Colonial Pipeline confirms it paid $4.4M to hackers
The operator of the nation's largest fuel pipeline confirmed it paid $4.4 million to a gang of hackers who broke into its computer systems.
May 19, 2021
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Security
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Energy & Green Tech
A safer, greener way to make solar cells: Researchers find replacement for toxic solvent
Scientists at SPECIFIC Innovation and Knowledge Centre, Swansea University, have found a way to replace the toxic, unsustainable solvents currently needed to make the next generation of solar technology.
May 19, 2021
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Robotics
Robotic 'Third Thumb' use can alter brain representation of the hand
Using a robotic 'Third Thumb' can impact how the hand is represented in the brain, finds a new study led by UCL researchers.
May 19, 2021
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Engineering
Envisioning safer cities with AI
Artificial intelligence is providing new opportunities in a range of fields, from business to industrial design to entertainment. But how about civil engineering and city planning? How might machine- and deep-learning help ...
May 19, 2021
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Engineering
New research could help manufacturers avoid 3D-printing pitfall
A research team has found that a method commonly used to skirt one of metal 3D printing's biggest problems may be far from a silver bullet.
May 19, 2021
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Robotics
Magnetically propelled cilia power climbing soft robots and microfluidic pumps
The rhythmic motions of hair-like cilia move liquids around cells or propel the cells themselves. In nature, cilia flap independently, and mimicking these movements with artificial materials requires complex mechanisms. Now, ...
May 19, 2021
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Business
App assesses value of energy storage for businesses, utilities
Utility companies and corporate project developers now have help assessing how much money adding an energy storage system will save them thanks to new Sandia National Laboratories software.
May 19, 2021
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Internet
Computer science expert reviews a pandemic-stressed internet
Ayear ago, the Gazette spoke with Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Professor Jim Waldo about the technological side of the pandemic-forced shift to work from home. Waldo said then that the ...
May 19, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
Getting 'wind' of the future: Making wind turbines low-maintenance and more resilient
A key driver of energy research is the ever-growing demand for energy. Traditional fossil-fuel-based energy sources currently meet these demands and do it well, but they're non-renewable and cause major environmental pollution. ...
May 19, 2021
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Engineering
Scientists take a bite out of solar efficiency challenge with sandwich model
In a world hungry for cheaper, more efficient renewable energy, Australian researchers have served up a treat.
May 19, 2021
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