Engineering
Exploding cars may be entertaining to watch in action films. But cars erupting into fireballs when they crash or tumble down a mountainside is one of the most common and scientifically preposterous movie tropes.
May 19, 2023
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Business
Less than two months into his $44 billion purchase of Twitter, Elon Musk declared that whoever took over as the company's CEO " must like pain a lot." Then he promised he'd step down as soon as he found a replacement "foolish ...
May 15, 2023
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Internet
(Editor's note: This article contains plot spoilers.) Society's understanding of technology and cybersecurity often is based on simple stereotypes and sensational portrayals in the entertainment media. I've written about ...
May 12, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Hydrogen, seen as the "ultimate energy" for the 21st century, boasts benefits such as being clean and renewable as well as storable and versatile. The International Energy Agency predicts that 115 million tons of hydrogen ...
May 9, 2023
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Business
An "unprecedented ramp-up of production capacity" over the next two decades is needed to provide enough solar power to completely decarbonize the global electrical system, but that goal can be achieved, according to an analysis ...
May 8, 2023
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Business
As generative AI increases in capability, these models are moving from the lab to the office. But do they improve worker productivity?
Apr 26, 2023
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Anyone who's ever watched the classic 1960s cartoon "The Jetsons" will recall the flying cars everyone used. Ever since, people have wondered when the day might come that flying cars could become reality.
Apr 24, 2023
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Engineering
The automotive industry frequently uses steels containing multiple phases, in particular soft ferrite and hard martensite. These types of steel have complex microstructures, making it difficult to control the processes of ...
Apr 24, 2023
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Business
The global semiconductor industry has been rocked by trade restrictions that threaten to upend longstanding supply chains and exacerbate geopolitical tensions between the United States and China.
Apr 20, 2023
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Robotics
For the past three years, Terry Aberhart has watched the spindly, fixed-wing drones zip across the big skies over his farm in Canada's Saskatchewan province, testing a technology that could be the future of weeding.
Apr 19, 2023
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