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Europe to boost battery production as electric shift accelerates
As electric car sales take off and petrol engines face being phased out by 2035, Europe is looking to develop its own battery production base.
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Energy & Green Tech
Meeting global climate targets will lead to 8 million more energy jobs worldwide by 2050
Researchers created a global dataset of job footprints in 50 countries and used a model to investigate how trying to meet the Paris Agreement global climate target of staying well below 2°C would affect energy sector jobs. ...
Jul 23, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
Sales of electric cars charge ahead in Europe
Electric cars—key to reducing emissions and meeting climate change goals—have boosted their market share in Europe, data showed Friday, as the region prepares to abandon petrol and diesel.
Jul 23, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
Global approach is needed on battery regulation
New European Union regulations on batteries could offer a huge boost to the global decarbonisation mission—but only if it leverages its political and economic weight to ensure a fairer global marketplace.
Jul 22, 2021
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Robotics
An autonomous system to assemble reconfigurable robotic structures in space
Large space structures, such as telescopes and spacecraft, should ideally be assembled directly in space, as they are difficult or impossible to launch from Earth as a single piece. In several cases, however, assembling these ...
Jul 22, 2021 feature
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Engineering
Smartphone screens effective sensors for soil or water contamination
The touchscreen technology used in billions of smartphones and tablets could also be used as a powerful sensor, without the need for any modifications.
Jul 22, 2021
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Internet
Disagreement may be a way to make online content spread faster, further
Disagreement seems to spread online posts faster and further than agreement, according to a new study from the University of Central Florida.
Jul 22, 2021
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Software
Can AI chatbots help fill the empathy gap?
Stressed out? Need to talk? Turning to a chatbot for emotional support might help.
Jul 22, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
Smog tower to help Delhi breathe but experts sceptical
A new attempt at purifying New Delhi's notoriously polluted air will see forty giant fans push out filtered air in the heart of the Indian capital's posh downtown shopping district.
Jul 22, 2021
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Computer Sciences
New simulator helps robots sharpen their cutting skills
Researchers from the University of Southern California (USC) Department of Computer Science and NVIDIA have unveiled a new simulator for robotic cutting that can accurately reproduce the forces acting on a knife as it slices ...
Jul 22, 2021
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Security
Team streamlines neural networks to be more adept at computing on encrypted data
This week, at the 38th International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML 21), researchers at the NYU Center for Cyber Security at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering are revealing new insights into the basic functions that ...
Jul 22, 2021
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Internet
Akamai software update triggers internet outages
Websites were briefly knocked offline Thursday after a software update triggered a glitch at network specialty firm Akamai.
Jul 22, 2021
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