Microsoft won a nearly $22 billion contract to supply U.S. Army combat troops with its augmented reality headsets. from Consumer Electroni...
New Hampshire coastal recreationists support offshore wind
As the Biden administration announces a plan to expand the development of offshore wind energy development (OWD) along the East Coast, resea...
New OnePlus models take the flagship phone game up a notch
There isn't much in the tech world that makes me happier than a day when we get new flagship phones. from Consumer Electronics News - ...
How many countries are ready for nuclear-powered electricity?
As demand for low-carbon electricity rises around the world, nuclear power offers a promising solution. But how many countries are good cand...
Thermal power nanogenerator created without solid moving parts
As environmental and energy crises become increasingly more common occurrences around the world, a thermal energy harvester capable of conve...
High production rates for fuel cells
To create a sustainable road traffic system, hundreds of thousands of fuel cells will be needed for hydrogen-powered cars in the future. Unt...
Scientists design 'smart' device to harvest daylight
A team of Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) researchers has designed a 'smart' device to harvest daylight ...
A new strategy to enhance the performance of silicon heterojunction solar cells
Crystalline silicon (c-Si) solar cells are among the most promising solar technologies on the market. These solar cells have numerous advant...
The global race to develop 'green' hydrogen
It's seen as the missing link in the race for carbon-neutrality: "green" hydrogen produced without fossil fuel energy is a pop...
A hydrogen future for planes, trains and factories
Hydrogen could potentially power trains, planes, trucks and factories in the future, helping the world rid itself of harmful emissions. fr...
Google Maps to show more eco-friendly routes
Google on Tuesday said it will start showing users of its free Maps navigation service travel routes less damaging to the environment as jus...
Integrating solar panels in shady places
Due to stricter regulations of sustainability, we might see solar panels more often not only on sunny rooftops, but more and more on shaded ...
Shining, colored LED lighting on microalgae for next-generation biofuel
As ethanol, biodiesel, and other biofuels continue to present challenges, such as competing with food security or lacking the technology for...
How to quickly come to grips with complex manufacturing processes
Optimizing production plants so that they operate in a more energy-efficient way or produce fewer rejects is often difficult, as production ...
Quality control via sound: AI for those without experience
Many companies do not have the confidence to try out artificial intelligence models. These models can, after all, quickly become confusing. ...
Inspecting finished components in real time with AI
Delivered components have to undergo an incoming goods inspection to ensure they are correctly dimensioned and everything else is just right...
Ready for duty: Healthcare robots get good prognosis for next pandemic
Not long after the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, Czech writer Karel Čapek first introduced the term "robot" to describe artificial pe...
Keeping an eye on infrastructure systems: 4 tactics
Even minor disruptions in infrastructure systems can have fatal consequences. Researchers and practitioners counter that risk by taking acti...
New early warning system for self-driving cars
A team of researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has developed a new early warning system for vehicles that uses artificial...
Homing in on longer-lasting perovskite solar cells
Materials called perovskites are widely heralded as a likely replacement for silicon as the material of choice for solar cells, but their gr...
Cycling is 10 times more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities
Globally, only one in 50 new cars were fully electric in 2020, and one in 14 in the UK. Sounds impressive, but even if all new cars were ele...
Key life decisions shown to affect car ownership and renewable technologies in the home
For decades, car ownership has been essential for personal transportation. The use of cars though leads to problems in cities such as traffi...
MolMapNet: An out-of-the-box deep learning model to predict pharmaceutical properties
Over the past few decades, computer scientists have developed deep learning tools for a broad variety of applications, including for the ana...
A seven-point plan to tackle the world's biggest cooling challenge
The COVID-19 logistics response could be the biggest, single refrigeration challenge the world has ever faced. Cold chains are energy intens...
Flagging coronavirus misinformation tweets changes user behaviors, new research shows
When Twitter flags tweets containing coronavirus misinformation, that really does affect the degree of validity most people ascribe to those...
Auto-updating websites when facts change
Many companies put millions of dollars towards content moderation and curbing fake news. But what about the old news and misinformation that...
Apples to apples: Neural network uses orchard data to predict fruit quality after storage
A researcher from Skoltech and his German colleagues have developed a neural network-based classification algorithm that can use data from a...
