Business
Research in the International Journal of Services Operations and Informatics discusses how the concept of the digital twin might be used to improve factory layout. The approach could cut the time and resources needed to design ...
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Engineering
Anyone who has ever perspired on a hot summer day understands the principle—and critical value—of evaporative cooling. Our bodies produce droplets of sweat when we overheat, and with a dry breeze or nearby fan those droplets ...
Jul 20, 2023
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Engineering
UNSW Sydney engineers have developed a new, more effective way of recycling solar panels, which can recover silver at high efficiency.
Jul 20, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Back in 2015, California's dry earth was crunching under a fourth year of drought. Then-Governor Jerry Brown ordered an unprecedented 25% reduction in home water use. Farmers, who use the most water, volunteered too to avoid ...
Jul 20, 2023
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Business
If you ask Alexa, Amazon's voice assistant AI system, whether Amazon is a monopoly, it responds by saying it doesn't know. It doesn't take much to make it lambaste the other tech giants, but it's silent about its own corporate ...
Jul 20, 2023
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Internet
The July 5 launch of Threads, Instagram's new social media platform, has met with considerable interest. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg was quick to report that over 100 million users downloaded the app by the end of its first ...
Jul 20, 2023
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Engineering
Rice University engineers can turn sunlight into hydrogen with record-breaking efficiency thanks to a device that combines next-generation halide perovskite semiconductors with electrocatalysts in a single, durable, cost-effective ...
Jul 20, 2023
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Engineering
Sound waves could play a part in making III-V solar cells more affordable for Earth-bound applications, according research led by scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). ...
Jul 20, 2023
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Computer Sciences
Memories can be as tricky to hold onto for machines as they can be for humans. To help understand why artificial agents develop holes in their own cognitive processes, electrical engineers at The Ohio State University have ...
Jul 20, 2023
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Silicon (Si) semiconductors are ubiquitous in electrical appliances and play an essential role in our daily lives. However, in high-temperature environments exceeding 300°C, such as underground resource drilling, space exploration, ...
Jul 20, 2023
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