Moving toward emission-free aluminum production
Until now, aluminum production has generated significant greenhouse gas emissions. But a new process is emerging that produces aluminum without such emissions.
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These are the 4 best used electric SUVs for under $25,000, according to Edmunds
As more EVs enter the used car market, buyers with a budget of around $25,000 can now find newer electric SUVs that offer the benefits of gas-free motoring without the eye-watering price tags attached to many new electric ...
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Engineering
Ultrathin films that overcome 'dead layer' effect could enable energy-efficient microchips for AI
Multiferroics are a promising class of materials for making computer chips and other electronic components that can operate at much lower power than today's devices. The materials have coupled electrical and magnetic properties ...
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Business
South Korea fines Google and Apple over unfair app market practices
South Korea on Wednesday fined Alphabet's Google and Apple a combined 63.7 billion won ($47.6 million), saying they abused their dominance in app store markets by forcing local developers onto their own payment systems and ...
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Energy & Green Tech
Ruthenium catalyst matches platinum in hydrogen production while using far less precious metal
Lowering the cost of green hydrogen production requires catalysts that produce hydrogen efficiently while using smaller amounts of expensive precious metals. A Korean research team has developed a catalyst that brings three ...
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Engineering
Designing new nuclear alloys, element by element
The periodic table contains more than 100 elements. Combine them in different ways, and the possibilities quickly multiply. For researchers designing materials for advanced nuclear reactors, the abundance presents an opportunity: ...
Oct 28, 2026
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Spray coating creates power-generating fibers without high-voltage equipment
A joint research team has developed self-powered fibers using a simple spray-coating process that blends two different polymers, eliminating the need for high-voltage equipment. The paper is published in the journal Advanced ...
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Energy & Green Tech
Energy mapping reveals boundary that could guide more efficient organic solar cells
A key goal in solar cell research is to improve efficiency toward the Shockley–Queisser limit, the theoretical maximum efficiency for converting sunlight into electricity under specified conditions. Organic solar cells use ...
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Machine learning & AI
What is artificial general intelligence—and is it already here?
OpenAI's president, Greg Brockman, recently suggested that its advanced model, known as GPT-6 Astra, could mark the arrival of something called artificial general intelligence, or AGI.
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Semiconductors could sidestep a key solar-energy trade-off through a newly identified mechanism
A study led by the University of Oxford has identified a novel semiconductor that overcomes a key limitation of light-harvesting materials. The results, published today (Oct. 28) in Nature, could enable more efficient solar ...
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