Energy & Green Tech
A multi-institutional research team led by Georgia Tech's Hailong Chen has developed a new, low-cost cathode that could radically improve lithium-ion batteries (LIBs)—potentially transforming the electric vehicle (EV) market ...
Sep 23, 2024
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Engineering
Engineers at RMIT University have designed an innovative tubular structural system that can be packed flat for easier transport and pop up into strong building materials. This breakthrough is made possible by a self-locking ...
Sep 23, 2024
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Robotics
Engineers working on Google's DeepMind project have announced the development of two new AI-based robot systems. One called ALOHA Unleashed was developed to advance the science of bi-arm manipulation. The other, called DemoStart, ...
Sep 23, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
Energy infrastructure of the future could look very different to the infrastructure we rely on today. Research by a team of experts from the National Nuclear Laboratory shows that powering hydrogen production using nuclear ...
Sep 23, 2024
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Robotics
Drones can make air freight cheaper and remote areas more connected. But tracking them will be key.
Sep 23, 2024
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Business
Amazon launched a new AI-powered personal assistant for third-party vendors Thursday, one of many new features the company rolled out for its independent sellers this week.
Sep 23, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
On a tributary of the Hudson River, a tugboat powered by ammonia eased away from the shipyard dock and sailed for the first time to show how the maritime industry can slash planet-warming carbon dioxide emissions.
Sep 23, 2024
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Security
A trio of AI researchers at ETH Zurich, Switzerland, has modified an AI-based, picture-processing model to solve Google's reCAPTCHAv2 human-testing system.
Sep 24, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
A team has developed a novel strategy for solid-state electrocatalysis in lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), transcending the paradigm confining electrocatalysis to liquid-solid and gas-solid interfaces. Their study is published ...
Sep 24, 2024
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Business
Artificial intelligence (AI) may reshape many industries, but the impact of the nascent technology on various jobs remains unclear. Daniele Quercia and colleagues used machine learning to investigate itself, by identifying ...
Sep 24, 2024
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Robotics
Humans can grab a book from a shelf with little obvious thought. But it's a complex process for the brain that involves planning and navigating around obstacles, like other books or knickknacks. Robotics researchers have ...
Sep 24, 2024
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Consumer & Gadgets
Have you ever stood in front of apples on display at the grocery store trying to pick out the best ones and wondered, "Is there an app for this?"
Sep 24, 2024
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Machine learning & AI
The large language models that have increasingly taken over the tech world are not "cheap" in many ways. The most prominent LLMs, such as GPT-4, took some $100 million to build in the form of legal costs of accessing training ...
Sep 24, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
Barriers that are currently preventing the use of greater percentages of biomass-based diesel fuel blended into petroleum diesel have been identified, along with strategies to overcome them, according to researchers at the ...
Sep 24, 2024
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Electronics & Semiconductors
As computing technology advances, we have shifted from using large, single-chip processors to systems made up of smaller, specialized chips called "chiplets." These chiplets work together to boost processing power and efficiency.
Sep 25, 2024
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Engineering
When Valery Levitas left Europe in 1999, he packed up a rotational diamond anvil cell and brought it to the United States. He and the researchers in his group are still using a much-advanced version of that pressing, twisting ...
Sep 25, 2024
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Engineering
A major advancement in structural adhesives for the automotive industry has been developed by researchers at Nagoya University. This next-generation adhesive promises to revolutionize material bonding by offering unprecedented ...
Sep 25, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
Buildings account for about 90% of Hong Kong's electricity consumption and over 60% of carbon emissions. Energy conservation in buildings is crucial for achieving climate mitigation goals. Hong Kong Polytechnic University ...
Sep 25, 2024
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Engineering
Utility companies in the United States could double electric transmission capacity by 2035 by replacing existing transmission lines with those made from advanced materials, according to a new study published today in the ...
Sep 25, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
Nantucket residents have filed a petition asking the Supreme Court to hear its appeal of a lower court decision allowing the feds to rush its approval of offshore wind projects without considering impacts to the ocean ecosystem.
Sep 25, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
Finding a needle in a haystack is the quintessentially impossible task. But what if new tools could make it straightforwardly achievable? Imagine if, instead of searching through everything by hand, you could portion out ...
