Engineering
Engineers at Stanford University have created a small, autonomous device with a stretchable and flexible sensor that can be adhered to the skin to measure the changing size of tumors below. The non-invasive, battery-operated ...
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Energy & Green Tech
A Maryland company announced Friday it will build a natural gas power plant designed to capture climate-changing carbon in West Virginia. Officials said it was made possible by a recently signed law embraced by Democratic ...
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Business
Uber said Friday it was investigating a "cybersecurity incident," declining to comment on reports a young hacker had gained access to the ride-hailing company's computer network.
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Machine learning & AI
Deep convolutional neural networks (DCNNs) don't see objects the way humans do—using configural shape perception—and that could be dangerous in real-world AI applications, says Professor James Elder, co-author of a York ...
Sep 16, 2022
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Consumer & Gadgets
Does the design of food packaging play a role in consumers' waste sorting behavior? Yes, that's what has been shown in a new doctoral thesis, recently presented at the University of Borås, Sweden. What is unique is that ...
Sep 16, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Gaining sustainable energy from wind, solar and water is commonly known and applied. However, renewable sources depend on environmental conditions: in peak times of wind and sun, excess energy is produced that is needed in ...
Sep 16, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Seeing is believing—or, rather, seeing can aid in understanding, especially when it comes to the mechanisms underpinning lithium-ion batteries. Despite near-ubiquitous use in cell phones, computers and more, the complex ...
Sep 16, 2022
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Business
Sierra Leone is to delay the phaseout of its old currency until next spring, the central bank said.
Sep 16, 2022
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Business
Ethereum, the blockchain network behind the world's second-largest crypto token ether, just completed a major software upgrade that could revolutionize the cryptocurrency universe, some experts say.
Sep 16, 2022
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Many state-of-the-art technologies work at incredibly low temperatures. Superconducting microprocessors and quantum computers promise to revolutionize computation, but scientists need to keep them just above absolute zero ...
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