Consumer & Gadgets
To guide consumers in their choice of electrical appliances and devices, over a decade ago the European Union introduced an energy efficiency labeling scheme. This scheme gives potential buyers an idea of much electrical ...
Energy & Green Tech
The color of smoke coming out from chimneys can vary greatly based on its source and how it is produced. For instance, small coal or biomass stoves typically release dense, black smoke, while power generation plants produce ...
Machine learning & AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) tools are now widely employed worldwide, assisting both engineers and non-expert users with a wide range of tasks. Assessing the safety and reliability of these tools is thus of utmost importance, ...
Robotics
Companion robots enhanced with artificial intelligence may one day help alleviate the loneliness epidemic, suggests a new report from researchers at Auckland, Duke, and Cornell Universities.
Jul 13, 2023
0
97
Automotive
A new machine learning model can predict traffic activity in different zones of cities. To do so, a Complexity Science Hub researcher used data from a main car-sharing company in Italy as a proxy for overall city traffic. ...
Feb 28, 2023
0
89
Business
Green hydrogen would likely supply less than 1% of total energy globally by 2035, while the European Union might hit the 1% mark a little earlier by about 2030. In particular, the EU's 2030 plan to supply 10 million tons ...
Sep 8, 2022
2
25
Internet
Consumers are expected to spend more than $100 billion at online pharmacies in the next few years, but not all of these businesses are legitimate. Without proper quality control, these illicit online pharmacies are more than ...
Aug 28, 2020
1
55
Energy & Green Tech
Fears that electric cars could actually increase carbon emissions are unfounded in almost all parts of the world, news research shows. Media reports have regularly questioned whether electric cars are really "greener" once ...
Mar 23, 2020
6
856
Energy & Green Tech
If the world is using more and more data, then it must be using more and more energy, right? Not so, says a comprehensive new analysis.
Feb 27, 2020
1
149
Energy & Green Tech
Integrating digital tools into the world's energy systems could reduce carbon emissions by more than 50%, a new review has found.
Feb 14, 2020
0
272
