A new bio-inspired solar leaf design with increased harvesting efficiency
New research suggests a new solar energy design, inspired by nature, may pave the way for future renewable energy technologies.
Aug 15, 2023
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Consumer & Gadgets
Virtual reality has negative side effects—new research shows that can be a problem in the workplace
Some employers are excited about swapping out computer monitors for virtual reality headsets, but the side effects of using VR are not completely understood. In a recent study, my colleagues and I propose 90 factors that ...
Aug 9, 2023
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Engineering
Open-source platform makes it easier to create 3D scenes from images
Just a few years ago, Berkeley engineers showed us how they could easily turn images into a 3D navigable scene using a technology called Neural Radiance Fields, or NeRF. Now, another team of Berkeley researchers has created ...
Jul 27, 2023
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Eliminating bias in AI may be impossible—a computer scientist explains how to tame it instead
When I asked ChatGPT for a joke about Sicilians the other day, it implied that Sicilians are stinky.
Jul 20, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Researchers propose novel strategy to stabilize zinc-ion batteries
Researchers led by Prof. Hu Linhua from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Science found that the addition of serine cations (Ser+, C3H8NO3) in the electrolyte of aqueous zinc-ion battery would ...
Jul 14, 2023
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Engineering
Researchers develop recycling method to address carbon and glass fiber composites waste
Researchers at the University of Sydney have developed new methods to solve a major source of future waste from the automotive, aerospace and renewable industries.
Jul 3, 2023
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Engineering
Smart windows redefine solar radiation control in buildings
A research team led by Prof. Yu Shuhong from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) proposed a new strategy to prepare smart windows that dynamically regulate solar ...
Jun 30, 2023
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Robot 'chef' learns to recreate recipes from watching food videos
Researchers have trained a robotic 'chef' to watch and learn from cooking videos, and recreate the dish itself.
Jun 5, 2023
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Q&A: Expert discusses how to realistically achieve quantum speedups beyond the hype
In theory, quantum computers vastly outperform classical computers in terms of computing speed. For them to do so in practice, it is necessary to design more and novel high-speed algorithms, says ETH supercomputing specialist ...
May 26, 2023
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Consumer & Gadgets
Blind trust in enhancement technologies encourages risk-taking even if the tech is a sham, finds study
A new study published in Computers in Human Behavior suggests that a placebo effect is at play when people expect their performance to be enhanced by augmentation technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI). The researchers ...
May 17, 2023
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