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Report: New smoke alarms are better at detecting fires, but still beep for bacon
Armored with safety glasses, hearing protection, and a fire-retardant lab coat, fire researcher Emma Veley carefully cradled a frying pan of raw bacon into a laboratory surrounded by wires and sensors. Mounted on the ceiling ...
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Energy & Green Tech
Benchmarking the reproducibility of all-solid-state lithium battery performance
To date, there are no uniform standards for research into solid-state batteries, which are also to be used in e-mobility in the long term—even though billions are being invested in this area worldwide. Researchers at the ...
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Team develops versatile knee exoskeletons for safer lifting
A set of knee exoskeletons, built with commercially available knee braces and drone motors at the University of Michigan, has been shown to help counteract fatigue in lifting and carrying tasks. They helped users maintain ...
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Combining soft artificial muscles with a rigid, magnetic exoskeleton to create building blocks for versatile robots
Scientists at the Max-Planck-Institute for Intelligent Systems (MPI-IS) have developed hexagon-shaped robotic components, called modules, that can be snapped together LEGO-style into high-speed robots that can be rearranged ...
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How Ukraine can rebuild its energy system
One of the main targets of Russia's ongoing attacks on Ukraine is the energy infrastructure. The extent of the destruction is enormous.
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Engineering
Study outlines cost-effective paths to eliminating greenhouse gas production
A new study lays out a wide range of options available to cost-effectively eliminate greenhouse gas production from the energy system in the United States by 2050. The findings give policymakers and industry leaders valuable ...
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Engineering
Semi-metals offer new possibilities for electronic devices
Dr. Yuxuan Cosmi Lin, assistant professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University, and a team of researchers are studying the potential applications and unique physical properties of ...
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Machine learning & AI
Like humans, artificial minds can learn by thinking, review shows
Some of the greatest discoveries don't come merely from observations but from thinking. Einstein developed theories about relativity through thought experiments, and Galileo derived insights about gravity through mental simulations.
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Engineering
'Play-putty' that reads the body's electric signals could open a new field of flexible biometric sensors
A new study by University of Massachusetts Amherst researchers demonstrates the effectiveness of homemade play putty at reading brain, heart, muscle and eye activity. Published in Device, the research outlines the conductive ...
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Robotics
Task planning framework supports human-robot collaborative furniture assembly
Ensuring that robots can smoothly collaborate with humans in real-world environments is a crucial step towards their large-scale deployment. While some robotic systems are already engaging daily with human agents, for instance ...
Business
Artificial intelligence grunt work can be outsourced using a new blockchain-based framework
Tomorrow's workplace will be run on mind-boggling amounts of data. To make sense of it all, businesses, developers and individuals will need better artificial intelligence (AI) systems, better trained AI workers and more ...
Sep 17, 2024
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Business
Research shows that auto plants grew their workforces after transitioning to electric vehicle production
U.S. auto plants producing battery electric vehicles have required a larger workforce than traditional internal combustion engine plants—a finding that runs counter to early predictions about how EVs would impact the industry.
Sep 17, 2024
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Electronics & Semiconductors
In a step toward solar fuels, durable artificial photosynthesis setup chains two carbons together
A key step toward reusing CO2 to make sustainable fuels is chaining carbon atoms together, and an artificial photosynthesis system developed at the University of Michigan can bind two of them into hydrocarbons with field-leading ...
Sep 17, 2024
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Internet
Study finds that thousands of browser extensions compromise user data
Browser extensions, the software add-ons that help users customize and enhance their web browsers, are wildly popular. Some of the most-used extensions find shopping deals, fix grammar and typos, manage passwords, or translate ...
Sep 17, 2024
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Engineering
New device simplifies manipulation of 2D materials for twistronics
A discovery six years ago took the condensed-matter physics world by storm: Ultra-thin carbon stacked in two slightly askew layers became a superconductor, and changing the twist angle between layers could toggle their electrical ...
Sep 17, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
Electric cars overtake petrol models in Norway
Hot on the heels of still-dominant diesel cars, electric vehicles now outnumber petrol models for the first time in oil-rich Norway, a world first that puts the country on track to taking fossil fuel vehicles off the road.
Sep 17, 2024
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Business
Seeking help for crypto wallet problems on social media can attract scammers
The increasing popularity of cryptocurrencies has turned social media into a central place where users look for help when they have problems with their crypto wallet or private key. Scammers take advantage of this situation ...
Sep 17, 2024
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