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China’s green-tech manufacturing powerhouse
China is a manufacturing powerhouse, and also dominates the production of green tech such as solar panels.
China has extended its…
Computer scientists discover gap in the latest security mechanisms used by some chips
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Over the past few years, hardware manufacturers have developed technologies that ought to make it possible for…
Findings pave way for longer-lasting solid-state batteries
Graphical abstract. Credit: The Journal of Physical Chemistry C (2023). DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c05419
Lithium-ion batteries contain…
Internet outage hits several African countries as undersea cables fail
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A dozen countries across Africa suffered a major internet outage on Thursday as multiple undersea…
Introducing Floorlocator, a system that enhances indoor navigation
Overview of FloorLocator. It takes as input WiFi scans, which are organized in a graph of visible APs before feeding into a spiking graph neural network for…
Dating apps: Lack of regulation, oversight and competition affects quality, and millions stand to…
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When Aleksandr Zhadan used ChatGPT to talk to over 5,000 women on Tinder, it was a sign of things to…
Self-organizing robotic aggregate design inspired by flowing and rigid behaviors of sandpiles
Red arrows represent the actuated magnets' direction of rotation. Blue arrows represent Granulobots in the process of reconfiguration. (A) Individual Granulobot…
Pixel perfect: Engineers’ new approach brings images into focus
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Johns Hopkins researchers have developed an efficient new method to turn blurry images into clear,…
Proliferating ‘news’ sites spew AI-generated fake stories
Hundreds of AI-powered sites are mimicking news outlets.
A sensational story about the Israeli prime minister's "psychiatrist" exploded…
Research team develops mechanoluminescent touchscreen that works underwater
A schematic representation of an optical display system using mechanoluminescence and mechanical quenching in afterglow luminescent particles. Credit: POSTECH…
Physicists develop a modular robot with liquid and solid properties
The Granulobot is composed of simple gear-like units with magnets. This design allows the individual units to move as a whole, much like a swarm of bees. Credit:…
Unlocking the potential of lithium-ion batteries with advanced binders
Next-generation binder for lithium-ion batteries. Caption: Researchers have engineered a high-performance binder for micro-silicon oxide (SiO)-based electrodes…
Universal-TikTok feud ramps up as more songs come down
Taylor Swift is among the Universal Music Group artists whose music has been removed from TikTok.
Universal Music Group has lambasted…
An AI system that offers emotional support via chat
Homepage of the EmoAda Software System. On the homepage, the digital persona will provide guidance, and a user can access various function modules by clicking on…
Scientists develop a high-precision router
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Your next router will know where you're sitting. A team of researchers from two Madrid…
App lets Indigenous Brazilians connect in own languages
Cristina Quirino Mariano, a member of the Ticuna people, writes a message using the Linklado app in Manaus, northern Brazil.
For…
US to limit sale of personal data to foreign adversaries
US President Joe Biden is set to issue an executive order aimed at restricting sales of Americans' sensitive personal data abroad.…
Human-like real-time sketching by a humanoid robot
TEO the UC3M Robotics Lab humanoid robot painting a flower. Credit: Fernandez-Fernandez et al
The rapid advancement of deep learning…
Diversifying data to beat bias
Sample and density maps of synthetic datasets projected onto CLIP latent planes, computed via measure functions described in Section 5.1. Top: Random sampling…
Reddit strikes $60M deal allowing Google to train AI models on its posts, unveils IPO plans
This June 29, 2020 file photo shows the Reddit logo on a mobile device in New York. Reddit struck a deal with Google that allows the search giant to use posts from…
Study reveals eco-friendly way to generate power from waste wood
Schematic representation of the preparation of lignin-derived membranes: A) Step-by-methodology; B) Entrapment of PVA chains along vertical ice crystals and…
Engineers reveal chemicals responsible for ‘black ice’ on railway lines
Formation of the leaf layer at Quinton Rail Technology Center, Stratford-upon-Avon, U.K. Credit: Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and…
Clean energy and conservation collide in California coastal waters
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Two of President Joe Biden's biggest priorities—conservation and the switch to clean energy—are colliding in the…
Study unveils scalable and efficient photoelectrode modules for green hydrogen production
NiFeOOH/Ni/FAPbI3 photoanode and all-PSK-based en-PEC mini-module. Credit: Nature Energy (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41560-023-01438-x
In a…
Self-extinguishing batteries could reduce the risk of deadly and costly battery fires
In a newly published study in Nature Sustainability, we describe our design for a self-extinguishing rechargeable battery. It replaces the most commonly used electrolyte, which is highly combustible—a medium composed of a…
Artificial intelligence helps unlock advances in wireless communications
UBCO Assistant Professor Anas Chaaban, left,and his team in the UBCO Communication Theory Lab, is exploring how artificial intelligence can impact the next…
Where are all the women in tech?
