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Engineering
Move over, bolts: Meet the future of stronger structural connections with interlocking metasurfaces
In a collaborative effort between Texas A&M University and Sandia National Laboratories, researchers have significantly improved a new joining technology, interlocking metasurfaces (ILMs), designed to increase the strength ...
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Electronics & Semiconductors
New ultrathin optical device can precisely capture and stimulate the mammalian brain
Reliably tracking and manipulating the mammalian nervous system in laboratory or clinical settings allows neuroscientists to test their hypotheses, which may in turn lead to new important discoveries. The most well-established ...
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Researchers propose hydrogen storage using existing infrastructure in lakes and reservoirs
In a new Nature Communications study, researchers propose a new method for hydrogen storage using existing pipes located at the bottom of lakes and reservoirs.
Researchers create artificial plants that purify indoor air, generate electricity
On average, Americans spend about 90% of their time indoors, and the air we breathe at work, school or home affects our overall health and well-being.
Oct 4, 2024
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Meta's Movie Gen lets users animate photos into videos
Meta on Friday provided a look at a generative artificial intelligence model it is working on that lets people create short videos, complete with audio, from text prompts and photos.
Oct 4, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
Newly developed material can suppress thermal runaway in batteries
A team of engineers and materials scientists at LG Chem, Korea's largest chemical company, has developed a material that they claim could greatly reduce the risk of thermal runaway and resulting fires in batteries. In their ...
Oct 4, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
Scientists restore performance of quantum dot solar cells using short ligands to reduce surface defects
Researchers have developed a new method to improve both the performance and the stability of solar cells using "perovskite quantum dots." They developed longer-lasting solar cells by addressing the issue of distortions on ...
Oct 4, 2024
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Engineering
New management system can reduce traffic congestion at no extra cost
Rush-hour traffic congestion is a major headache for commuters and a real problem for city planners. Worldwide, a huge amount of time is wasted stuck in traffic. A study found that commuters in the U.S. lose an average of ...
Oct 4, 2024
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Hardware
New methodology enables design of cloud servers for lower carbon
Reducing carbon emissions is crucial to curbing the effects of climate change, but usually gas-powered vehicles and manufacturers are the most conspicuous culprits. However, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) ...
Oct 4, 2024
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Robotics
Engineers teach a quadruped robot to climb standard ladders
A team of robotics engineers at ETH Zurich, Robotics Systems Lab, has modified an ANYbotics ANYMal quadruped robot to allow it to easily and effectively climb a standard ladder. The group has written a paper describing their ...
Security
Each year, landmines kill residents of war-torn countries. This innovative tool could save lives
As he grew up in Bogotá, Colombia, Mateo Dulce Rubio would hear a familiar news story every few days—someone had stepped on another landmine. The explosion had killed or injured them. Though the capital city was far from ...
Oct 3, 2024
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Business
Green subsidies may have hidden costs, experts warn
Government subsidies for business practices and processes should be approached with caution, even when they seem to be environmentally friendly, writes a group of scientists and economists in this week's Policy Forum in the ...
Oct 3, 2024
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Engineering
Augmented/virtual reality can help extend critical infrastructure lifespan
University of Waterloo engineers are turning to augmented/virtual reality (AR/VR) to better understand—and maintain—the physical reality of Canada's critical infrastructure. Their research is published in the journal ...
Oct 3, 2024
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Hardware
Research team develops hardware architecture for post-quantum cryptography
Integrating post-quantum security algorithms into hardware has long been considered a challenge. But a research team at TU Graz has now developed hardware for NIST post-quantum cryptography standards with additional security ...
Oct 3, 2024
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Automotive
Balancing cost and reliability in autonomous machine design
With millions of self-driving cars projected to be on the road in 2025 and autonomous drones generating billions in annual sales, safety and reliability are important considerations for consumers, manufacturers, and regulators. ...
Oct 3, 2024
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Business
Google is working on reasoning AI, chasing OpenAI's efforts
Google is working on artificial intelligence software that resembles the human ability to reason, similar to OpenAI's o1, marking a new front in the rivalry between the tech giant and the fast-growing startup.
Oct 3, 2024
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Machine learning & AI
Google's search engine's latest AI injection will answer voiced questions about video and photos
Google is injecting its search engine with more artificial intelligence that will enable people to voice questions about images and occasionally organize an entire page of results, despite the technology's past misadventures ...
Oct 3, 2024
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