Robotics
For the first time, an autonomously flying quadrotor has outperformed two human pilots in a drone race. The success is based on a novel algorithm that was developed by researchers of the University of Zurich. It calculates ...
Jul 21, 2021
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Engineering
An invisible coating that can "fireproof" wood has been invented by scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore).
Aug 18, 2022
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Hardware
Researchers have created a small device that "sees" and creates memories in a similar way to humans, in a promising step towards one day having applications that can make rapid, complex decisions such as in self-driving cars.
Jun 14, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
A team of researchers at Dalhousie University has found evidence that suggests a variation of a lithium nickel manganese cobalt battery (Li[Ni0.5Mn0.3Co0.2]O2) could last a hundred years. In their paper published in Journal ...
Energy & Green Tech
A team of researchers from the University of Toronto has created a triple-junction perovskite solar cell with record efficiency by overcoming a key limitation of previous designs.
Apr 12, 2023
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Machine learning & AI
A combined team of researchers from the University of British Columbia and the University of Alberta has found that at least some machine learning applications can learn from far fewer examples than has been assumed. In their ...
Energy & Green Tech
Humankind has entered uncharted territory: atmospheric CO2 levels have soared to a record-breaking 415 ppm for the first time in human history. The need to find a sustainable alternative to CO2-producing fuels is urgent. ...
Jun 10, 2019
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Security
Researchers at IBM have recently devised a new technique to virtually patch security vulnerabilities before they are found. Their approach, presented at the International Workshop on Information and Operational Technology, ...
Hardware
A new technique could unleash the potential for digital sensors like cameras to sense all light intensities, and microphones to sense all audio ranges
Sep 17, 2021
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Software
Every time scientists study a new material for future batteries or investigate diseases to develop new drugs, they must wade through an ocean of data. Today, a whole ecosystem of scientific tools creates a wild variety of ...
Nov 24, 2021
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