Engineering
Changing climate patterns have left millions of people vulnerable to weather extremes. As temperature fluctuations become more commonplace around the world, conventional power-guzzling cooling and heating systems need a more ...
Jul 9, 2021
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Computer Sciences
Artificial intelligence and machine learning are already an integral part of our everyday lives online. For example, search engines such as Google use intelligent ranking algorithms, and video streaming services such as Netflix ...
Jan 11, 2021
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Hi Tech & Innovation
UK-based Bodle Technologies calls its technology simple—and revolutionary. Their story: ultra-thin structures capable of manipulating light using means, whether electrical, optical or mechanical. "Filter, steer or dim light ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
A compact, lightweight sensor system with infrared imaging capabilities developed by an international team of engineers could be easily fitted to a drone for remote crop monitoring.
Jun 7, 2024
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Robotics
When it comes to mapping new territory, NASA's record swamps Lewis and Clark's. And the space agency doesn't only chart other stars and planets—a vantage point from space also allows a great view of Earth. Now a recent ...
Jun 4, 2024
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Engineering
A technology developed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory works to keep food refrigerated with phase change materials, or PCMs, while reducing carbon emissions by 30%.
May 23, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers have demonstrated that an additive made from polymers and electrolytes improves the thermal performance and stability of salt hydrate phase change materials, or PCMs, a finding that ...
Nov 16, 2023
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Engineering
Heating and cooling homes carries a hefty economic and environmental price tag. The U.S. Energy Information Administration has reported more than half of all home energy in the United States is used for heating and cooling, ...
Mar 1, 2023
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Engineering
Researchers from Lithuania and Cyprus claim that the energy payback period of using phase change materials, new technology in the construction industry, is the shortest in a colder climate. The optimal location for their ...
Feb 3, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
It is no news that society's dependence on non-renewable fossil fuels has led to the ongoing global energy and climate crisis. The emissions from coal, natural gas, and petroleum-based fuel are major contributors to air pollution ...
Oct 21, 2022
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