingly bigger bets on AI startups, investing over half a trillion dollars into the…
This May Be the World’s First Quantum Battery
According to physicist Paul Davies, a tried-and-true “quantum” device exploits the odd rules of quantum mechanics to deliver…
Why Your Phone Battery Dies Faster During a Public Emergency
Phone batteries die faster in times of crisis, and it is not just because people spend more time…
The US Had a Big Battery Boom Last Year
The US added a record-breaking amount of energy storage in 2025, according to a new solar industry report…
S. Australia Wholesale Electricity Prices fall 30% with Solar, Revealing Trump’s High-Cost Fossil Fuels Scam
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The government of the state of South Australia announced recently that its wholesale…
730 million people in the world live without power. Progress has stalled
The world is hungrier than ever for energy. We don’t have a good grasp on how many people…
China’s Battery Boom Is Running Into a Very Familiar Problem
The Chinese industry ministry has sounded the overcapacity alarm for yet another industry: batteries. Battery makers have grown…
Batteries lose charge when they ‘breathe’
Share this Article You are free to share this article under the Attribution 4.0 International license. Researchers have…
Australia’s emissions have dropped, but we’ve got our work cut out to reach targets
Australia’s emissions had the biggest drop ever this year outside the artificial kink in the curve during COVID-19…
Away from COP30 and treaties, pragmatism sparks clean energy boom in the global south
There are well-known poster children for the transition to clean technologies. Norway, for its embrace of electric cars,…
Durability tester says Google’s new $1,800 foldable phone is the first smartphone to explode during his routine test—and he caught it all on camera
A popular tech durability expert has declared Google’s new Pixel 10 Pro Fold the weakest foldable smartphone he…
Lead batteries are poisoning millions of children. We can stop it.
Remember the Flint, Michigan, water crisis? The public health disaster that, at its peak, poisoned nearly 5 percent…