Energy & Green Tech
Italy's government says the country's largest steelworks must be converted to electric furnaces after a court-ordered shutdown of polluting furnaces but, as Rome seeks a buyer, critics say its plan is woefully unsubstantiated.
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Internet
The EU laid out plans Thursday for strict age limits for children to access social media, games and AI assistants—and to force companies to make platforms safe before minors use them.
Sep 17, 2026
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Robotics
A robot meant to inspect a coastline, a flooded street or a wetland can't count on one kind of ground. It might need to crawl over a hard surface, climb a bank, scale a curb or a step, then slide into open water, often within ...
Sep 17, 2026
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Organic semiconductors are carbon-based materials that can conduct electricity and can be used for flexible, lightweight and potentially low-cost electronic devices. While the technology is promising, performance challenges ...
Sep 17, 2026
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Engineering
A team of researchers at the University of Stuttgart has developed a new method that could make MRI even more precise by eliminating "dead time," a key limiting factor in the measurement process, thereby enabling the detection ...
Sep 17, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
Artificial intelligence has gradually made its way into many areas of life with abilities that often match or surpass those of humans. But a study published in the journal iScience finds that AI-powered machines have trouble ...
Sep 17, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, have designed a device that harvests sunlight to generate clean hydrogen from seawater and simultaneously degrades hydrazine, a highly toxic contaminant from industrial ...
Sep 17, 2026
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Physics predicts that no more than 33% of the solar energy that falls on a solar panel can be converted into electricity. However, experiments and simulations by scientists at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands ...
Sep 17, 2026
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Engineering
Electronic engineers at Nottingham have found a new way to create sound effects by manipulating the interaction of sound waves, a method that could open new possibilities in music performance and production. It is a novel ...
Sep 17, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
When Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page were still university researchers, they warned that advertising could undermine the trustworthiness of search engines.
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