Energy & Green Tech
Switching from gas-powered cars to electric vehicles is one way to reduce carbon emissions, but building the lithium-ion batteries that power those EVs can be an energy-intensive and polluting process itself. Now researchers ...
Jun 20, 2024
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Business
Australia exports about 1 billion metric tons of iron ore each year and 300 metric tons of gold. Yet, beyond these well-known commodities lies a suite of lesser-known minerals, which are critical for the world's advancement.
Jun 20, 2024
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Software
An Aston University researcher has suggested a more human-friendly way of reading websites' long-winded privacy notices.
Jun 20, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
Much has been discussed about the promise and limitations of large-language models (LLMs) in industries such as education, health care and even manufacturing. But what about energy? Could LLMs, like those that power ChatGPT, ...
Jun 20, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
Just last year, data suggested that plug-in hybrid cars were on the way out in Australia. But they're back. New data shows plug-in hybrids and conventional hybrids combined have overtaken battery electric vehicle sales in ...
Jun 20, 2024
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Machine learning & AI
Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) are disrupting many aspects of modern life, and the news industry is no exception. In a year with a record-breaking number of elections worldwide, there has been considerable soul-searching ...
Jun 20, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
Hydropower plants need not be disastrous for fishermen and nature. For that, we need to place new dams more strategically, but also modify or even remove some existing ones. Valerio Barbarossa and Rafael Schmitt showed that ...
Jun 20, 2024
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Business
Constructor University researchers, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hendro Wicaksono, Linda Angreani and Annas Vijaya, published a study on Industry 4.0 technologies in the Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management.
Jun 20, 2024
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Business
The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has just seen the listing of its first bitcoin spot exchange-traded fund—"ETF" for short.
Jun 20, 2024
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Business
Amazon is shifting from the plastic air pillows used for packaging in North America to recycled paper because it's more environmentally sound, and it says paper just works better.
Jun 20, 2024
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