A systematic literature review is conducted to investigate the environmental impact of Proof
of Work (PoW) and Proof of Stake (PoS) cryptocurrencies. Due to the focus of recent …

Online voting is a trend that is gaining momentum in modern society. It has great potential to
decrease organizational costs and increase voter turnout. It eliminates the need to print …

Natural disasters (NDs) have always been a major threat to human lives and infrastructure,
causing immense damage and loss. In recent years, the increasing frequency and severity …

A remarkable interest in the Internet of Things (IoT)-based smart cities from both academia
and industry has been observed in recent years. Smart cities can offer various smart …

The art industry has commercialised and popularised non-fungible tokens (NFTs), with the
volume and value of NFT transactions rapidly growing to US $10.7 billion in Q3 2021. The …

As the key component of Industry 4.0, IoT has been widely used in various fields of industry.
But cloud-based data storage, computation, and communication in IoT cause many issues …

Great claims have been made about the benefits of dematerialization in a digital service
economy. However, digitalization has historically increased environmental impacts at local …

Renewable energy technologies play a crucial role in reducing the energy consumption by
exploiting natural energy resources. With the increase in the trend towards the use of …

In the increasing literature dealing with the potential applications of blockchain technology in
the energy sector, one key aspect is under-estimated: the use of renewal energies to fuel the …

Recent progress in IoT and software development has simplified data acquisition and
immutability of information in the agri-food supply chain. In the last few years, several …