Energy & Green Tech
An invention made from waste polystyrene that generates static electricity from motion and wind could lower power usage by recycling waste energy in air conditioners and other applications.
Oct 28, 2024
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Business
The potential of human-AI collaboration has captured our imagination: a future where human creativity and AI's analytical power combine to make critical decisions and solve complex problems. But new research from the MIT ...
Oct 28, 2024
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Engineering
The research team of Dr. Byeongjin Park and Dr. Sang Bok Lee from the Composites & Convergence Materials Research Division at the Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS), has developed the world's first ultra-thin film ...
Oct 28, 2024
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Robotics
In the classic cartoon "The Jetsons," Rosie the robotic maid seamlessly switches from vacuuming the house to cooking dinner to taking out the trash. But in real life, training a general-purpose robot remains a major challenge.
Oct 28, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
The transition to renewable energy requires efficient methods for storing large amounts of electricity. Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed a new method that could extend the lifespan of ...
Oct 28, 2024
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Engineering
Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have invented a new way to align 3D semiconductor chips by shining a laser through concentric metalenses patterned on the chips to produce a hologram. Their work, published ...
Oct 28, 2024
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Engineering
Optical tactile sensors are gaining significant attention as next-generation biometric recognition technologies. Capable of analyzing dynamic forces from a single image, these sensors transcend the limitations of existing ...
Oct 28, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
Tayia Oddonetto was an undergraduate student when her professor inspired her to solve water scarcity. "During class, the professor said that if someone discovered how to turn brine, water with a high salt concentration, into ...
Oct 29, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
Rice University researchers have developed an electrochemical reactor that has the potential to drastically reduce energy consumption for direct air capture, the removal of carbon dioxide directly from the atmosphere.
Oct 29, 2024
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Robotics
Researchers at the National University of Singapore have developed a new robot inspired by one of the most intelligent aquatic animals on Earth: the octopus. This robot, presented in a paper published on the arXiv pre-print ...
Oct 29, 2024
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Hardware
A team of urban environmentalists at the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Institute of Urban Environment, working with a colleague from Reichman University in Israel, has attempted to estimate the amount of e-waste that will ...
Oct 29, 2024
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Robotics
Robots can navigate efficiently through crowds of people by cleverly alternating between independent and cooperative behavior, and in such a way that they disturb the people around them as little as possible. This is the ...
Oct 29, 2024
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Computer Sciences
Blindly following GPS navigation can lead to difficult situations on the road. A research team has analyzed such incidents and is in favor of delegating more personal responsibility to drivers.
Oct 29, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
As stated by the International Energy Agency (IEA), approximately 50% of global final energy consumption is dedicated to heating. Yet, the utilization of solar power in this sector remains relatively low compared to fossil ...
Oct 29, 2024
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Consumer & Gadgets
Large language models (LLMs), AI systems that can process human language and generate new texts in response to written prompts, are now widely used by people worldwide to complete various tasks. These systems can be used ...
Oct 30, 2024
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Researchers have long sought to harness the power of light for computing, aiming to achieve higher speeds and lower energy consumption compared to traditional electronic systems. Optical computing, which uses light instead ...
Oct 30, 2024
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Hardware
A team including researchers from Seoul National University College of Engineering has developed neuromorphic hardware capable of performing artificial intelligence (AI) computations with ultra-low power consumption. The ...
Oct 30, 2024
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Engineering
Someday, people might finally say goodbye to defrosting the freezer or scraping frost off slippery surfaces. Northwestern University engineers have developed a new strategy that prevents frost formation before it begins.
Oct 30, 2024
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Computer Sciences
Have you ever looked at a piece of writing and thought something might be "off"? It might be hard to pinpoint exactly what it is. There might be too many adjectives or the sentence structure might be overly repetitious. It ...
Oct 30, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
Retrofitting a portion of the US shipping fleet from internal combustion engines to battery-electric systems could significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions and be largely cost effective by 2035, according to a new study ...
Oct 30, 2024
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Robotics
Since the industrial revolution, manufacturing processes have continuously evolved in alignment with technological advances. Recent innovations, particularly in the field of robotics, 3D printing and machine learning, could ...
