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Robotics
Light-fueled torsional soft robot able to rapidly climb stairs
Azobenzene-functionalized liquid crystalline materials can be operated by remote light-stimuli without complicated circuits or parts and thus are attracting great attention in fields such as human interfaces, haptic devices, ...
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Machine learning & AI
Mesoscale neural plasticity helps in AI learning
A joint research team led by Xu Bo from the Institute of Automation and Mu-Ming Poo from the Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, have discovered that self-backpropagation, ...
Oct 22, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
Rethinking grid integration of a massive renewable power expansion to achieve carbon neutrality
There are many uncertainties about pathways to mid-century carbon neutrality in China and other major emitting nations, but one fundamental aspect is certain: they will require massive expansions of wind and solar power to ...
Oct 22, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
Decade delay in investing in steel industry technology could double sector's contribution to global carbon output
The steel industry risks doubling its share of the global carbon budget if it fails to make multi-billion pound investments in emission limiting technology over the next five to 10 years, a new study led by a University ...
Oct 22, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
Coupling power and hydrogen sector pathways to benefit decarbonization
,Governments and companies worldwide are increasing their investments in hydrogen research and development, indicating a growing recognition that hydrogen could play a significant role in meeting global energy system decarbonization ...
Oct 22, 2021
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Molecular tweak boosts performance of organic semiconductors for flexible electronic devices
Adding a simple, sulfur-containing chemical group to a semiconducting molecule can dramatically boost the molecule's performance in a transistor, RIKEN chemists have found. This suggests that the properties of carbon-based ...
Oct 22, 2021
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Engineering
Canada hospitals use drones to carry lungs for transplant
In the dark of night, a drone takes off from a Toronto hospital rooftop, the hum of its rotors barely audible over the bustling sounds of the cars and pedestrians below in Canada's largest metropolis.
Oct 22, 2021
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Hardware
A technique to automatically generate hardware components for robotic systems
As robots become increasingly sophisticated and advanced, they will typically require a growing amount of hardware components, including robotic limbs, motors, sensors and actuators. In addition, robots have integrated computers ...
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Energy & Green Tech
New material could pave way for better, safer batteries
In pursuit of batteries that deliver more power and operate more safely, researchers are working to replace the liquids commonly used in today's lithium ion batteries with solid materials. Now, a research team from Brown ...
Oct 21, 2021
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Enhanced touch screens could enable users to 'feel' objects
The next time you buy a new couch, you may not ever have to leave your old one to get a feel for the texture of the new material.
Oct 21, 2021
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Robotics
Control system enables four-legged robots to jump across uneven terrain in real time
A loping cheetah dashes across a rolling field, bounding over sudden gaps in the rugged terrain. The movement may look effortless, but getting a robot to move this way is an altogether different prospect.
Oct 21, 2021
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Consumer & Gadgets
Porotech announces the development of micro-display based on native red indium gallium nitride
Officials at Porotech, a gallium nitride material technology development spinoff begun by a team at the University of Cambridge, announced on its news page the development of a micro-display based on native red indium gallium ...
Oct 21, 2021 report
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Energy & Green Tech
Energy storage ecosystem offers lowest-cost path to 100% renewable power
As states reach higher toward 100% renewable operation, energy storage will be key to enabling a more variable power supply. But no single technology will be a silver bullet for all our energy storage needs.
Oct 21, 2021
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