Energy & Green Tech
A shortage of phosphorous is driving the price of artificial fertilizers through the roof. But a new and eco-friendly wastewater decontamination process has enabled a company in Hamar in Norway to kill two birds with one ...
Mar 23, 2022
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Engineering
Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of single-use face masks are discarded every day, creating a huge surge in plastic pollution. In a recent study, researchers investigated the feasibility and potential environmental ...
Mar 9, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
As a world first, a new residential district in Aarhus is using secondary water from the local water utility for toilets and washing machines. The solution is supported by a life cycle assessment.
Nov 18, 2021
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Software
Catastrophic wildfires in Europe have become a far too common headline and this year has been no exception as the world once again bore witness to parts of the continent burning. While southern Europe is no stranger to the ...
Oct 28, 2021
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Engineering
When urban development takes place, a traffic impact assessment is often needed before a project is approved: What will happen to auto traffic if a new apartment building or business complex is constructed, or if a road is ...
Oct 8, 2021
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Electronics & Semiconductors
This week, at the 2021 Symposia on VLSI Technology and Circuits (VLSI 2021), imec, a world-leading research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics and digital technologies, demonstrated for the first time fully functional ...
Jun 16, 2021
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Robotics
It wasn't long after Hurricane Laura hit the Gulf Coast Thursday that people began flying drones to record the damage and posting videos on social media. Those videos are a precious resource, say researchers at Carnegie Mellon ...
Aug 28, 2020
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Software
The UK's coronavirus contact tracing app has been kicked into the long grass, with the government now saying it isn't a priority and may not be ready until winter. The app—which has so far cost nearly £12 million – was ...
Jun 24, 2020
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Machine learning & AI
Scientists have proposed a new international framework to keep ethics and human wellbeing at the forefront of our relationship with technology.
Feb 26, 2020
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Computer Sciences
In a study with potentially far-reaching implications for criminal justice in the United States, a team of California researchers has found that algorithms are significantly more accurate than humans in predicting which defendants ...
Feb 14, 2020
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