Fishing industry rides tech wave to go green
Sensors, "smart" buoys and high-tech traps can make fisheries in Europe more sustainable and profitable.
Nov 22, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
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Computer Sciences
Causal reasoning meets visual representation learning: A prospective study
With the emergence of huge amounts of heterogeneous multi-modal data—including images, videos, texts/languages, audios, and multi-sensor data—deep learning-based methods have shown promising performance for various computer ...
Nov 22, 2023
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Engineering
Understanding the strength development mechanism of chemically treated sandy soil
Chemical injection is a process that enhances sand strength and its water-sealing capacity, making sandy soil suitable for various applications in construction. However, a unified understanding of how this process results ...
Nov 22, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Researchers obtain promising results against capacity loss in vanadium batteries
An article by researchers at the Center for Development of Functional Materials (CDMF) in Brazil describes a successful strategy to mitigate charge capacity loss in vanadium redox flow batteries, which are used by electric ...
Nov 22, 2023
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Engineering
Securing carbon fiber from waste coal
At the University of Kentucky's Center for Applied Energy Research (CAER), scientists' innovative research to turn Kentucky waste coal into high-value carbon products has been published in the journal Carbon.
Nov 22, 2023
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Engineering
Highly efficient method for removal of phosphate from aquaculture wastewater
Enhanced phosphorus treatment and recovery has been continuously pursued due to the stringent wastewater discharge regulations and a phosphate supply shortage. A team of researchers from Hohai University has now developed ...
Nov 22, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Using AI as a guide for the better manufacturing of perovskite solar cells
Tandem solar cells based on perovskite semiconductors convert sunlight to electricity more efficiently than conventional silicon solar cells. In order to make this technology ready for the market, further improvements with ...
Nov 22, 2023
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Robotics
Autonomous excavator constructs a 6-meter-high dry-stone wall
ETH Zurich researchers deployed an autonomous excavator, called HEAP, to build a 6-meter-high and 65-meter-long dry-stone wall. The wall is embedded in a digitally planned and autonomously excavated landscape and park.
Nov 22, 2023
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Engineering
Engineers develop framework to predict types of sounds likely to be heard at certain locations
Imagine yourself on a beautiful beach. You're likely visualizing sand and sea but also hearing a symphony of wind gusting, waves crashing and gulls cawing. In this scene—as well as in urban settings with neighbors talking, ...
Nov 22, 2023
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Engineering
Why office-to-housing conversions are more complicated than they sound
Converting office space to housing units sounds like a win–win in the post-pandemic world of remote work and scarce housing.
Nov 22, 2023
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