Hardware
Designing a new type of nuclear reactor is a complicated endeavor requiring billions of dollars and years of development. What's more, there are a vast array of different proposed configurations for next-generation nuclear ...
Sep 18, 2019
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Business
An American aviation firm said on Friday it had taken over Iceland's bankrupt airline WOW Air together with local investors and said flights would resume in October.
Sep 6, 2019
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Engineering
A wireless sensor small enough to be implanted in the blood vessels of the human brain could help clinicians evaluate the healing of aneurysms—bulges that can cause death or serious injury if they burst. The stretchable ...
Aug 28, 2019
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Automotive
Scientists of South Ural State University have developed a unique intelligent system for monitoring traffic flow using artificial intelligence, which does not require specific recording equipment and can work on almost any ...
Aug 28, 2019
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Consumer & Gadgets
University of Canterbury (UC) Associate Professor Aaron Marshall thinks so and is developing redox flow batteries as a viable energy storage system that will never wear.
Aug 22, 2019
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Machine learning & AI
Researchers at UCLA and NantWorks have developed an artificial intelligence-powered device that detects cancer cells in a few milliseconds—hundreds of times faster than previous methods. With that speed, the invention could ...
Aug 22, 2019
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Robotics
Life-like robots that can make decisions, adapt to their environment and learn, are one step closer thanks to a University of Bristol team who has demonstrated a new way of embedding computation into soft robotic materials. ...
Aug 22, 2019
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Energy & Green Tech
A low-cost, high-performance battery chemistry developed by University of Colorado Boulder researchers could one day lead to scalable grid-level storage for wind and solar energy that could help electrical utilities reduce ...
Jul 25, 2019
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Robotics
Nature can be a precious source of inspiration for researchers developing robots and artificial intelligence (AI) systems. Studies in submersible robotics, for instance, have often tried to replicate or incorporate mechanisms ...
Robotics
Untethered robots suffer from a stamina problem. A possible solution: a circulating liquid—"robot blood"—to store energy and power its applications for sophisticated, long-duration tasks.
Jun 20, 2019
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