Engineering
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) scientists and engineers led a multi-institutional team in executing a series of high explosives tests that successfully demonstrated fundamental principles of anisotropy, a possible ...
Jan 27, 2023
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Engineering
Machine learning (ML) has been used with impressive success in numerous fields—facial recognition, speech recognition, consumer behavior, and drug discovery. One area where it's had only limited success, though, is as a ...
Jan 18, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
After over a decade of delays, the deafening sound of Finland's new Olkiluoto 3 nuclear reactor finally running its turbine at full power was welcomed with joy—and relief.
Oct 13, 2022
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Automotive
In recent years, more vehicles include partially autonomous driving features, such as blind spot detectors, automatic braking and lane sensing, which are said to increase safety. However, a recent study by researchers from ...
Jul 28, 2022
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Business
Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are all the rage, with collectors spending vast sums—in some cases, tens of millions of dollars—to own and trade unique digital images. For researchers, that offers a rare opportunity to study ...
Jun 6, 2022
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Business
The UK's roads are some of the main culprits of its greenhouse gas emissions. And in 2020, 92% of passenger kilometers traveled in the UK was made by cars, vans and taxis. That means getting around by private vehicle has ...
Apr 28, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
During COP26 in Scotland last year, the World Economic Forum, in collaboration with Accenture and Electric Power Research Institute, launched the initiative Transitioning Industrial Clusters towards Net Zero in a bid to accelerate ...
Apr 22, 2022
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Business
Jeff Bezos went on 60 Minutes in 2013 and pledged to fill the skies with a fleet of delivery drones that could zip parcels to customers' homes in 30 minutes. Asked when this future would arrive, the Amazon.com Inc. founder ...
Apr 12, 2022
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Machine learning & AI
It's no secret, artificial intelligence (AI) is changing the customer service game.
Feb 23, 2022
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Automotive
Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk often touts the arrival of completely autonomous vehicles as imminent, but exactly how close that future is for the electric automaker remains murky.
Feb 13, 2022
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