Electronics & Semiconductors
A University of Alberta engineering researcher has developed a wireless light switch that could reduce the cost of wiring a house by as much as 50%.
Nov 28, 2023
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Computer Sciences
Just in time for Pi Day, a new world record has been set for calculating the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter.
Mar 15, 2019
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Engineering
Engineering
To boost efficiency in typical households—where people forget to take wet clothes out of washing machines, retrieve hot food from microwaves and turn off dripping faucets—Cornell University researchers have developed ...
Sep 9, 2020
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Engineering
The three-bedroom, two-bath home has a corduroy-patterned exterior, rounded corners—and a cement pour that oozed from an industrial-sized toothpaste tube. And most intriguing of all, it comes from a 3D printer.
Sep 22, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
Launched this week in Nature Energy, a new study led by the Center for Global Sustainability (CGS) researchers examines the cost of heat pump installation in American households and the effect on house prices and home values. ...
Oct 21, 2020
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Business
Senators hit a roadblock Thursday night on adjustments to the bipartisan infrastructure package's cryptocurrency reporting rules as the White House weighed in to push a smaller change.
Aug 9, 2021
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Computer Sciences
Instead of blocking hackers, a new cybersecurity defense approach developed by University of Texas at Dallas computer scientists actually welcomes them.
Feb 27, 2020
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Telecom
The chief executives of America's largest airlines warned of a "catastrophic disruption" to travel and shipping operations if telecommunication firms roll out their 5G technology as planned Wednesday without limiting the ...
Jan 18, 2022
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Computer Sciences
For workers who use machine-learning models to help them make decisions, knowing when to trust a model's predictions is not always an easy task, especially since these models are often so complex that their inner workings ...
Jul 20, 2022
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