Energy & Green Tech
As organizations work to reduce their energy consumption and associated carbon emissions, one area that remains to be optimized is indoor heating and cooling. In fact, HVAC—which stands for heating, ventilation, and air ...
Oct 5, 2023
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Consumer & Gadgets
Apple on Monday said it is working to fix a "bug" it said was among reasons some newly released iPhone 15 smartphones are heating up.
Oct 2, 2023
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Consumer & Gadgets
Like it or not, driverless cars will start to appear on our roads in the not too distant future. In theory, fully autonomous driverless vehicles will offer huge advantages to people with disabilities. Too often, people with ...
Sep 28, 2023
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Engineering
As the planet gets hotter, the need for cool living environments is becoming more urgent. But air conditioning is a major contributor to global warming since units use potent greenhouse gases and lots of energy.
Sep 25, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Storing renewable energy as hydrogen could soon become much easier thanks to a new catalyst based on single atoms of platinum. The new catalyst, designed by researchers at City University Hong Kong (CityU) and tested by colleagues ...
Sep 20, 2023
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Engineering
Multi-story buildings are assembled over cautiously to withstand wind strengths, researchers have found.
Sep 19, 2023
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Robotics
Making group decisions is no easy task, especially when the decision makers are a swarm of robots. To increase swarm autonomy in collective perception, a research team at the IRIDIA artificial intelligence research laboratory ...
Sep 14, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
On June 12 this year, the UK's last remaining coal-fired power station was awoken from a 46-day slumber to meet demand for electricity to run air-conditioning units.
Aug 18, 2023
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Among the many hazards encountered by space probes, exposure to radiation and huge temperature swings pose particular challenges for their electronic circuits. Now KAUST researchers have invented the first ever flash memory ...
Aug 16, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
With air conditioner demand surging, scientists are looking for ways to improve the energy efficiency of cooling systems and limit damaging emissions that accelerate global warming.
Aug 2, 2023
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