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Energy & Green Tech
Scientists enhance energy storage capacity of graphene supercapacitors via solar heating
Prof. Wang Zhenyang's research group from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has enhanced the energy storage capacity of graphene supercapacitors via solar heating. Related ...
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Electronics & Semiconductors
A four-megabit nvCIM macro for edge AI devices
Edge AI devices, systems that combine artificial intelligence (AI) and edge computing techniques, are becoming an essential part of the rapidly growing Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem. These devices include smart speakers, ...
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Machine learning & AI
Demystifying machine-learning systems using natural language
Neural networks are sometimes called black boxes because, despite the fact that they can outperform humans on certain tasks, even the researchers who design them often don't understand how or why they work so well. But if ...
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Energy & Green Tech
Stackable artificial leaf uses less power than lightbulb to capture 100 times more carbon than other systems
Engineers at the University of Illinois Chicago have built a cost-effective artificial leaf that can capture carbon dioxide at rates 100 times better than current systems. Unlike other carbon capture systems, which work in ...
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Robotics
Robot performs first laparoscopic surgery without human help
A robot has performed laparoscopic surgery on the soft tissue of a pig without the guiding hand of a human—a significant step in robotics toward fully automated surgery on humans. Designed by a team of Johns Hopkins University ...
Jan 26, 2022
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Machine learning & AI
Physical systems perform machine-learning computations
You may not be able to teach an old dog new tricks, but Cornell researchers have found a way to train physical systems, ranging from computer speakers and lasers to simple electronic circuits, to perform machine-learning ...
Jan 26, 2022
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Computer Sciences
Technique improves AI's ability to understand 3D space using 2D images
Researchers have developed a new technique, called MonoCon, that improves the ability of artificial intelligence (AI) programs to identify three-dimensional (3D) objects, and how those objects relate to each other in space, ...
Jan 26, 2022
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Robotics
Kirigami robotic grippers are delicate enough to lift egg yolks
Engineering researchers from North Carolina State University have demonstrated a new type of flexible, robotic grippers that are able to lift delicate egg yolks without breaking them, and that are precise enough to lift a ...
Jan 26, 2022
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Computer Sciences
Machine-learning model shows diamond melting at high pressure
A Sandia National Laboratories supercomputer simulation model called SNAP that rapidly predicts the behavior of billions of interacting atoms has captured the melting of diamond when compressed by extreme pressures and temperatures. ...
Jan 26, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Scientists fabricate smart heat isolator
Researchers from Zhengzhou University and the Institute of Process Engineering (IPE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed a smart material that combines hollow multishelled structure (HoMS) TiO2 and a heat-sensitive ...
Jan 26, 2022
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Robotics
In picking up trash, robots pick up new approaches to work
In Jimmy Wu's apartment, a scrum of mini robots bump, swerve, and zip chaotically across a tabletop. It looks like an aggressive bumper car rally, but within a few minutes, order emerges.
Jan 26, 2022
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Computer Sciences
Team develops new algorithm to calculate the best shapes for things to come
Maximizing the performance and efficiency of structures—everything from bridges to computer components—can be achieved by design with a new algorithm developed by researchers at the University of Michigan and Northeastern ...
Jan 25, 2022
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