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Energy & Green Tech
Mechanistic understanding could enable better fast-charging batteries
Fast-charging lithium-ion batteries are ubiquitous, powering everything from cellphones and laptops to electric vehicles. They're also notorious for overheating or catching fire.
Apr 5, 2025
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Electronics & Semiconductors
New approach reliably integrates 2D semiconductors with dielectrics
Two-dimensional (2D) semiconductor materials could enable the development of smaller yet highly performing electronic components, thus contributing to the advancement of a variety of devices. While significant strides have ...
Apr 4, 2025
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Google's AI Dreamer learns how to self-improve over time by mastering Minecraft
A trio of AI researchers at Google's Google DeepMind, working with a colleague from the University of Toronto, report that the AI algorithm Dreamer can learn to self-improve by mastering Minecraft in a short amount of time. ...
Burning heavy fuel oil with scrubbers found to be the best available option for bulk maritime shipping
When the International Maritime Organization enacted a mandatory cap on the sulfur content of marine fuels in 2020, with an eye toward reducing harmful environmental and health impacts, it left shipping companies with several ...
Apr 4, 2025
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Tactile sensors are less important than the order of learning experiences for robotic hands, study shows
How does a robotic arm or a prosthetic hand learn a complex task like grasping and rotating a ball? The challenge for the human, prosthetic or robotic hand has always been to correctly learn to control the fingers to exert ...
Apr 4, 2025
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Engineering
Single-atom catalysts transform hydrogenation, improving food and fuel production
A chemical reaction that's vital to a range of commercial and industrial goods may soon be initiated more effectively and less expensively thanks to a collaboration that included Oregon State University College of Engineering ...
Apr 4, 2025
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Engineering
Beyond welding: Researchers 3D-print a single complex structure containing two metals
A team of Penn State researchers has used a new 3D-printing method to produce a complex metal build that was once only possible with welding: fusing two metals together into a single structure.
Apr 3, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
With affordable materials, researchers pull carbon directly from the air using changes in humidity
Researchers at Northwestern University have expanded the potential of carbon capture technology that plucks CO2 directly from the air by demonstrating that there are multiple suitable and abundant materials that can facilitate ...
Apr 3, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
Strain 'trick' improves perovskite solar cells' efficiency
Researchers at EPFL have found a way to dramatically reduce energy loss and boost efficiency in perovskite solar cells by incorporating rubidium using lattice strain—a slight deformation in the atomic structure that helps ...
Apr 3, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
Dangerous by design: Runaway miniature battery makes safety testing more accessible and affordable
Overheating batteries are a serious risk, in the worst cases leading to fires and explosion. A team including researchers from the University of Tokyo has developed a simple, cost-effective method to test the safety of lithium-ion ...
Apr 3, 2025
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Business
Decentralized platform is letting users own a piece of the AI models trained on their data
In February 2024, Reddit struck a $60 million deal with Google to let the search giant use data on the platform to train its artificial intelligence models. Notably absent from the discussions were Reddit users, whose data ...
Apr 3, 2025
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Engineering
Recycling wind turbine blade materials to make improved plastics
A new method to recycle wind turbine blades without using harsh chemicals resulted in the recovery of high-strength glass fibers and resins that allowed Washington State University researchers to repurpose the materials to ...
Apr 3, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
New coal capacity hit 20-year low in 2024: report
The world added the smallest amount of new coal capacity in two decades last year, a report said Thursday, but use of the fossil fuel is still surging in China and India.
Apr 3, 2025
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Engineering
Scientists create 'fungi tiles' with elephant skin texture to cool buildings
A team of scientists led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed "fungi tiles" that could one day help to bring the heat down in buildings without consuming energy.
Apr 2, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
Redox flow battery achieves energy efficiency of 87.9% and longer cycling life with new catalytic electrode
A team of materials scientists, chemical engineers, and environmental scientists affiliated with a host of institutions in China has developed a redox flow battery (RFB) with 87.9% energy efficiency, which can also last for ...
Business
Researchers teach LLMs to solve complex planning challenges
Imagine a coffee company trying to optimize its supply chain. The company sources beans from three suppliers, roasts them at two facilities into either dark or light coffee, and then ships the roasted coffee to three retail ...
Apr 2, 2025
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Engineering
New study achieves major advance towards fault-tolerant quantum computing
A study, "Enhanced Majorana stability in a three-site Kitaev chain," published in Nature Nanotechnology demonstrates significantly enhanced stability of Majorana zero modes (MZMs) in engineered quantum systems.
Apr 2, 2025
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