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'Founding Father' of lithium-ion batteries helps solve 40-year problem with his invention
In the late 1970s, M. Stanley Whittingham was the first to describe the concept of rechargeable lithium-ion batteries, an achievement for which he would share the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Yet even he couldn't have anticipated ...
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Security
Study explores tensions between IoT device owners and 'incidental users'
In the fall of 2019, a nanny in Boston wrote in the New York Times about the time she learned that audio and video of herself was being recorded while on the job without her knowledge or permission.
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Robotics
Nimble robotic arms that perform delicate surgery may be one step closer to reality
Researchers at Northeastern are working to eliminate the stiff, herky-jerky motions in robotic arms to make them graceful and deft enough to gently pick up an egg or sturdy enough to stack dinner plates. The findings could ...
Jul 26, 2021
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Flexible 32-bit microprocessor could pave the way to fully flexible smart integrated systems
A team of researchers at ARM Inc., has developed a 32-bit microprocessor on a flexible base which the company claims could pave the way to fully flexible smart integrated systems. In their paper published in the journal Nature, ...
Jul 26, 2021 report
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Energy & Green Tech
Europe to boost battery production as electric shift accelerates
As electric car sales take off and petrol engines face being phased out by 2035, Europe is looking to develop its own battery production base.
Jul 25, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
Meeting global climate targets will lead to 8 million more energy jobs worldwide by 2050
Researchers created a global dataset of job footprints in 50 countries and used a model to investigate how trying to meet the Paris Agreement global climate target of staying well below 2°C would affect energy sector jobs. ...
Jul 23, 2021
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Electronics & Semiconductors
The electrical control of domain wall devices based on perpendicular magnetic tunnel junctions
Domain walls (DWs) are boundaries between two neighboring magnetic domains. The electrical manipulation of these boundaries in nanostructures could ultimately lead to the development of new computing systems to store and ...
Jul 23, 2021 feature
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Robotics
Swarms of tiny dumb robots found to carry out sophisticated actions
A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in Europe has found that swarms of tiny dumb vibrating robots are capable of carrying out sophisticated actions such as transporting objects or squeezing through ...
Jul 23, 2021 report
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Software
Google parent launches new 'moonshot' for robotics software
Google's parent Alphabet unveiled a new "moonshot" project to develop software for robotics which could be used in a wide range of industries.
Jul 23, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
Mineral alchemy taps into key ingredients for green energy revolution: Salt and potassium
Sodium, the main constituent in salt, and potassium alteration are associated with some of the world's most valuable ore deposits.
Jul 23, 2021
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Robotics
Better behaving bots: Researcher helps robots problem solve and care
ANU researcher Hanna Kurniawati is helping robots problem solve and care. Her work has not just shaped how AI works every day; it's been recognized with a major global prize.
Jul 23, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
Sales of electric cars charge ahead in Europe
Electric cars—key to reducing emissions and meeting climate change goals—have boosted their market share in Europe, data showed Friday, as the region prepares to abandon petrol and diesel.
Jul 23, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
Global approach is needed on battery regulation
New European Union regulations on batteries could offer a huge boost to the global decarbonisation mission—but only if it leverages its political and economic weight to ensure a fairer global marketplace.
Jul 22, 2021
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