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Porous plastic sheets can cool buildings by radiating light to space

Traditional cooling systems for buildings use refrigerants and electricity, which contribute to the atmospheric greenhouse effect that exacerbates more extreme weather events. In response, materials scientists have turned ...

Energy & Green Tech

A brain-inspired AI technology boosts efficiency and reduces energy consumption

Researchers at FORTH have developed a new type of artificial neural network (ANN) that incorporates features of biological dendrites. This innovative design allows for accurate and robust image recognition while using significantly ...

Business

OpenAI says DeepSeek 'inappropriately' copied ChatGPT—but it's facing copyright claims, too

Until a few weeks ago, few people in the Western world had heard of a small Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) company known as DeepSeek. But on January 20, it captured global attention when it released a new AI model called ...

Energy & Green Tech

Cutting emissions in buildings and transport is already achievable with existing technologies, says study

A study published in Nature Energy reveals that a combination of electrification, improved energy efficiency, and smarter energy use can significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions in buildings and transport—two sectors ...

Security

Researchers calculate cyberattack risk for all 50 US states

One day last summer, a Russia-affiliated crime syndicate kneecapped the city of Columbus, Ohio, without lifting a hammer. It had breached the city's computer network, pirating names, Social Security numbers, bank information ...

Engineering

Encoding many properties in one material via 3D printing

A class of synthetic soft materials called liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) can change shape in response to heat, similar to how muscles contract and relax in response to signals from the nervous system. 3D printing these ...

Machine learning & AI

AI's next frontier: Selling your intentions before you know them

The near future could see AI assistants that forecast and influence our decision-making at an early stage, and sell these developing "intentions" in real-time to companies that can meet the need—before we even realize we ...