Major machine learning datasets have tens of thousands of errors
It's well-known that machine learning datasets have their fair share of errors, including mislabeled images. But there hasn't been m...
Powering the energy transition with better storage
"The overall question for me is how to decarbonize society in the most affordable way," says Nestor Sepulveda SM '16, Ph.D. ...
Unique AI method for generating proteins to speed up drug development
Artificial intelligence is now capable of generating novel, functionally active proteins, thanks to recently published work by researchers f...
Algorithm-generated music recommendations may be least accurate for hard rock listeners
Listeners of high-energy music such as hard rock and hip-hop may be given less accurate music recommendations by music recommender systems t...
Research: Photovoltaics can make the world fossil-free faster than expected
A team of researchers led by Aarhus University and including experts from universities and knowledge institutions in the US, Europe, Japan a...
Researchers demonstrate advantages of human-machine teams for truck transportation
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming more common in many branches of industry and online retailing. Traditional lines of work...
Exploring the impact of broader impact requirements for AI governance
As machine learning algorithms and other artificial intelligence (AI) tools become increasingly widespread, some governments and institution...
An industrially viable competitor to silicon-based solar cells is in the works
Solar cells are excellent renewable energy tools that use sunlight to drive an electrical current for power. They've been used to power ...
Sketching a shape based on its sound
In his dissertation, mathematician Abel Stern managed to reconstruct the shape of a drum on a computer from hearing merely the lowest tones....
Wetware data retrieval: Forensic analysis and data recovery from water-submerged hard drives
A computer hard drive can be a rich source of evidence in a forensic investigation…but only if the device is intact and undamaged otherwise ...
Google Assistant Memory will revolutionize saving and reminders on Android
Whereas the first version of Google's Android Assistant centered on voice commands until Google added visual elements inspired by Smart ...
Video gamers skills enhanced by training 10 minutes a day
Researchers at Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Center for Software and University of Limerick (UL), have found video gamers ca...
A general approach to high-efficiency perovskite solar cells
Researchers from the Institute for Applied Physics (IAP) and the Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden (cfaed) at TU Dresden developed a ...
Exosuit concept peeks at the future of wearable tech
Karl E. Zelik, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, and recent Ph.D. graduate Erik P. Lamers revealed a new exosuit designed to br...
AI-equipped backpack allows the blind to walk in public without dogs or cane
A team of researchers at the University of Georgia has created a backpack equipped with AI gear aimed at replacing guide dogs and canes for ...
Artist's intent: AI recognizes emotions in visual art
Experts in artificial intelligence have gotten quite good at creating computers that can "see" the world around them—recognizing o...
How shipping ports can become more sustainable
Marine shipping drives 90 percent of global trade, moving over 11 billion tons of containers, solid and liquid bulk cargo across the world...
New tech a curtain raiser for cheap clean solar energy
Technology that stores clean energy by heating particles with captured sunlight is cost-effective and reliable, modeling from The Australian...
How tiny machines become capable of learning
Living organisms, from bacteria to animals and humans, can perceive their environment and process, store and retrieve this information. They...
Researchers harvest energy from radio waves to power wearable devices
From microwave ovens to Wi-Fi connections, the radio waves that permeate the environment are not just signals of energy consumed but are als...
After AIs mastered Go and Super Mario, scientists have taught them how to 'play' experiments at NSLS-II
Inspired by the mastery of artificial intelligence (AI) over games like Go and Super Mario, scientists at the National Synchrotron Light Sou...
Renewable energy, new perspectives for photovoltaic cells
In the future, photovoltaic cells could be 'worn' over clothes, placed on cars or even on beach umbrellas. These are just some of th...
Design could enable longer lasting, more powerful lithium batteries
Lithium-ion batteries have made possible the lightweight electronic devices whose portability we now take for granted, as well as the rapid ...
ArtEmis: Affective language for visual art
KAUST Assistant Professor of Computer Science Mohamed Elhoseiny has developed, in collaboration with Stanford University, CA, and École Poly...
Recharged: Energy seen as big winner after disastrous 2020
Energy companies spent the first quarter of 2021 recharging from a draining year. Wall Street expects that growth to continue as energy comp...
Biocrude passes the 2,000-hour catalyst stability test
A large-scale demonstration converting biocrude to renewable diesel fuel has passed a significant test, operating for more than 2,000 hours ...
