Automotive
In the United States, transportation is the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions. It will require investments and innovations across many domains to achieve the White House's goals in emissions reductions, including ...
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Energy & Green Tech
In a new study, a Florida State University researcher illuminates the fundamental properties of a process used to make better solar cells, giving scientists knowledge about how to further fine-tune that work and build more ...
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Internet
We use Google's image search to help us understand the world around us. For example, a search about a certain profession, "truck driver" for instance, should yield images that show us a representative smattering of people ...
Feb 16, 2022
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Engineering
Boiling water can leave dark mineral deposits on the inside surface of your once-shiny aluminum kettle—nothing a little vinegar and baking soda can't scrub away.
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Energy & Green Tech
Many might choke at the suggestion Big Oil could play a key role in saving the climate. But, culpability for past actions aside, it is worth considering how fossil fuel interests might be recruited to combat global warming.
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Computer Sciences
Cornell computer scientists have developed a new artificial intelligence framework to automatically draw "underground maps," which accurately segment cities into areas with similar fashion sense and, thus, interests.
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Hardware
Although solar cells are typically designed to turn light into power, researchers have shown that they can also be used to achieve underwater wireless optical communication with high data rates. The new approach—which used ...
Feb 16, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
The Salton Sea geothermal field in California potentially holds enough lithium to meet all of America's domestic battery needs, with even enough left over to export some of it. But how much of that lithium can be extracted ...
Feb 16, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Research by Japanese scientists at Hiroshima University reveals a way to make ammonia from its constituent molecules of nitrogen and hydrogen at ambient pressure.
Feb 16, 2022
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Software
Google announced plans Wednesday to limit ad tracking on its Android operating system running on billions of devices, a sensitive privacy issue that rival Apple has already moved to address on its iPhones.
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