Sep 25, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
Washington State University scientists successfully tested a new way to produce sustainable jet fuel from lignin-based agricultural waste. Published in the journal Fuel Processing Technology, the team's research demonstrated ...
Sep 26, 2024
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Computer Sciences
Artificial intelligence (AI) models like ChatGPT run on algorithms and have great appetites for data, which they process through machine learning, but what about the limits of their data-processing abilities? Researchers ...
Sep 26, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
The sight of solar panels installed on rooftops and large energy farms has become commonplace in many regions around the world. Even in gray and rainy UK, solar power is becoming a major player in electricity generation.
Sep 26, 2024
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Engineering
In most inorganic semiconductors, electrons serve as the primary charge carriers, which limits the development of complementary devices and circuits. A recent study by City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) researchers has ...
Sep 26, 2024
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Engineering
Artificial Intelligence can forecast gas-related incidents in coal mines within half an hour, according to a new study exploring how the technology can reduce the risk of disasters.
Sep 26, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
The electricity workforce will need to double in five years to achieve Australia's 2030 renewable energy target, our new report finds. More than 80% of these jobs will be in renewables. Jobs in energy storage alone will overtake ...
Sep 26, 2024
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Consumer & Gadgets
Have you noticed certain words and phrases popping up everywhere lately?
Sep 26, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
Hydrogen is often seen as the fuel of the future on account of its zero-emission and high gravimetric energy density, meaning it stores more energy per unit of mass compared to gasoline. Its low volumetric density, however, ...
Sep 27, 2024
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Consumer & Gadgets
A team of AI researchers at Universitat Politècnica de València, in Spain, has found that as popular LLMs (Large Language Models) grow larger and more sophisticated, they become less likely to admit to a user that they ...
Sep 27, 2024
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Transcranial focused ultrasound, a non-invasive technique to stimulate specific areas of the brain using high-frequency sound waves, could be a promising treatment strategy for many neurological disorders. Most notably, it ...
Sep 27, 2024
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Engineering
A team of scientists has developed a novel digital encoding and data storage system based on a combination of microcapsules containing different luminescent dyes and phase change materials. This work represents an important ...
Sep 27, 2024
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Engineering
The number of tidal power and other offshore renewable energy installations is set to grow significantly around the UK coastline over the coming decades.
Sep 27, 2024
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Robotics
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), commonly known as drones, have proved to be highly effective systems for monitoring and exploring environments. These autonomous flying robots could also be used to create detailed maps and ...
Sep 27, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
Stanford-led research reveals how water systems, from desalination plants to wastewater treatment facilities, could help make renewable energy more affordable and dependable. The study, published Sept. 27 in Nature Water, ...
Sep 27, 2024
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Robotics
According to a recent study in Scientific Reports, Turing patterns can be used to develop a new method for designing and producing fabric-based soft pneumatic actuators (FSPAs).
Sep 28, 2024
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Consumer & Gadgets
In late November 2020, I was one of those people standing in line—or rather, refreshing my browser—hoping to snag a PlayStation 5 during a restock. The pandemic was in full swing, and with most of the world locked indoors, ...
Sep 28, 2024
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Internet
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes on Friday added conditions for Elon Musk's X to have its service reestablished in the country, one day after the social media platform said it had complied with all the ...
Sep 28, 2024
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Business
The union for striking Boeing workers said Friday that talks with the aviation giant "broke off" without agreement, after some 33,000 US employees walked out this month.
Sep 28, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
A recent study published in Engineering, "Indoor Thermal Environment Improvement Based on Switchable Radiation/Convection-Combined Intermittent Heating: Comparison between Conventional Terminals and Integrated Novel Terminal," ...
Sep 28, 2024
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Automotive
Electric vehicles can catch fire if they are inundated by saltwater, so owners who live in the path of a major storm like Hurricane Helene should take precautions and prepare for the possibility that they'll be unable to ...
Sep 28, 2024
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Business
The UK government announced on Friday that it had acquired a key semiconductor factory after fears its imminent closure would hamper a crucial supply chain to Britain's armed forces.
Sep 28, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
Taxi driver Surendra Parajuli's decision to buy an electric cab would have been unthinkable a decade ago, when chronic power cuts left Nepalis unable to light their homes at night.
Sep 29, 2024
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