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Bitcoin as environmentally costly as beef production
Taken as a share of the market price, the environmental costs of mining the digital cryptocurrency Bitcoin are more comparable to the climate damages of producing beef than gold mining costs, according to analysis published ...
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Computer Sciences
Do humans think computers make fair decisions?
Today, machine learning helps determine the loan we qualify for, the job we get, and even who goes to jail. But when it comes to these potentially life-altering decisions, can computers make a fair call? In a study published ...
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Robotics
Robotic capsule developed to deliver drugs to the gut
One reason that it's so difficult to deliver large protein drugs orally is that these drugs can't pass through the mucus barrier that lines the digestive tract. This means that insulin and most other "biologic drugs"—drugs ...
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Hardware
Scalable and fully coupled quantum-inspired processor solves optimization problems
Have you ever been faced with a problem where you had to find an optimal solution out of many possible options, such as finding the quickest route to a certain place, considering both distance and traffic?
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Robotics
Active matter, curved spaces: Mini robots learn to 'swim' on stretchy surfaces
When self-propelling objects interact with each other, interesting phenomena can occur. Birds align with each other when they flock together. People at a concert spontaneously create vortices when they nudge and bump into ...
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Engineering
3D printing can now manufacture customized sensors for robots, pacemakers, and more
A newly-developed 3D printing technique could be used to cost-effectively produce customized electronic "machines" the size of insects, which could enable advanced applications in robotics and medical devices.
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Robotics
Dog-human bonds could guide development of social robots
A new study highlights specific dog behaviors that dog owners perceive as important for bonding with their pets. Katie Riddoch of the University of Glasgow, Scotland, and colleagues present these findings in the open-access ...
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Energy & Green Tech
Review of multiple studies suggests hydrogen is not a good option for heating homes
Jan Rosenow, a program director at the Regulatory Assistance Project, has published a commentary piece in the journal Joule regarding the prospects of using hydrogen to heat homes. In his paper, he suggests that multiple ...
Sep 28, 2022 report
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Energy & Green Tech
Using AI and robots to speed up optimization of new battery development
A team of researchers at Carnegie Mellon University has developed a new approach to speeding up the process of creating ever more optimized batteries. In their paper published in the journal Nature Communications, the group ...
Sep 28, 2022 report
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Engineering
Engineers discover new process for synthetic material growth, enabling soft robots that grow like plants
An interdisciplinary team of University of Minnesota Twin Cities scientists and engineers has developed a first-of-its-kind, plant-inspired extrusion process that enables synthetic material growth. The new approach will allow ...
Sep 28, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Households with solar panels and batteries have a huge advantage on saving money on electric vehicles
A new study by University of South Australia (UniSA) researchers shows that households with solar panels and batteries have a huge advantage when it comes to saving money on electric vehicles (EV).
Sep 28, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
A turning point in lithium-sulfur battery field technology
Professor Jong-Sung Yu's research group in the Department of Energy Science and Engineering at DGIST developed a technology for a porous silica interlayer by loading sulfur, an active material, in silica. This new approach ...
Sep 27, 2022
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Engineering
How different shade conditions impact performance of solar cells connected in series
Large obstacles, like clouds and buildings, can block sunlight from reaching solar cells, but smaller sources, such as dust and leaves, can also create similar problems. Understanding how the loss of incoming radiation affects ...
Sep 27, 2022
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Bio-inspired localization system slashes power consumption
Inspired by barn owls, researchers have developed an innovative localization system that combines state-of-the-art sensors with a neuromorphic computational map based on resistive random-access memory (RRAM).
Sep 27, 2022
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