'Keep off the grass': The biofuel that could help us achieve net zero
The Miscanthus genus of grasses, commonly used to add movement and texture to gardens, could quickly become the first choice for biofuel pro...
How energy modelling influences policymaking and vice versa
Energy models are used to explore different options for the development of energy systems in virtual "laboratories". Scientists ha...
Mobile app generates data for the energy management of the future
Wind farms and solar plants play a central role in the success of the energy transition and thus in climate protection. However, these renew...
Data science and artificial intelligence for the public good
The Federal Statistical Office (FSO) is joining forces with the Swiss Data Science Center, a joint venture between the two federal institute...
Formula 1 must prove sustainability goes beyond the racetrack if it is to prolong its appeal
Formula 1 risks wasting its advances in technology and losing mass appeal unless it learns from the mistakes of the last ten years. from E...
More transparency and understanding into machine behaviors
Explaining, interpreting, and understanding the human mind presents a unique set of challenges. Doing the same for the behaviors of machines...
Support system to help the visually impaired navigate tactile paving
Sight is by far the sense that we humans use the most when navigating an environment. When those who are blind or visually impaired walk alo...
Los Angeles now has a road map for 100% renewable energy
Los Angeles is one of the last places in California still burning coal for electricity—and if all goes according to plan, it could become on...
Investigating the role of cobalt in rechargeable batteries to develop more effective cobalt-free cathodes
Many automotive companies worldwide are currently investing in the development of electric vehicles, which could help to reduce greenhouse g...
Dow-like index for energy prices might help smooth transition to clean power
Since the early industrial revolution in the mid-1700s, fossil fuels have acquired an ever-growing footprint in energy production. However, ...
Floating solar farms could help reduce impacts of climate change on lakes and reservoirs
Floating solar farms could help to protect lakes and reservoirs from some of the harms of climate change, a new study suggests. from Energ...
How Biden can jumpstart U.S. nuclear waste strategy
Nuclear power is likely to be key to the clean energy transition, but the problem of what to do with nuclear waste represents a major hurdle...
Mixed reality gets a machine learning upgrade
Scientists from the Division of Sustainable Energy and Environmental Engineering at Osaka University employed deep learning artificial intel...
Study finds new inroads in fast charging for lithium-ion batteries
Perhaps the most frustrating limitation of owning an all-electric car is how long it takes to fully charge the battery. For a Tesla, for exa...
DARPA announces progress in Air Combat Evolution program
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has revealed strides in its Air Combat Evolution (ACE) program. Midway through Phase 1...
Nintendo's colorful 'Pikmin' video game will be inspiration for 'Pokémon Go' maker's next augmented reality release
Niantic Labs, the maker of "Pokémon Go," is teaming with Nintendo for a new augmented reality video game based on the spritelike ...
Pandemic exacerbates challenges for international energy transition
The COVID-19 Crisis is deepening the divide between energy transition frontrunners and laggards. In a new publication, researchers from the ...
Study reveals plunge in lithium-ion battery costs
The cost of the rechargeable lithium-ion batteries used for phones, laptops, and cars has fallen dramatically over the last three decades, a...
3D fluorescence microscopy gets a boost using recurrent neural networks
Rapid 3D microscopic imaging of fluorescent samples has numerous applications in physical and biomedical sciences. Given the limited axial r...
Sweden's fastest supercomputer for AI is now online
Berzelius is now Sweden's fastest supercomputer for AI and machine learning, and has been installed in the National Supercomputer Centre...
Artificial intelligence revolution offers benefits and challenges
Australia could once again have a globally competitive manufacturing sector by using automation driven by artificial intelligence (AI). That...
India has an ambitious plan for developing more renewable energy; researchers say the country can aim even higher
The world needs more electricity. As populations grow, standards of living increase and more people gain access to modern conveniences, coun...
First closeups of how a lithium-metal electrode ages
The same process that drains the battery of your cell phone even when it's turned off is even more of a problem for lithium-metal batter...
Researchers are helping artificial intelligence understand fairness
"What is fair?" feels like a rhetorical question. But for Michigan State University's Pang-Ning Tan, it's a question that ...
'Das Auto' goes electric as VW takes on Tesla
When Volkswagen chief executive Herbert Diess joined Twitter in January, he used his first tweet to warn pioneering electric car maker Elon ...
