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.
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...
Apple to power Singapore operations with renewable energy
Nov 15 Apple announced on Sunday that it has struck a deal to power all of its Singapore operations with renewable energy, the latest in a series of steps from the company to turn its operations worldwide green. Starting in January, solar energy developer Sunseap Group will provide Apple with 100 Read More...
How the world will benefit from autonomous transportation
The world of transportation is on a one-way-road towards automation, but what can be achieved by taking humans off steering wheels? As the world’s population increases and economies grow, more and more vehicles will be roaming the roads, adding even more traffic congestion. Autonomous Read More...
Climate-friendly makeover will turn California desert into clean energy paradise
What would you do with a 10-million-acre area of California desert? The Obama administration just announced it will use a piece of federally-owned land for two purposes: renewable energy development, and preservation of the unique and valuable desert ecosystem. The so-called Desert Renewable Read More...