19/06/2023

Consumer & Gadgets

New touch-activated laser lane to keep cyclists safe

Cyclists are one of the most vulnerable groups of people on our roads. Unlike car users, they are not protected by a metal exterior, and they tend to be harder for other drivers to see.

Machine learning & AI

AI could transform baseball

The old-school hit and run "Whitey ball" era of baseball is long gone. In today's game, coaches, scouts, front office personnel and players themselves rely heavily on quantitative analytics, which have transformed the sports ...

Engineering

New technology offers simple, low-cost method for encapsulation

Researchers at the University of Waterloo have developed a simple, low-cost method for accurately encapsulating core materials (which could be pure liquid or liquid containing suspended functional ingredients) that could ...

Energy & Green Tech

Hybrid cathode enables scalable high-performance hydrogen generation

A research group led by Prof. Lu Zhiyi from the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has proposed a facile and cost-effective strategy to synthesize a hybrid ...

Energy & Green Tech

Turning pine needles from fire risk to renewable fuel

The flammability of pine needles, a major fire hazard in the coniferous forests of India's vast sub-Himalayan belt, makes them an abundant source of renewable energy, say researchers.

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