AI technique captures complexity of human faces to help create realistic photo edits
A half-century ago, we expected the future to hold sophisticated computers and robot helpers to slash the time we spend on work and househol...
Turning seawater into stored energy
Afew years ago, Harvard chemist Daniel Nocera, along with collaborators from Harvard Medical School, created a system that uses sunlight to ...
Researchers' algorithm designs soft-bodied robots that sense their own positions in space
There are some tasks that traditional robots—the rigid and metallic kind—simply aren't cut out for. Soft-bodied robots, on the other han...
Mini-fuel cell delivers maximum performance
EPFL startup INERGIO has just unveiled a prototype for a lightweight, eco-friendly, high-performance fuel cell that can supply energy in sit...
Big breakthrough for 'massless' energy storage
Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology have produced a structural battery that performs ten times better than all previous versi...
Norway is going to invest in hydrogen: What happens when there's a gas leak?
Hydrogen is an attractive alternative to fossil fuels, especially for powering trucks, ships and planes, where using batteries isn't so ...
Human fondness, faith in machines grows during pandemic
People are not very nice to machines. The disdain goes beyond the slot machine that emptied your wallet, a dispenser that failed to deliver ...
Novel cathode designed for high-performance sodium ion batteries
Due to their large-scale energy storage, sodium ion batteries (SIBs) are a promising alternative to lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). However, i...
Expressing some doubts: Comparative analysis of human and android faces could lead to improvements
Researchers from the Graduate School of Engineering and Symbiotic Intelligent Systems Research Center at Osaka University used motion captur...
Recyclable 'veggie' battery could power future devices more efficiently
A new type of 3D-printed battery which uses electrodes made from vegetable starch and carbon nanotubes could provide mobile devices with a m...
'Doodles of light' in real time mark leap for holograms at home
Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have devised and implemented a simplified algorithm for turning freely drawn lines into holog...
UK gamers and politicians take aim at console 'scalpers'
Furious British gamers and lawmakers are training their sights on "scalpers" who are buying up coveted PS5 and Xbox consoles and s...
Facebook customizes augmented reality to the flick of a wrist
Fresh off its recent augmented reality (AR) kick, Facebook Labs has revealed plans to curate this AI software for wearable devices. Projecte...
Can artificial intelligence combat wildfires? California county tests new technology
Sonoma County, California, is adding artificial intelligence to its wildfire-fighting arsenal. from News on Artificial Intelligence and Ma...
Reactive boride infusion stabilizes nickel-rich cathodes for lithium-ion batteries
A new coating for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), developed by scientists at UNIST promises extended driving for future electric vehicles (EVs...
Is it worth investing in solar PV with batteries at home?
Solar energy is a clean, renewable source of electricity that could potentially play a significant part in fulfilling the world's energy...
New inexpensive solar cell dye is simple to manufacture and works well in low light conditions
EPFL scientists have developed a new dye for solar cells that enables high power-conversion efficiency while being simple and cheap to make....
Reviewing recent advancements in the development of solid-state batteries
Solid state batteries (SSBs) are an emerging battery technology with high energy densities that could compete with lithium-ion batteries (LI...
First collaborative robot to work with vehicles in motion
The Ph.D. thesis by Daniel Teso-Fernández de Betoño of the UPV/EHU Faculty of Engineering in Vitoria-Gasteiz has resulted in a mobile, colla...
Novel deep learning framework for symbolic regression
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) computer scientists have developed a new framework and an accompanying visualization tool that...
Lip-reading software helps users of all abilities to send secure messages
A computer science lab focused on making human-computer interaction easier for people of all abilities has developed a digital lip-reader co...
The golden ear-a of audio
Audio stimulates our brains more powerfully than video, and slots neatly into our new patterns of voracious cultural consumption—making this...
New perovskite fabrication method for solar cells paves way to large-scale production
A new, simpler solution process for fabricating stable perovskite solar cells overcomes the key bottleneck to large-scale production and com...
Big Tech backs plan to tackle e-waste crisis
Major technology firms including Dell, Microsoft and Google have joined a new initiative aimed at creating a circular economy for electronic...
New analysis shows potential for 'solar canals' in California
UC Santa Cruz researchers published a new study—in collaboration with UC Water and the Sierra Nevada Research Institute at UC Merced—that su...
