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Carbon capture more costly than switching to renewables, researchers find
For most countries around the world, sourcing energy entirely from wind, solar, geothermal, and hydropower by 2050 would reduce their energy needs and costs, improve air quality, and help slow climate change, according to ...
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Engineering
Five-minute cement quality test could replace week-long standard
A new test developed at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign can predict the performance of a new type of cementitious construction material in five minutes—a significant improvement over the current industry standard ...
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MRI reveals real-time metal-ion dissolution in lithium batteries, offering insights into performance decline
Many of the devices that make modern life convenient and efficient rely on rechargeable batteries. Lithium-ion batteries, one of the more common types used, are low cost and work at a high operating voltage, which makes them ...
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Mini flow battery speeds energy storage research
Sometimes, in order to go big, you first have to go small. That's what researchers at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have done with their latest innovation in energy storage.
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Scientists create hydrogen with no direct CO₂ emissions at source
A new way of creating hydrogen, which eliminates direct CO2 emissions at source, has been developed by an international team of scientists.
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Engineering
New smart jacket uses AI to prevent overheating and discomfort
Electronic textiles, such as heating pads and electric blankets, can keep the wearer warm and help ease aches and pains. However, prolonged use of these devices could cause heat-related illnesses, including hyperthermia or ...
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Robotics
Machine learning transforms mini biohybrid ray design, doubling swimming efficiency
A new study shows an application of machine-learning directed optimization (ML-DO) that efficiently searches for high-performance design configurations in the context of biohybrid robots. Applying a machine learning approach, ...
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Robotics

Neuromechanics-inspired control solution boosts robot adaptability
To be successfully deployed on a large-scale and in a wide range of real-world settings, robots should be able to rapidly adjust their movements while interacting with humans and their surroundings, responding to changes ...
Robotics

Lightweight prosthetic hand matches human dexterity with 19 degrees of freedom
A team of researchers from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) has recently developed a lightweight prosthetic hand with 19 degrees of freedom (DOF), capable of replicating human hand functions. This ...
Feb 13, 2025
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Engineering

Silicon chip maps 70,000 synaptic connections in neuronal network
Harvard researchers have mapped and cataloged more than 70,000 synaptic connections from about 2,000 rat neurons, using a silicon chip capable of recording small yet telltale synaptic signals from a large number of neurons.
Feb 13, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech

Hybrid battery design: Lithium-hydrogen system offers high energy density
A research team from the University of Science and Technology of China has introduced a new chemical battery system which utilizes hydrogen gas as the anode. Their study is published in the Angewandte Chemie International ...
Feb 13, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech

Quantifying the 'hydrogen economy': Study finds relatively small, but critical, role for decarbonization
An international team of researchers have quantified the role of the "hydrogen economy" in making our society more sustainable. In a paper in Nature Communications, they present the results of extensive modeling of pathways ...
Feb 13, 2025
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Engineering

Engineers enable a drone to determine its position in the dark and indoors
In the future, autonomous drones could be used to shuttle inventory between large warehouses. A drone might fly into a semi-dark structure the size of several football fields, zipping along hundreds of identical aisles before ...
Feb 13, 2025
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Robotics

Combining millions of years of evolution with tech wizardry: The cyborg cockroach
From disaster zones to extreme environments, there remain areas difficult for even humans to reliably access. This poses a problem for search-and-rescue operations, research, surveillance, and more. Now, however, a research ...
Feb 13, 2025
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Computer Sciences

Computer graphics team makes advances in simulating ink diffusion
Calculating and visualizing a realistic trajectory of ink spreading through water has been a longstanding and enormous challenge for computer graphics and physics researchers.
Feb 13, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech

Solar-powered device captures carbon dioxide from air to make sustainable fuel
Researchers have developed a reactor that pulls carbon dioxide directly from the air and converts it into sustainable fuel, using sunlight as the power source.
Feb 13, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech

Innovators gear up work on 'green' hydrogen plane with plans for nonstop 9-day trip around Earth
When aviation pioneer Bertrand Piccard a decade ago spearheaded a much-hyped flight around the world in a plane powered by sunlight, it raised awareness about climate change but held little promise of revolutionizing air ...
Feb 13, 2025
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