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While working as a software development project manager in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Bianca Trinkenreich…
Quantum computing to spark ‘cybersecurity Armageddon,’ IBM says
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Governments and businesses are not prepared for the havoc quantum computers will sow in cybersecurity by…
Mini-robots modeled on insects may be smallest, lightest, fastest ever developed
A water skimmer robot created by WSU scientists. Credit: WSU Photo Services
Two insect-like robots, a mini-bug and a water strider,…
Decoupled style structure in Fourier domain method improves raw to sRGB mapping
by Zhang Jie and Zhao Weiwei, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences…
Researchers propose new scheme for Internet of Things that uses fog computing
System model. Credit: Drones (2023). DOI: 10.3390/drones7100622
Researchers from RUDN University have proposed a new scheme for the…
Artificial ‘power plants’ harness energy from wind and rain
This "power plant," featuring beige, leaf-shaped generators, can capture energy from gentle breezes and falling raindrops. Credit: Adapted from ACS Sustainable…
Framework for transportation agencies to improve ramp control strategies
Illustration of a qualitative freeway stretch. Credit: Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems (2024). DOI: 10.1080/15472450.2023.2301696…
Oxygen vacancies boost performance of aqueous zinc ion batteries, study finds
by Li Zhaoqian and Zhao Weiwei, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences…
Mac at 40: User experience was the innovation that launched a technology revolution
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Technology innovation requires solving hard technical problems, right? Well, yes. And no. As the Apple…
Scientists fabricate high-temperature-resistant separators for lithium-ion batteries
The SEM image and high-temperature cycle performance of the PET-based separator. Credit: IMP
Scientists have fabricated…
New, portable antenna could help restore communication after disasters
Operational concept of the multi-stable deployable and reconfigurable quadrifilar helix antenna for Disaster-Prone Areas. Overview of the coupled structural and…
Researchers release solar power data software to increase clean energy generation
A visual representation of the amount of power generated by a solar panel system over about four years. Breaks in the yellow and orange colored sections show when a…
Microsoft says state-backed Russian hackers accessed emails of senior leadership team members
The Microsoft logo is shown at the Mobile World Congress 2023 in Barcelona, Spain, on March 2, 2023. In a blog post Friday, Jan. 19, 2024, Microsoft says…
A wearable robot that makes climbing mountains easier
A 65-year-old man successfully climbs to the top of Mount Yongbong in Bukhansan Mountain using a wearable robot and muscle support. Credit: Korea Institute of…
Face recognition technology follows a long analog history of surveillance and control based on…
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American Amara Majeed was accused of terrorism by the Sri Lankan police in 2019. Robert Williams was…
Survey shows digital divide narrowing in California, but many low-income residents still…
Broadband adoption by presence of school-age children. Credit: USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism and California Emerging Technology Fund…
What the Red Sea crisis could mean for the electric vehicle industry and the planet
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Automotive giants Tesla and Volvo have announced pauses to the production of their electric vehicles…
AI-driven method to automate the discovery of brand related features in product design
BIGNet captures luxury segments’ well-distinguishable car parts including grille, headlights, and fog lights, while there are much fewer geometric clues on…
Researchers develop 70kW-level high power density vanadium flow battery stack
70 kW-level vanadium flow battery stack. Credit: DICP
Recently, a research team led by Prof. Li Xianfeng from the Dalian Institute of…
A cation replacement method to realize highly preforming electrolytes for multivalent metal…
Synthesis route and characterization of different Ca/Mg solvates. a, Schematic of the cation replacement method using a zinc organoborate solvation precursor: the…
Hundreds opposed changes to rooftop solar credits in Idaho: It was approved anyway
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Changes have arrived to rooftop solar in Idaho, whether its proponents like it or not.…
Cryptocurrency’s surprising transparency advantage
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As perhaps befits a product of the post-2008 economy, the cryptocurrency space has never known normalcy.…
AI study shows Raphael painting was not entirely the master’s work
Madonna of the Rose, Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio). Credit: Museo Nacional del Prado
A famous Raphael painting features a face that was NOT…
Study: Customized GPT has security vulnerability
Privacy issues with OpenAI interfaces. In the left figure, we could exploit the information of filenames. In the right figure, we could know how the user designed…