Researchers develop water-tube-based triboelectric nanogenerator for efficient ocean wave energy harvesting
The ocean covers about 70% of the Earth's surface area and is the largest reservoir of energy. Researchers have been exploring the appro...
UK energy giants pivot towards cleaner fuels
Britain's energy sector pivoted further towards cleaner fuels on Thursday, as the nation targets net zero carbon emissions to help tackl...
AI developers often ignore safety in pursuit of breakthrough—so how do we regulate them without blocking progress?
Ever since artificial intelligence (AI) made the transition from theory to reality, research and development centers across the world have b...
Investors in renewables tripled fossil fuel performance over the past decade
Renewable power investors continue to outpace fossil fuel investors across the globe, signaling a decline for investment in fossil fuels. ...
Study finds that wind energy output increases when people need heat the most
In response to the recent freeze-inspired power outages in Texas, some politicians blamed the historic blackouts on wind turbines. The dubio...
Safety concerns determine level of public support for driverless vehicles, finds study
When it comes to the use of driverless vehicles, an individual's support for their adoption hinges on how safe they are, rather than the...
IBM's AI debating system able to compete with expert human debaters
IBM has developed an artificial intelligence-based system designed to engage in debates with humans. In their paper published in the journal...
Textnets: Software to make large amounts of text visually comprehensible
Software development is probably not the first thing that comes to mind when you think of a sociologist. Three years ago, John Boy began dev...
New electrolyte additives for high-energy-density lithium-ion batteries
A joint research team, affiliated with UNIST has unveiled a novel electrolyte additive that could enable a long lifespan and fast chargeabil...
Report: World demand for gasoline may never recover
The world's once-insatiable demand for gasoline is unlikely to recover to pre-pandemic levels, according to a report Wednesday from the ...
Why does bitcoin use 10 times more electricity than Google?
The bitcoin market now exceeds $1 trillion with its price rising tenfold in a year, but focus is shifting towards the massive power requirem...
New model, controller to optimize fast charging of electric vehicles
Engineers at Southwest Research Institute are using internal research funds to tackle challenges with fast charging to reduce the time neede...
Environmentally friendly proposal for more efficient parcel deliveries
An innovative approach to collecting parcels—which aims to reduce carbon emissions—has been modeled and evaluated by a Malmö University team...
Organic semiconductors that could help generate electricity from industrial and residential waste heat
Electronic organic materials offer promise to support alternative and green energy sources to meet escalating global energy demands and stri...
RoboEYE: A semi-autonomous and gaze-guided wheelchair
Recent technological advancements have enabled the development of new tools to assist people with different types of disabilities, allowing ...
Artificial intelligence and algorithmic irresponsibility: The devil in the machine?
The classic 1995 crime film The Usual Suspects revolves around the police interrogation of Roger "Verbal" Kint, played by Kevin Sp...
New perovskite design shows path to higher efficiency
Restructuring the way perovskite solar cells are designed can boost their efficiency and increase their deployment in buildings and beyond, ...
Net zero by 2050 only possible if renewables ramp up
Australia will not achieve net zero emissions until well after 2050 at the rate emissions are declining, experts from The Australian Nationa...
Novel battery capable of producing hydrogen and electricity quickly while eliminating carbon dioxide
A recent study, affiliated with UNIST has unveiled a novel system, capable of producing hydrogen and electricity quickly and effectively whi...
Apple Maps will now display where to get a COVID-19 vaccine
Your iPhone will make it easier to find a location to receive a COVID-19 vaccination. from Consumer Electronics News - Electronics News, E...
How to prevent short-circuiting in next-gen lithium batteries
As researchers push the boundaries of battery design, seeking to pack ever greater amounts of power and energy into a given amount of space ...
Google gets into sleep surveillance with new Nest Hub screen
Google's next internet-connected home device will test whether consumers trust the company enough to let it snoop on their sleep. from...
Commercial truck electrification is within reach
When it comes to electric vehicles, particularly for heavy-duty trucks, the limitations of battery technology are often seen as the main bar...
Music Circles: An interactive data visualization tool that helps users discover new music
Today, users can listen to music and discover new artists, songs or albums on a variety of music streaming platforms, including Spotify, App...
Electricity has become a jigsaw and coal is unable to provide the missing pieces
There's something the energy minister said when they announced the early closure of Victoria's second-biggest coal-fired power stati...
