Energy & Green Tech
With intensifying climate change, decarbonizing the global building sector has become a key priority. A substantial portion of a building's energy demand comes from heating and cooling. Consequently, developing efficient ...
Aug 17, 2026
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Consumer & Gadgets
A "centaur" is a human helped by a machine: The person sets the direction, the machine supplies the horsepower, and together they are better than either one alone.
Aug 15, 2026
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Computer Sciences
Among the many predictions about the future of artificial intelligence is that models will one day be able to conduct scientific research on their own, leaving humans out of the equation. Already, they can write code, run ...
Energy & Green Tech
Photovoltaic panels generate electricity, solar thermal collectors provide heat, while cooling is usually supplied by air conditioning systems that themselves consume electricity. As a result, buildings require different ...
Aug 14, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
Organizations can describe artificial intelligence using familiar words like "thinking," "writing" and "learning." But according to Carnegie Mellon University historian Christopher Phillips, those terms may tell us as much ...
Aug 13, 2026
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Business
Livestream gaming giant Twitch has raised hackles among its millions of users after declaring it will share their data with its parent company, Amazon, to better train the online retailer's AI models.
Aug 13, 2026
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Hardware
A new semiconductor integration platform developed at the Institute of Science Tokyo combines advanced chip packaging with high-density interconnects and improved thermal management. This combination of three complementary ...
Aug 12, 2026
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Computer Sciences
Artificial intelligence is proving to be transformative in its ability to work with language and images. Now, with a growing push to apply AI to scientific discovery, Caltech's Anima Anandkumar says there is a crucial ingredient ...
Aug 12, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
AI data centers get a bad rap, not least because of concerns that they drive climate change by consuming massive amounts of electricity. But one potentially larger impact of AI on global carbon emissions may be that it's ...
Engineering
A new physics-based analytical model can accurately predict ferroelectric behavior under real-world, complex voltages, according to a study led by University of Michigan Engineering. The model bridges the longstanding gap ...
Aug 12, 2026
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