Engineering
Houses and fire do not mix. The firestorm which hit Los Angeles in January destroyed nearly 2,000 buildings and forced 130,000 people to evacuate.
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A recent breakthrough in photothermal actuator design has been achieved by a research team from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, led by Prof. Tian Xingyou and Prof. Zhang Xian. ...
Feb 19, 2025
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Engineering
Stanford University chemists have developed a practical, low-cost way to permanently remove atmospheric carbon dioxide, the main driver of global warming and climate change.
Feb 19, 2025
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Engineering
Temporary housing for people displaced by natural disasters could become cheaper, lighter and more sustainable with innovative new timber-cardboard construction panels developed by University of Queensland researchers.
Feb 19, 2025
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Engineering
Wireless power transfer (WPT) enables device charging without direct physical or wired connections. Resonant circuits are key components of WPT systems that optimize energy transfer from the transmitter to the receiver. In ...
Feb 19, 2025
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Robotics
The ballbot is a unique kind of robot with great mobility and possesses the ability to go in all directions. Obviously, controlling such a robotic device must be tricky. Indeed, ballbot systems pose unique challenges, particularly ...
Feb 19, 2025
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Automotive
As Australia's road toll continues to rise, with more than 1,300 fatalities in 2024 marking an increase of 6% compared to 2023, a new study reveals the reasons why Australia won't achieve its zero-fatalities vision by 2050.
Feb 19, 2025
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Engineering
The Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS) has successfully developed a system that diagnoses the lifetime of parts used in the semiconductor plasma processes in real time. It is expected that the new system ...
Feb 19, 2025
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Machine learning & AI
A method known as "model pruning" can be used to pinpoint and remove neurons that consistently contribute to biased responses, say researchers at the Stanford Law School and the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI.
Feb 19, 2025
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Security
Are we putting our faith in technology that we don't fully understand? A new study from the University of Surrey comes at a time when AI systems are making decisions impacting our daily lives—from banking and health care ...
Feb 19, 2025
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