Evaluation of Sustainable Developments of Railway Corridors: High-Speed Rail Compared to Airplane for CO2 Emissions

The increase of carbon footprint and the climate change scenario are central themes of the current technical and political debate on the world stage. An important contribution is provided by the transport of passengers and goods. Over long national distances, the problem becomes even more crucial. In a nutshell, the carbon footprint of High-Speed Rail (HSR) is on average, lower than other modes of transport, such as private cars or airplanes, for the operating phases. The reduction of carbon ...

Edge AI-Based Fermentation Stage Classification Using YOLOV10 for Real-Time Monitoring

Deep Eutectic Solvents (DES) and Natural Deep Eutectic Solvents (NADES)-Mediated Extraction of Bioactives from Brewing By-Products: A Scoping Review for Functional Food and Sports Supplementation

The brewing industry generates substantial organic waste, prompting interest in sustainable valorization because these by-products retain significant residual nutritional and nutraceutical value. Based on these premises, this scoping review aims to evaluate whether DESand NADES-mediated extractions can represent a green alternative to conventional organic solvents, assessing their capacity to yield stable, biocompatible extracts with potential nutritional relevance for athletic supplementatio...

Experimental validation of a dynamic double-layer photovoltaic installation for enhanced energy production per unit of occupied land area

Large-scale photovoltaic deployment requires solutions that increase electricity production per unit of occupied land area. This study presents and validates through on-field tests a dynamic double-layer photovoltaic instal- lation, consisting of two vertically stacked bifacial layers occupying the same land area of a conventional single- layer installation. The two stacked layers are capable of independent solar tracking. A custom-built scaled prototype with twelve rotating bifacial modules ...