Engineering
An experiment by EPFL researchers has confirmed a theory that has been used in mechanics for over half a century—despite never having been fully validated. The team could now use the theory in bolder and more innovative ...
Feb 21, 2020
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Business
About a third of the employees at US productivity software firm Basecamp have announced their resignations after the company banned political conversations in the workplace.
May 1, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
For decades, scientists have been searching for a catalyst that dramatically reduces the cost of fabricating hydrogen fuel cells.
Jul 7, 2022
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Hardware
The bad news: A security research firm has found that Intel chipsets used in computers over the past five years have a major flaw that allows hackers to bypass encryption codes and quietly install malware such as keyloggers.
Energy & Green Tech
An alternative source of heat could significantly reduce the carbon footprint of a process which turns food waste into power, new research suggests.
Dec 22, 2022
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Engineering
A new 3D printer combines the principles of a CT scanner with light modeling of materials to produce objects with unique property combinations in record time.
Jan 24, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Cattle rancher Bobby Helmers cranes to listen as the blades of his six giant wind turbines slice through the air in the same Texas fields that once echoed with the sounds of oil pumps.
Apr 20, 2021
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Engineering
A hand-held video game console allowing indefinite gameplay might be a parent's worst nightmare.
Sep 3, 2020
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Machine learning & AI
Artificial Intelligence, or AI, makes us look better in selfies, obediently tells us the weather when we ask Alexa for it, and rolls out self-drive cars. It is the technology that enables machines to learn from experience ...
Mar 5, 2021
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Engineering
A new material might contribute to a reduction of the fossil fuels consumed by aircraft engines and gas turbines in the future. A research team from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) has developed a refractory metal-based ...
Oct 9, 2025
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