Q&A: Can a centuries-old technology like hydropower meet AI's rising energy demands?
Surging demand for the data and processing power of artificial intelligence is putting a hidden strain on U.S. electrical grids.
Sep 4, 2024
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Opinion: If Australia wants to fast-track 100% renewables, it must learn from Europe's risky path
Even after decades encouraging the growth of renewables, we're still too reliant on coal and gas power stations.
Sep 4, 2024
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Consumer & Gadgets
Paying with your face: What will convince consumers to use facial recognition payment technology?
You have probably opened your smartphone using your face. If you have traveled internationally, you have used your face to exit and enter the country. You may have even scanned your face to "verify" your online dating profile. ...
Sep 4, 2024
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Engineering
South Korea makes advancements in drive system technology for machine tools
Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI) has succeeded in domestically developing "CNC driving system" technology, a core component of machine tools—often referred to as "Mother Machines," the machines that make ...
Sep 4, 2024
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Engineering
Seeing like a butterfly: Optical invention enhances camera capabilities
Butterflies can see more of the world than humans, including more colors and the field oscillation direction, or polarization, of light. This special ability enables them to navigate with precision, forage for food and communicate ...
Sep 4, 2024
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Consumer & Gadgets
Study: People facing life-or-death choice put too much trust in AI
In simulated life-or-death decisions, about two-thirds of people in a UC Merced study allowed a robot to change their minds when it disagreed with them—an alarming display of excessive trust in artificial intelligence, ...
Sep 4, 2024
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Engineering
Researchers develop reconfigurable MIMO-based self-powered battery-less light communication system
In a new paper published in Light: Science & Application, a team of scientists, led by Professor Khaled Salama from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, and co-workers have developed a reconfigurable simultaneous ...
Sep 4, 2024
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Automotive
Preventing car battery fires with help from machine learning
One of the most critical safety concerns for electric vehicles is keeping their batteries cool, as temperature spikes can lead to dangerous consequences.
Sep 4, 2024
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Multispectral smart window: A step toward healthier indoor environments
Windows, the vital conduits between indoor spaces and the external environment, also serve as primary entry points for harmful light waves and electromagnetic (EM) waves. However, managing light transmission and scattering ...
Sep 4, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
Wind turbines target power shortages in rural Nigeria
A team of five Nigerian researchers have developed an innovation to generate wind power for rural communities—even when wind speeds are low.
Sep 4, 2024
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