Tiny 'skyscrapers' help bacteria convert sunlight into electricity
Researchers have made tiny 'skyscrapers' for communities of bacteria, helping them to generate electricity from just sunlight and water.
Mar 7, 2022
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Machine learning & AI
A growing problem of 'deepfake geography': How AI falsifies satellite images
A fire in Central Park seems to appear as a smoke plume and a line of flames in a satellite image. Colorful lights on Diwali night in India, seen from space, seem to show widespread fireworks activity.
Apr 21, 2021
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Computer Sciences
Using graph neural networks to measure the spatial homogeneity of road networks
Researchers at Purdue University and Peking University have recently carried out a study aimed at better understanding road networks in cities worldwide using machine-learning tools. Their paper, published in Nature Machine ...
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Battling wildfires from behind the scenes
Catastrophic wildfires in Europe have become a far too common headline and this year has been no exception as the world once again bore witness to parts of the continent burning. While southern Europe is no stranger to the ...
Oct 28, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
Cheaper, changing and crucial: the rise of solar power
Generating power from sunlight bouncing off the ground, working at night, even helping to grow strawberries: solar panel technology is evolving fast as costs plummet for a key segment of the world's energy transition.
Aug 11, 2022
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New research sheds light on how to make the most of crowdsourcing campaigns
In recent years, crowdsourcing, which involves recruiting members of the public to help collect data, has been tremendously helpful to provide researchers with unique and rich datasets, while also engaging the public in the ...
May 19, 2022
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California's strawberry fields may not be forever. Could robots help?
In a strawberry field surrounded by strawberry fields on the outskirts of Santa Maria, a pair of robots have been picking berries all summer.
Jul 28, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Japan's renewable energy sector seeks carbon-neutral windfall
Japan needs to boost renewable energy by reforming outdated policies on land use and the national grid if it is to meet a new goal of carbon neutrality by 2050, industry players and experts say.
Dec 23, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
How floating solar panels are being used to power electric grids
In a world of finite land, solar farms can take up a lot of space. But there's a solution for that scarcity: panels that float.
Mar 9, 2023
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Engineering
Land use matters as communities cut carbon emissions
With no-wind-turbine signs on roadsides next to cornfields, it's hardly surprising that land use is a thorny issue for renewables. But how much land do different zero-carbon technologies really use?
Oct 6, 2022
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