Engineering
The control of large-scale industrial bioreactors is one of the most complex tasks in the process industry. In the often huge plants, the smallest differences in temperature, pH value or oxygen content determine the success ...
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Engineering
Fitting tidal turbines with flexible rubber blades could enable the machines to generate cheaper power by making them simpler and tougher, a study published in the journal Nature suggests.
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Robotics
A new neural network component, developed at University of Michigan Engineering, challenges a common assumption in robot learning: that the same general-purpose neural networks used for image recognition are equally suited ...
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Robotics
If "to err is human," you could say robots are superhuman. They're more error-prone than we are, even when tasked with things like home and factory chores, which we might consider easy. One reason for these mistakes is that ...
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Electronics & Semiconductors
EPFL researchers have shown that a single organic semiconductor layer can drive either hydrogen or oxygen evolution, depending only on the molecular layer beneath it. Using this effect, they built the first organic semiconductor-based ...
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Consumer & Gadgets
Loot boxes and gacha mechanics inside video games offer players random prizes for money. Policymakers around the world are concerned about the risks involved with gambling-like products. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission ...
Automotive
A research team led by professor Zhu Hui from the Institute of Intelligent Machines at the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed two methods to improve reconstruction fidelity, ...
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Energy & Green Tech
Space is the primary challenge when implementing improvements offshore. For some platforms, electrification has served as a solution to secure clean electric power while simultaneously reducing emissions. However, this approach ...
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Sri Lanka has authorized a Chinese manufacturer to begin testing a pilotless two-seater air taxi, authorities announced Wednesday at a flight demonstration in Colombo.
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Internet
Who ensures that social media platforms do not restrict people's freedom of expression? The EU has introduced a system intended to strengthen users' rights when posts are removed or accounts are suspended. However, new research ...
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