Computer Sciences
Human sensory systems are very good at recognizing objects that we see or words that we hear, even if the object is upside down or the word is spoken by a voice we've never heard.
Oct 16, 2023
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Engineering
Using neutrons to see the additive manufacturing process at the atomic level, scientists have shown that they can measure strain in a material as it evolves and track how atoms move in response to stress.
Oct 16, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Resistance to adoption of solar panels as an economical and efficient replacement for fossil fuels is based on inaccurate information being spread by foes of renewable energy.
Oct 16, 2023
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Materials scientists at Kiel University and the Fraunhofer Institute for Silicon Technology in Itzehoe (ISIT) have cleared another hurdle in the development and structuring of new materials for next-generation semiconductor ...
Oct 16, 2023
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Computer Sciences
A team of computer scientists at the University of California Berkeley, working with one colleague from the University of California San Diego and another from Carnegie Mellon University, has created a large-scale dataset ...
Oct 16, 2023
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Engineering
With the new stage of energy transition in progress, the key tendency of power market development today is distributed power generation, which is characterized by decentralization, smart energy systems, involvement of consumers, ...
Oct 16, 2023
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Engineering
MIT engineers aim to produce totally green, carbon-free hydrogen fuel with a new, train-like system of reactors that is driven solely by the sun.
Oct 16, 2023
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Business
The world may have crossed a "tipping point" that will inevitably make solar power our main source of energy, new research suggests.
Oct 17, 2023
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Internet
In a world that relies on high-speed internet and seamless communication, the absence of a reliable fiber connection can be a significant hurdle. Fortunately, a cutting-edge technology known as free-space optical communication ...
Oct 17, 2023
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Hardware
There is an intense, worldwide search for novel materials to build computer microchips with that are not based on classic transistors but on much more energy-saving, brain-like components. However, whereas the theoretical ...
Oct 17, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
A collaborative research team has achieved a milestone in battery technology. Their achievement in developing a non-flammable gel polymer electrolyte (GPE) is set to revolutionize the safety of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) ...
Oct 17, 2023
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Scientists have discovered a way to design materials that improve energy efficiency, in a breakthrough that could help the fight against climate change, make manufacturing greener, and could even take the hassle out of charging ...
Oct 17, 2023
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Robotics
Anyone who has ever tried to pack a family-sized amount of luggage into a sedan-sized trunk knows this is a hard problem. Robots struggle with dense packing tasks, too.
Oct 17, 2023
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Business
Apple chief Tim Cook made a surprise visit to China this week, greeting gamers in the southwestern city of Chengdu as his company faces slumping phone sales in its biggest market.
Oct 17, 2023
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Taiwanese tech giant Foxconn and US hardware leader Nvidia said Wednesday they would team up to create "AI factories", powerful data processing centers that would drive the manufacturing of next-generation products such as ...
Oct 18, 2023
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Engineering
Researchers have invented an experimental wearable device that generates power from a user's bending finger and can create and store memories, in a promising step towards health monitoring and other technologies.
Oct 18, 2023
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Engineering
To get a sense of what StructCode is all about, says Mustafa Doğa Doğan, think of Superman. Not the "faster than a speeding bullet" and "more powerful than a locomotive" version, but a Superman, or Superwoman, who sees ...
Oct 18, 2023
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Robotics
Taking inspiration from music streaming services, a team of engineers at the University of Michigan, Google and Georgia Tech has designed the simplest way for users to program their own exoskeleton assistance settings.
Oct 18, 2023
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Security
The ability of chatbots to infer private details about users from otherwise innocuous texts is a cause for concern, say Swiss university researchers at ETH Zurich.
Oct 18, 2023
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Engineering
Every day, there are more than 45,000 flights carrying 2.9 million airline passengers in the United States alone. While supporting this endeavor, aircraft are subjected to a variety of operational conditions from environmental ...
Oct 18, 2023
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Robotics
Now that improvements in technology mean that some robots work alongside humans, there is evidence that those humans have learned to see them as team-mates—and teamwork can have negative as well as positive effects on people's ...
Oct 18, 2023
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Hardware
In a paper published in Nature Photonics, researchers from the University of Oxford, along with collaborators from the Universities of Muenster, Heidelberg, and Exeter, report on their development of integrated photonic-electronic ...
Oct 19, 2023
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Computer Sciences
Transformers are machine learning models designed to uncover and track patterns in sequential data, such as text sequences. In recent years, these models have become increasingly sophisticated, forming the backbone of popular ...
Oct 19, 2023
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Engineering
ChatGPT and other deep generative models are proving to be uncanny mimics. These AI supermodels can churn out poems, finish symphonies, and create new videos and images by automatically learning from millions of examples ...
Oct 19, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
High-capacity and reliable rechargeable batteries are a critical component of many devices and even modes of transport. They play a key role in the shift to a greener world. A wide variety of elements are used in their production, ...
Oct 19, 2023
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Engineering
Organic semiconductor materials are promising key technologies for the development of state-of-the-art optoelectronic components and are used in photovoltaics as well as in sensor technology and microelectronics. In order ...
Oct 19, 2023
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Consumer & Gadgets
In recent years, there's been a growing desire for improved virtual reality (VR) displays. People want VR experiences to feel even more realistic and immersive. However, a common issue known as the "screen door effect" has ...
Oct 19, 2023
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Business
Taiwan's TSMC on Thursday said profit fell by a quarter in the third-quarter, but said demand was picking up for its advanced semiconductors needed for cutting-edge AI applications.
Oct 19, 2023
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Hardware
A large team of computer scientists and engineers at IBM Research has developed a dedicated computer chip that is able to run AI-based image recognition apps 22 times as fast as chips that are currently on the market.
Oct 20, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
The food industry generates enormous amounts of waste and by-products, including from poultry production. Each year, some 40 million metric tons of chicken feathers are incinerated. This not only releases large amounts of ...
Oct 20, 2023
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Business
The European Union's self-styled digital enforcer, Thierry Breton, doesn't mince his words when it comes to big tech.
Oct 20, 2023
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Robotics
Bio-machine hybrid robots (BHRs) represent a new generation of micro-aerial vehicles that be controlled by building an interface between biological and artificial systems. In contrast to conventional bionic robots, they are ...
Oct 20, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
University of Birmingham researchers have announced a new approach for recycling the highest value component of end-of-life electric car batteries, the battery cathode, that is less energy-intensive and uses less hazardous ...
Oct 20, 2023
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Hardware
The HEP research project has presented an open, flexible design for a security chip. The project, "Hardening the value chain through open source, trusted EDA tools and processors (HEP)," uses open source, free components ...
Oct 20, 2023
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Engineering
When Australia last went into El Niño, we had water supply issues in Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne.
Oct 20, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Fuel cells are seen as a promising source of green energy, with the potential to revolutionize various industries including transportation and power generation. They produce electricity through a chemical reaction whose only ...
Oct 21, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
A decade after a wave of bankruptcies all but wiped out the German solar industry, the sector is looking to reestablish itself in the face of stiff competition from abroad.
Oct 22, 2023
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Business
Amazon employees have long worked alongside robots—but the company is now testing a very lifelike, two-legged machine to help its human co-workers with some tasks.
Oct 22, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Chemistry and material science researchers at Colorado State University have developed a new class of recyclable polymers that could replace common single-use plastics with a large environmental footprint like grocery bags.
Oct 22, 2023
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Business
Taiwanese tech giant Foxconn is under tax and land use investigations at several of its sites in China, state media reported on Sunday.
Oct 22, 2023
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