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Mexico's prickly pear cactus: energy source of the future?

The prickly pear cactus is such a powerful symbol in Mexico that they put it smack in the middle of the national flag.

Energy & Green Tech

3 hours ago
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Follow the Bitcoin to find victims of human trafficking

A team of university researchers has devised the first automated techniques to identify ads potentially tied to human trafficking rings and link them to public information from Bitcoin - the primary payment method for online ...

Internet

20 hours ago
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Wikipedia-academia collaborations benefit both parties

Wikipedia has been through many changes since its inception in 2001. Now that it dwarfs all previous encyclopedias in scope and depth, collaborations with expert contributors are aiding the increased focus on content quality.

Internet

22 hours ago
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Blockchain making houses safer

Blockchain technology developed to guarantee the value of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum is now being adopted by engineers as a way to fight off the risk of a hacker breaking into the connected appliances of ...

Security

22 hours ago
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Computer scientists use music to covertly track body movements, activity

As smartphones, tablets, smart TVs and other smart devices become more prevalent in our lives, computer scientists have raised concerns that these network-enabled devices, if not properly secured, could be co-opted to steal ...

Hi Tech & Innovation

17 hours ago
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South Australia energy project to use solar thermal tech, integrated molten salt energy storage

(Tech Xplore)—A 150 megawatt solar thermal plant near the town of Port Augusta, South Australia, is in the news; the facility, known as Aurora, is from SolarReserve. This is a US-based company that is a developer, owner ...

Energy & Green Tech

Aug 16, 2017
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Defeating cyberattacks on 3-D printers

With cyberattacks on 3D printers likely to threaten health and safety, researchers at Rutgers University-New Brunswick and Georgia Institute of Technology have developed novel methods to combat them, according to a groundbreaking ...

Engineering

Aug 16, 2017
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Zinc-air batteries: Three-stage method could revolutionise rechargeability

University of Sydney researchers have found a solution for one of the biggest stumbling blocks preventing zinc-air batteries from overtaking conventional lithium-ion batteries as the power source of choice in electronic devices.

Energy & Green Tech

Aug 15, 2017
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Engineer looks to owl wings for bio-inspired ideas for quieter aircraft, wind turbines

Anupam Sharma pulled an accordion folder from the bookshelf above his Iowa State University desk. Inside was the carefully collected and preserved wing of a short-eared owl.

Engineering

Aug 15, 2017
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Patent talk: Car can respond to potential collision by altering car surface rigidity

(Tech Xplore)—Google has already emblazoned brand recognition to the phrase "driverless cars" but what about a new twist in soft driverless cars if and when applicable for safety sake?

Hi Tech & Innovation

Aug 15, 2017
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Machine-learning system enables smoother streaming that can better adapt to different network conditions

We've all experienced two hugely frustrating things on YouTube: our video either suddenly gets pixelated, or it stops entirely to rebuffer.

Computer Sciences

Aug 14, 2017
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Study looks at potential of Deep Learning on herbarium species identification

"Let's leverage herbaria impact through Deep Learning," was the headline in the BMC Series blog of August 11.

Computer Sciences

Aug 14, 2017
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Sports hall for school in Thailand has bamboo construction

An idea worth saving—an ambitious bamboo structure serving as a large sports hall with open, natural ventilation, strong enough to withstand nasty weather and boasting zero carbon footprint.

Engineering

Aug 14, 2017
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Team 3-D-prints first truly microfluidic 'lab on a chipl devices

Researchers at BYU are the first to 3D-print a viable microfluidic device small enough to be effective at a scale much less than 100 micrometers. Microfluidic devices are tiny chips that can sort out disease biomarkers, cells ...

Engineering

Aug 14, 2017
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Novel software can recognize eye contact in everyday situations

Human eye contact is an important information source. However, the ability of computer systems to recognize eye contact in everyday situations is very limited. Computer scientists of Saarland University and the Max Planck ...

Engineering

Aug 14, 2017
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Researchers propose Repression Network approach for vehicle search

(Tech Xplore)—Surveillance cameras looking for a thief's vehicle faces uphill task. Cars look very similar to each other and you know the thief was probably clever enough to change license plates or mess with the plate ...

Computer Sciences

Aug 12, 2017
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Microsoft announces Coco Framework to facilitate businesses looking to adopt blockchain tech

(Tech Xplore)—Business watchers are looking to blockchain technology as transformational but easier said than done.

Business

Aug 11, 2017
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IV and cellular fluids power flexible batteries

Researchers in China have engineered bendable batteries that can run on body-inspired liquids such as normal IV saline solution and cell-culture medium. In their work, published August 10 in the journal Chem, the authors ...

Energy & Green Tech

Aug 10, 2017
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USB connections make snooping easy

USB connections, the most common interface used globally to connect external devices to computers, are vulnerable to information leakage, making them even less secure than has been thought, Australian research shows.

Security

Aug 10, 2017
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Phone app, 3-D printed lens belong to teenager's system to screen for an eye disease

(Tech Xplore)—A teenage student has presented a system that is designed to diagnose an eye disease. Kavya Kopparapu, together with her 15-year-old brother, Neeyanth, and her high school classmate Justin Zhang, have come ...

Hi Tech & Innovation

Aug 10, 2017
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