Engineering
Have you ever wondered what a spacecraft and a pacemaker have in common? Both are powered by plutonium-238 (238Pu), a versatile isotope, known for its ideal heating properties.
Jun 4, 2024
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Machine learning & AI
Conversational agents (CAs) such as Alexa and Siri are designed to answer questions, offer suggestions—and even display empathy. However, new research finds they do poorly compared to humans when interpreting and exploring ...
May 9, 2024
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Engineering
Plants and animals on land aren't the only organisms that need oxygen to survive. Underwater aquatic life also requires dissolved oxygen to live and prosper.
Mar 9, 2022
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Security
Facial-recognition technology has become embedded in China, from airports to hotels, e-commerce sites and even public toilets, but a law professor had enough when asked to scan his face at a safari park.
Jan 8, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI), a pioneering research institute for all-solid-state (sulfide-based) batteries that are free of fire and explosion hazards, has recently developed a novel technology that ...
Jun 19, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Vehicles have evolved to become more efficient and sophisticated, but their fuel hasn't necessarily evolved along with them. The Department of Energy is determined to identify cleaner burning and renewable alternatives to ...
Jan 12, 2021
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Engineering
The synthesis of plastic precursors, such as polymers, involves specialized catalysts. However, the traditional batch-based method of finding and screening the right ones for a given result consumes liters of solvent, generates ...
Apr 14, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) provide our portable devices like tablets and mobiles—and increasingly also vehicles—with power. As the share of volatile renewable energy needing electricity storage increases, more and more ...
Sep 5, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Solid-state batteries are considered as beacon of hope in battery research because, among other things, they can store higher amounts of energy and are faster to charge than conventional liquid electrolytes.
Apr 13, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Scientists led by a team at Caltech have developed a new method for potentially removing nearly all sulfur compounds from gas and diesel fuel.
Feb 27, 2017
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