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There’s a better way to cool data centres that cuts their huge thirst for water

Water is an amazing substance. The human body is made up of more than 50% water. Approximately 70% of the earth’s surface is covered by water. We drink it, bathe in it, cook with it, clean with it. It is also used to cool data centres, which is an increasing…

The Conversation

In 2025, U.S. researchers developed an air-conditioning system that stores cooling in a salt solution; a Miami simulation projected a 93% cut in peak electricity demand

Innovative air conditioning technology now harnesses the power of saltwater solutions to store energy. Developed by researchers at NREL, this system tackles high electricity demand and cuts cooling costs efficiently. Simulations reveal notable savings in electricity usage and expenses for buildings. This groundbreaking approach holds great potential for addressing summer…

The Economic Times

In 2024, scientists built a window that kept a model house about 7°C cooler, without electricity or blocking the view

Engineers in South Korea have developed an innovative smart window that cools spaces sans electricity. This remarkable glass not only reflects heat but also radiates it into the cosmos. With the ability to generate electricity from rainwater and self-defrost, it stands as a promising solution for lowering cooling expenses globally,…

The Economic Times

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In 2023, scientists built a rooftop tile that opens its cooling vents when hot and closes them when cold, using no electricity and cutting cooling costs 3.1-fold

Innovative engineers have created high-tech roof tiles that adjust themselves to optimize building temperatures automatically. By utilizing wax actuators, these tiles can switch between reflecting and absorbing sunlight efficiently. This breakthrough drastically lowers energy costs for heating and cooling, unlike older passive designs that needed significant temperature differences to work…

The Economic Times

Household energy bills expected to jump to three-year high in October

The predicted increase comes despite the Prime Minister’s plan to remove VAT from household electricity bills from October.

Evening Standard

Kenya triples its power target, aiming to expand use of nuclear and geothermal energy

Kenya has tripled its long-term target for expanding its renewable power capacity to meet surging demand and support its industrialization, but that might not result in more affordable power for consumers

The Independent UK

EU-backed electricity link to Cyprus stalls amid regional tensions

The nearly €2 billion Great Sea Interconnector subsea cable would connect Cyprus to the EU's electricity system and end Nicosia's energy isolation. However, Turkey's maritime ambitions and financing issues have been stalling the project, which was meant to become operational in 2024.

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AI Investment Boom Enters a New Phase as Investors Look Beyond the Biggest Tech Names

Artificial intelligence remains one of the largest forces shaping capital spending in 2026, but investors have started to examine a much wider group of potential beneficiaries.

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How to Split Household Bills and Expenses Fairly When Living With Parents or Siblings

Why "We'll Figure It Out" Always FailsMost shared-living arrangements collapse not because people are selfish, but because no one ever wrote anything down. A 2022 survey by LocalCircles found that financial disagreements are among the top three causes of conflict in multigenerational Indian households, ahead of lifestyle differences and parenting…

Times Life

3 Communication Habits That Prevent Money Arguments in Joint Indian Families Before They Start

Hold a Fixed Money Meeting, Not a Crisis ConversationMost money arguments in joint families don't start about money. They start when someone discovers a shortfall, an unplanned expense, or a purchase nobody mentioned, and the discovery itself becomes the accusation. A fixed monthly meeting, same day, same time, attended by…

Times Life

Inside a Kodava Home in Coorg: What a Coorgi Homestay Teaches You About Real Hospitality

The Room They Kept for YouThe guest room in a Kodava home is not decorated for Instagram. The bedspread is old and clean. There is a window that opens onto coffee estate rows, and in the morning the mist comes through before the light does. Nobody left a welcome card…

Times Life

Tories accused of ‘living in fantasy land’ as party lays out plans to ditch net zero

Green campaigners branded the Conservative’s plan to ditch net zero as a proposal that ‘flies in the face of all the real-world evidence’

The Independent UK

Ministers should prioritise cheap power not net zero, Tories to say in speech

The shadow energy secretary will insist the UK ‘should focus all our attention on making electricity cheap’.

Evening Standard

Forecasts for Hot US Temperatures Lift Nat-Gas Prices

September Nymex natural gas (NGU26 ) on Tuesday closed up +0.086 (+3.20%). Nat-gas prices settled sharply higher on Tuesday amid forecasts of above-average temperatures in the US South, boosting nat-gas demand from electricity providers to power increased air conditioning use. The Commodity Weather Group said on Tuesday that forecasts shifted...

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Rethinking how to teach about AI

Most technological revolutions gave education time to catch up. Steam power, electricity and even the computer transformed the world of work over decades, not years. Universities could adjust their curricula, and a new generation of graduates would gradually replace the old workforce.