Why New Zealand should invest in smart rail before green hydrogen to decarbonise transport
Green hydrogen is being touted as an alternative to fossil fuels in New Zealand. The government has invested NZ$8.4 million to explore its p...
A novel pathway for 'drop-in' sustainable aviation fuel for net-zero flights
Aircraft stand at a turning point in the race to reduce emissions to mitigate climate change. Although the aircraft sector only accounts for...
Quadruped robot automatically adapts in unstructured outdoor environments
The four-legged robot Dyret can adjust the length of its legs to adapt the body to the surface. Along the way, it learns what works best. Th...
Facebook announces AI that learns from videos
As a platform hosting a great deal of content, Facebook developers are creating an AI project called Learning from Videos that can learn fro...
Machine learning models for diagnosing COVID-19 are not yet suitable for clinical use: study
Researchers have found that out of the more than 300 COVID-19 machine learning models described in scientific papers in 2020, none of them i...
Researchers present spontaneous sparse learning for PCM-based memristor neural networks
An international team of researchers, affiliated with UNIST has unveiled a novel technology that could improve the learning ability of artif...
How artificial intelligence can help curb traffic accidents in cities
Despite pandemic-driven restrictions on movement, there were over 12,000 accidents in Madrid in 2020, leading to 31 fatalities. In Barcelona...
Simulation of self-driving fleets brings their deployment in cities closer
Imperial researchers have simulated self-driving fleet impacts using real-world data, providing suggestions for their optimal deployment in ...
In the wake of the great winter storm, how can Texas create a more resilient power grid?
As temperatures plummeted below freezing for 10 straight days and snow and ice blanketed Texas, all eyes turned to the state's power gri...
Standard digital camera and AI to monitor soil moisture for affordable smart irrigation
Researchers at UniSA have developed a cost-effective new technique to monitor soil moisture using a standard digital camera and machine lear...
Standard digital camera and AI to monitor soil moisture for affordable smart irrigation
Researchers at UniSA have developed a cost-effective new technique to monitor soil moisture using a standard digital camera and machine lear...
Apple to discontinue original HomePod and says it will focus efforts on HomePod mini
Apple will discontinue its original HomePod four years after first releasing the smart speaker. from Consumer Electronics News - Electroni...
Google upgrades Wear OS with custom Tiles library
Since 2014, Google has taken its user base by storm with increasingly advanced features for its Wear OS. Over the past years, Wear OS device...
Google allows users to update the Maps app with photos
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about many changes, including business closures and updated hours for restaurants and stores. from Consu...
New machine learning model could remove bias from social network connections
Did you ever wonder how social networking applications like Facebook and LinkedIn make recommendations on the people you should friend or pa...
Europe sees e-vehicle battery self-sufficiency by 2025
European firms will have the capacity to supply all the lithium-ion batteries needed for the continent's automakers by 2025 as they ramp...
Shedding light on perovskite films
Photovoltaics decisively contributes to sustainable energy supply. The efficiency of solar cells in directly converting light energy into el...
Netflix is testing a new feature to crack down on shared passwords
The days of using someone else's Netflix password may be numbered. from Consumer Electronics News - Electronics News, Electronic Gadge...
AI and you: Confusion about the technology that runs our world threatens democracy
Thomas Jefferson, the American statesman and third US president, was many things (including, notoriously, a slave owner). But whatever else ...
Artificial intelligence that more closely mimics the mind
For all the progress that's been made in the field of artificial intelligence, the world's most flexible, efficient information proc...
Team shows how Turing-like patterns fool neural networks
Skoltech researchers were able to show that patterns that can cause neural networks to make mistakes in recognizing images are, in effect, a...
New approach found for energy-efficient AI applications
Most new achievements in artificial intelligence (AI) require very large neural networks. They consist of hundreds of millions of neurons ar...
Seeing both sides of light collection
Two types of materials are better than one when it comes to solar cells, as revealed by an international team that has tested a new combinat...
Making green energy the default choice can help tackle climate change, study finds
Researchers studying the Swiss energy market have found that making green energy the default option for consumers leads to an enduring shift...
Using softened wood to create electricity in homes
A multi-institutional team of researchers has found that it is possible to use a type of fungus to soften wood to the point that it could be...
