Enclosed tube maglev system tested in China
A Chinese researcher's concept of a super-maglev reaching higher speeds was put to the test recently according to a detailed report appearing earlier this week in the Daily Mail.
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Lithium-ion battery inventor introduces new technology for fast-charging, noncombustible batteries
A team of engineers led by 94-year-old John Goodenough, professor in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin and co-inventor of the lithium-ion battery, has developed the first all-solid-state ...
Feb 28, 2017
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Texting or e-mail: Which gives you more secure communication?
WhatsApp, text or email—which is the most secure option when your conversation really has to be locked down?
Oct 14, 2019
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Newly developed compound may enable sustainable, cost-effective, large-scale energy storage
To produce a cost-effective redox flow battery, researchers based at the South China University of Technology have synthesized a molecular compound that serves as a low-cost electrolyte, enabling a stable flow battery that ...
Nov 12, 2021
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Amazon offers cashierless tech to rival retailers
Amazon on Monday began offering its "just walk out" technology to other retailers in a move aimed at boosting the use of the cashierless store system.
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'Tequila' powered biofuels more efficient than corn or sugar
The agave plant used to make tequila could be established in semi-arid Australia as an environmentally friendly solution to Australia's transport fuel shortage, a team of researchers at the University of Sydney, University ...
Mar 31, 2020
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New chip design makes parallel programs run many times faster and requires one-tenth the code
Computer chips have stopped getting faster. For the past 10 years, chips' performance improvements have come from the addition of processing units known as cores.
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A font that helps you remember what you read—Sans Forgetica
A team of researchers at Australia's Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology has come up with a new type font called Sans Forgetica. Its purpose is to help readers remember what has been written using it. The team behind ...
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Urea tanks on diesel trucks—that's the law in the United States starting in 2010
Urea tanks will be standard equipment for most new diesel trucks, buses, cars, and sport utility vehicles (SUVs) manufactured in the United States after Jan. 1, 2010. An automotive grade of urea will be injected into the ...
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New technologies help wood-burning stoves burn more efficiently, produce less smoke
Oregon State University researchers are gaining a more detailed understanding of emissions from wood-burning stoves and developing technologies that allow stoves to operate much more cleanly and safely, potentially limiting ...
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