Energy & Green Tech
MIT engineers have come up with a conceptual design for a system to store renewable energy, such as solar and wind power, and deliver that energy back into an electric grid on demand. The system may be designed to power a ...
Dec 6, 2018
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Robotics
In recent years, roboticists have introduced increasingly advanced systems, which could open exciting new possibilities for surgery, rehabilitation, and health care assistance. These robotic systems are already helping to ...
Machine learning & AI
In a new international cross disciplinary study, researchers have used artificial intelligence to analyze large amounts of historical photos from World War II. Among other things, the study shows that artificial intelligence ...
Oct 28, 2020
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Security
The Department of Computer Science and Center for Information Technology Policy at Princeton University has conducted a study and released a paper assessing the security and privacy risks of phone number recycling by mobile ...
Robotics
Researchers have developed soft robotic devices driven by neuromuscular tissue that triggers when stimulated by light—bringing mechanical engineering one step closer to developing autonomous biobots.
Sep 16, 2019
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Engineering
Researchers from the University of Cambridge have developed a method to produce very low emission concrete at scale—an innovation that could be transformative in the transition to net zero.
May 22, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
Officials with battery maker Form Energy have announced the development of the Iron-Air 100-hour storage battery—a battery meant to store electricity created from renewable sources such as solar and wind. As part of their ...
Energy & Green Tech
An international research team led by scientists at The University of Texas at Dallas and Hanyang University in South Korea has developed high-tech yarns that generate electricity when they are stretched or twisted.
Aug 24, 2017
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Dystopian nightmare or a simple convenience? A Swedish company implanting microchips under the skin has is promoting its devices for use as a COVID-19 health pass in a country with thousands of early adopters.
Dec 22, 2021
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Other
Jem Jenkins Jones was stuck at home in Wales for much of the past year amid pandemic lockdowns but managed to fulfill a promise to her 10-year-old daughter to see the northern lights from Iceland and South Africa's game reserves—in ...
Mar 27, 2021
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