How to spot deepfakes? Look at light reflection in the eyes
University at Buffalo computer scientists have developed a tool that automatically identifies deepfake photos by analyzing light reflections...
Study explains how consumers can be encouraged to conserve energy during peak periods
New research by the UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation has identified how effective certain incentives can be in motivating people to use les...
Researchers assess the life-cycle of industrial air capture plants operated by Climeworks
The ultimate target of many environmental interventions is to drastically reduce CO2 emissions and minimize its presence in the air. One too...
Classic math problem solved: Computer scientists have developed a superb algorithm for finding the shortest route
One of the most classic algorithmic problems deals with calculating the shortest path between two points. A more complicated variant of the ...
Smart windows could reduce the need for energy-hungry air conditioners
Smart windows that control the amount of heat that enters or leaves a building can reduce the need for energy-intensive air conditioning uni...
How dangerous is the Fukushima nuke plant today?
A decade ago, a massive tsunami crashed into the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Three of its reactors melted down, leaving it lookin...
Facebook reveals goals for 3-D augmented reality glasses
With the reality of virtual interaction increasing during the COVID-19 pandemic, Facebook is expanding its AI-based augmented reality (AR) i...
Google adding new features to Chromebooks as devices turn 10
Google's popular low-cost Chromebooks are turning 10, and they are adding features to mimic higher-end devices like Apple's MacBooks...
Large computer language models carry environmental, social risks
Computer engineers at the world's largest companies and universities are using machines to scan through tomes of written material. The g...
New material will triple the capacity of lithium-ion batteries
Scientists of the National University of Science and Technology "MISIS" (NUST MISIS), part of an international team of researchers...
The human body as a power plant
The technology developed by the ETH spin-off Mithras Technology wouldn't be out of place in a science fiction movie: The user's own ...
Are 'bacterial probiotics' a game-changer for the biofuels industry?
In a study recently published in Nature Communications, scientists from The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability (DTU) and Y...
Bitcoin price boom 'locking in' vast energy consumption
The cryptocurrency market has been abuzz as Bitcoin gains popularity with investors, reaching an all-time high of over $58,000 apiece in Feb...
Pinpointing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic with AI
Fraunhofer IAO, the University Hospital Dresden and seracom GmbH joined forces to investigate the long-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic ...
Fukushima: 10 years on from the disaster, was Japan's response right?
The world saw something never before caught on camera on March 12, 2011: an explosion ripping the roof off a nuclear power plant—Japan's...
New evidence shows half of Australians have ditched social media at some point, but millennials lag behind
A recent nationally representative survey has shown Australians are willing and able to pull the plug on social media. from Consumer Elect...
How to each AI decision-making skills and common sense: Play games
Humans are highly adaptable creatures. Whether it be learning from past experience or understanding social expectations, we move from one si...
Researchers develop an efficient tin monosulfide solar cell prototype
A team of researchers from Tohoku University have created a tin monosulfide (SnS) solar cell that boasts attractive performance levels, prom...
Producing highly efficient LEDs based on 2D perovskite films
Energy efficient light-emitting diodes (LEDs) have been used in our everyday life for many decades. But the quest for better LEDs, offering ...
Solar cell breakthrough: Researchers observe singlet fission reaction at nanosecond timescale
The efficiency of solar cells can be increased by exploiting a phenomenon known as singlet fission. However, unexplained energy losses durin...
Neural network CLIP mirrors human brain neurons in image recognition
Open AI, the research company founded by Elon Musk, has just discovered that their artificial neural network CLIP shows behavior strikingly ...
Making the role of AI in medicine explainable
Universitätsmedizin Berlin and TU Berlin as well as the University of Oslo have developed a new tissue-section analysis system for diagnosin...
Researchers develop new algorithm that could reduce complexity of big data
Whenever a scientific experiment is conducted, the results are turned into numbers, often producing huge datasets. In order to reduce the si...
UN finds 'no adverse health effects' from Fukushima disaster
Japan's 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster has not harmed the health of local residents 10 years on, according to a report published Tuesda...
Radiation knows no bounds—but builds strong bonds between two communities
An earthquake off the coast of Japan. A resulting tsunami. Ten years ago, Mark Triplett watched the news unfold and worried about two things...
