Energy & Green Tech
During a power outage, we might not think of using the sun as a backup generator. But solar energy is playing a key role in keeping the lights on when the power is knocked out.
Apr 4, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
A click on the internet leaves traces behind. Not only in the web itself, but also in the form of a large ecological footprint. Because even though all our data is supposedly floating in the cloud, physical data centers are ...
Mar 1, 2022
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Consumer & Gadgets
Trials begin this week in Bath of a revolutionary new smartwatch app that monitors a wearer's heart rate and body motion to sense distress, automatically sending an emergency alert.
Nov 22, 2021
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Hardware
In a study published in Methods in Ecology & Evolution, researchers from the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and their collaborators developed a new acoustic recorder which ...
Jul 26, 2021
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Robotics
Reflexes protect our bodies—for example when we pull our hand back from a hot stove. These protective mechanisms could also be useful for robots. In this interview, Prof. Sami Haddadin and Johannes Kühn of the Munich School ...
May 5, 2021
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Child abuse has continued to rise in recent years, with the number of child abuse reports reaching 133,778 cases in FY2017, or some 12 times the FY1999 level. However, there is an extreme shortage of staff, especially child ...
Feb 25, 2021
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Engineering
Camels have evolved a seemingly counterintuitive approach to keeping cool while conserving water in a scorching desert environment: They have a thick coat of insulating fur. Applying essentially the same approach, researchers ...
Nov 11, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
Engineers at the University of Bath have shown that it's possible to capture and use energy created by the natural reactions occurring in microorganisms within soil.
Oct 28, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
Tulane University researchers are part of a team of scientists who have developed a hybrid solar energy converter that generates electricity and steam with high efficiency and low cost.
Jul 15, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
Building façades and pavements in Dutch and Italian cities are being turned into smart, energy-harvesting surfaces and equipped with sensors to power, heat and cool spaces and even monitor roads.
Jul 7, 2020
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