Computer Sciences
The ability to communicate effectively in spoken English is a key determinant of both academic and professional success. Traditionally, the degree of mastery over English grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, and communication ...
Jun 2, 2025
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Engineering
One of the most striking patterns in the aftermath of many urban fires is how much unburned green vegetation remains amid the wreckage of burned neighborhoods.
Jun 2, 2025
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Machine learning & AI
Artificial Intelligence began as a quest to simulate the human brain.
Jun 2, 2025
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Robotics
Earlier this year, a robot completed a half-marathon in Beijing in just under 2 hours and 40 minutes. That's slower than the human winner, who clocked in at just over an hour—but it's still a remarkable feat. Many recreational ...
Jun 2, 2025
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Engineering
Researchers have created dynamic structures that leap into the air on a predetermined schedule without intervention from computers or external stimuli. Precisely when these "metashells" jump, and how high they jump, is engineered ...
Jun 2, 2025
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Consumer & Gadgets
Nearly everyone has encountered the unthinkable: Your smartphone landed in the toilet. Or you forgot to take off your smartwatch before jumping into the pool. Or maybe you meant to take those earbuds out of your pocket before ...
Jun 2, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
Imagine turning fruit waste into technology that stores electricity. This would reduce food waste and promote clean energy storage. Postdoctoral researcher Vianney Ngoyi Kitenge transformed mangosteen peels into specialized ...
Jun 2, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
We all want homes that keep us warm in winter and cool in summer, without breaking the bank. However, Australian homes built before 2003 have a low average energy rating of 1.8 stars out of 10. This means they're often uncomfortable ...
Jun 2, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
Grasses growing in the shade of a solar array were only a little less productive than those growing nearby in open grassland during years of average and above-average rainfall—but in a dry year, the shaded plants grew much ...
Jun 2, 2025
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Consumer & Gadgets
Big tech sharing economy platforms like Airbnb and Uber are marketed as trustworthy, but a new book by a South African media scholar argues that they are highly vulnerable to scammers who spread delusive speech (a form of ...
Jun 2, 2025
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