Business
One argument put forward in defense of fossil fuels is that they were a historical necessity, because there was no other viable substitute for much of the 20th century. We owe fossil fuels a debt of gratitude, the argument ...
Oct 14, 2023
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Robotics
In the future, robots could play a key role in healthcare settings, easing the lives of the elderly and assisting vulnerable individuals. Researchers at Imperial College London have recently created Robot DE NIRO, a robotics ...
Automotive
While many self-driving vehicles have achieved remarkable performance in simulations or initial trials, when tested on real streets, they are often unable to adapt their trajectories or movements based on those of other vehicles ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
UNSW researchers have made a major breakthrough in renewable energy technology by producing electricity from so-called "night-time" solar power.
May 17, 2022
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Robotics
A team of researchers with Robotic Systems Lab in Switzerland and Intelligent Systems Lab in Germany and the U.S. has found a way to apply machine learning to robotics to give such machines greater abilities. In their paper ...
Energy & Green Tech
A collaboration led by scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory has observed an unexpected phenomenon in lithium-ion batteries—the most common type of battery used to power cell ...
Jan 12, 2018
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Electronics & Semiconductors
A team of researchers from UCLA has unveiled a first-of-its-kind stable and fully solid-state thermal transistor that uses an electric field to control a semiconductor device's heat movement.
Nov 2, 2023
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Software
Apple users were urged Tuesday to update their devices after the tech giant announced a fix for a major software flaw that allows the Pegasus spyware to be installed on phones without so much as a click.
Sep 14, 2021
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Internet
When people have the option to click "like" on a media article they encounter online, they spend less time actually reading the text, a new study suggests.
Sep 30, 2020
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Internet
Nokia and Vodafone have announced the successful trial of a new passive optical network (PON) technology capable of delivering speeds up to 100 gigabits per second (Gb/s) on a single wavelength 10 times faster than the most ...
Feb 2, 2021
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