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The SUMS (Smart Urban Mobility Solutions) exhibition and conference will be co-located with the UK’s largest renewable and low carbon energy exhibition and conference - All-Energy2017 (SECC, Glasgow; 10-11 May 2017). The new event will focus on Glasgow’s pioneering work on smart citiesand the city’s, and Scotland’s, long history of innovation in intelligent traffic control.

A team of scientists from the University of Toronto believes they've found a way to convert carbon dioxide emissions into energy-rich fuel in a carbon-neutral cycle that uses a very abundant natural resource: silicon. Silicon, readily available in sand, is the seventh most-abundant element in the universe and the second most-abundant element in the earth's crust.

How can we store solar energy for period when the sun doesn't shine? One solution is to convert it into hydrogen through water electrolysis. The idea is to use the electrical current produced by a solar panel to 'split' water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen. Clean hydrogen can then be stored away for future use to produce electricity on demand, or even as a fuel. But this is where things get complicated.

A new partnership has been agreed between Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and INERATEC which will see the former invest in a spinoff that could revolutionise chemical process engineering and contribute to the success of the energiewende in the area of chemical energy storage systems.

Showcasing the very latest innovations at the ONS exhibition, 29th August-1st September, is Tyco Gas & Flame Detection.On an outdoor booth in Norway, the company will demonstrate how it uses its global footprint and extensive expertise to provide end-to-end gas and flame detection solutions for a wide range of applications worldwide.

Panasonic announces its HL Series Electric Double Layer Capacitors (ELDCs), which offer low resistance combined with guaranteed long life over a wide temperature range, from -40 to +65°C. Panasonic HL Series gold capacitors are wound radial lead type devices, which achieve far better capacitance compared to aluminium electrolytic capacitors (up to 1,000 times greater) and superior charge and discharge performance compared with secondary batte...

Using ultrasound technology, physicists from the Munich-Centre for Advanced Photonics make proton radiation in cancerous tissue visible.In future, the irradiation of tumors with protons could become more precise.

St Andrews researchers have made an important step forward in the quest to store electricity from intermittent energy sources such as wind and solar.Energy conversion technology holds the key to storing energy on large scales – making wind and solar more economical and reliable – and solid oxide cells (SOCs), which operate with high efficiency over a wide range of scales, offer the best prospects.

In 2020, NASA plans to launch a new Mars rover that will be tasked with probing a region of the planet scientists believe could hold remnants of ancient microbial life. The rover will collect samples of rocks and soil, and store them on the Martian surface; the samples would be returned to Earth sometime in the distant future so that scientists can meticulously analyse the samples for signs of present or former extraterrestrial life.

Multiple teams of Georgia Tech researchers are utilising cyber techniques to support accelerated materials design. Here are a few of the innovative efforts underway by research teams that include engineers, chemists, physicists, computer scientists, and others.