Oct 30, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
"Water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink." You've probably heard a variation of this line from the 1798 poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner lamenting the fact that, despite its abundance, ocean water can't be consumed.
Oct 31, 2024
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Machine learning & AI
Large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT have grown so advanced that they can even pass the US Medical Licensing Exam. But how good are peer reviewers at AI detection, and how does the use of AI affect their perceptions ...
Oct 31, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
Existing perovskite solar cells, which are unable to utilize approximately 52% of total solar energy, have been improved upon by a Korean research team. The team has developed an innovative technology that maximizes near-infrared ...
Oct 31, 2024
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Engineering
Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a wearable ultrasound device that can provide long-term, wireless monitoring of muscle activity with potential applications in health care and human-machine ...
Oct 31, 2024
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Robotics
Left alone, the toy robots will skitter mindlessly across a tabletop and amuse small children and cats. But when engineers at Princeton paired the small toys with a flexible tether, the bots developed remarkable abilities. ...
Oct 31, 2024
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Robotics
A video game in which participants herded virtual cattle has furthered our understanding of how humans make decisions on movement and navigation, and it could help us not only interact more effectively with artificial intelligence, ...
Oct 31, 2024
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Business
Google Maps is heading down a new road steered by artificial intelligence.
Oct 31, 2024
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Engineering
Getting to the heart of causality is central to understanding the world around us. What causes one variable—be it a biological species, a voting region, a company stock, or a local climate—to shift from one state to another ...
Nov 1, 2024
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Internet
The internet search engine of the future will be powered by artificial intelligence. One can already choose from a host of AI-powered or AI-enhanced search engines—though their reliability often still leaves much to be ...
Nov 1, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
A breakthrough in material science could help deliver a new generation of affordable batteries, scientists say. An international team of researchers led by chemists from the University of Glasgow and battery testing experts ...
Nov 1, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
Despite ongoing efforts to curb CO2 emissions with electric and hybrid vehicles, other forms of transportation remain significant contributors of greenhouse gases. To address this issue, old technologies are being revamped ...
Nov 1, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have developed and demonstrated an innovative set of methods to evaluate long-term aging in real-world battery cells.
Nov 1, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
Scientists at Rwanda Forestry Authority have identified two tree species with the potential to generate clean electricity, bringing power to remote communities.
Nov 1, 2024
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Consumer & Gadgets
Despite recent economic headwinds, the video game industry continues to be one of entertainment's most profitable businesses.
Nov 1, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
A remote-controlled robot has safely returned with a tiny piece of melted fuel it collected from inside one of three damaged reactors at the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant for the first time since the 2011 ...
Nov 2, 2024
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Business
Nvidia is replacing Intel on the Dow Jones Industrial Average, ending a 25-year-run for a pioneering semiconductor company that has fallen behind as Nvidia cornered the market for chips that run artificial intelligence systems.
Nov 2, 2024
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Japan is planning to build an automated cargo transport corridor between Tokyo and Osaka, dubbed a "conveyor belt road" by the government, to make up for a shortage of truck drivers.
Nov 2, 2024
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Robotics
Miso Robotics' lab in downtown Pasadena, California, is filled with robots of the past and present.
Nov 2, 2024
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Business
Originally built to store crops from peasant farmers, the Tithe Barn on the edge of the English village of Abbots Langley was converted into homes that preserve its centuries of history. Now, its residents are fighting to ...
Nov 2, 2024
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Machine learning & AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) has permeated our lives. Our phones unlock at the sight of our faces. We can have entire text conversations with ChatGPT. Amazon knows what I am looking for, and my email finishes my sentences ...
Nov 3, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
As the price of fuel soared in Ethiopia earlier this year, Awgachew Seleshi decided to buy an electric car. That aligned with the government's new efforts to phase out gas-powered vehicles. But months later, he's questioning ...
Nov 3, 2024
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Consumer & Gadgets
For some television viewers, size apparently does matter.
Nov 3, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has approved a revised plan for a massive proposed wind farm after he rejected a sharply slimmed-down version earlier this year.
Nov 3, 2024
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