Assessing regulatory fairness through machine learning
The perils of machine learning—using computers to identify and analyze data patterns, such as in facial recognition software—have made headl...
Finding key to low-cost, fast production of solid-state batteries for EVs
A new fabrication technique could allow solid-state automotive lithium-ion batteries to adopt nonflammable ceramic electrolytes using the sa...
Algorithm helps artificial intelligence systems dodge 'adversarial' inputs
In a perfect world, what you see is what you get. If this were the case, the job of artificial intelligence systems would be refreshingly st...
In a leap for battery research, machine learning gets scientific smarts
Scientists have taken a major step forward in harnessing machine learning to accelerate the design for better batteries: Instead of using it...
Talking Tech: If you are TV shopping, you need to know the facts about these buying myths
Having a new television to play video games on or stream Netflix, Disney+ and the new Paramount+ service on is great. But buying a new TV, t...
Making artificial intelligence understandable: Constructing explanation processes
Sifting through job applications, analyzing X-ray images, suggesting a new track list—interaction between humans and machines has become an ...
Aston Martin to make its electric cars in UK: FT
Luxury British carmaker Aston Martin will make its fully-electric vehicles in Britain from 2025, its chairman told the Financial Times, in a...
Modeling shows the true cost of heat on PV system performance
Lowering the operating temperature of solar panels by just a few degrees can dramatically increase the electricity they generate over their ...
Israeli 5-minute battery charge aims to fire up electric cars
From flat battery to full charge in just five minutes—an Israeli start-up has developed technology it says could eliminate the "range a...
Space-starved Singapore builds floating solar farms in climate fight
Thousands of panels glinting in the sun stretch into the sea off Singapore, part of the land-scarce city-state's push to build floating ...
Facebook enhances AI computer vision with SEER
At a time when many versions of AI rely on pre-established data sets for image recognition, Facebook has developed SEER (Self-supERvised) – ...
Switzerland's energy transition
Can Switzerland, as planned, cut its CO2 emissions to zero by 2050? In a study, researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have investig...
Simple tools reveal high-fidelity truth in lithium-ion batteries
Acceleration due to gravity here on Earth is about 9.8m/s2, but if you're trying to build a rocket that will escape Earth's pull, yo...
The complexity of artificial intelligence
Artificial Intelligence, or AI, makes us look better in selfies, obediently tells us the weather when we ask Alexa for it, and rolls out sel...
VW brand doubles sales targets for electric vehicles
The flagship VW brand of German automobile giant Volkswagen said Friday it hoped electric vehicles would account for 70 percent of its Europ...
Bringing AI into the real world
Even before countries began rolling out their vaccination campaigns, Pfizer, Moderna and AstraZeneca's announcements had already proved ...
Key task in computer vision and graphics gets a boost
Non-rigid point set registration is the process of finding a spatial transformation that aligns two shapes represented as a set of data poin...
Defending smart systems on the machine learning framework level
While smart cities and smart homes have become mainstream buzzwords, few people outside the IT and machine learning communities know about T...
Speeding up commercialization of electric vehicles
Researchers in Korea have developed a high-capacity cathode material that can be stably charged and discharged for hundreds of cycles withou...
The science behind frozen wind turbines and how to keep them spinning through the winter
Winter is supposed to be the best season for wind power—the winds are stronger, and since air density increases as the temperature drops, mo...
Beauty is in the brain: AI reads brain data, generates personally attractive images
Researchers have succeeded in making an AI understand our subjective notions of what makes faces attractive. The device demonstrated this kn...
Germany faces tough questions as nuclear exit nears
The Bavarian village of Gundremmingen is so proud of its nuclear power station that its coat of arms is graced with a giant golden atom. f...
Field study shows icing can cost wind turbines up to 80% of power production
Wind turbine blades spinning through cold, wet conditions can collect ice nearly a foot thick on the yard-wide tips of their blades. from ...
MeInGame: A deep learning method to create videogame characters that look like real people
In recent years, videogame developers and computer scientists have been trying to devise techniques that can make gaming experiences increas...
Assessing the costs of major power outages
Little is known about the full impact of widespread, long duration power interruptions, especially the indirect costs and related economy-wi...
Study reveals extent of privacy vulnerabilities with Amazon's Alexa
A recent study outlines a range of privacy concerns related to the programs that users interact with when using Amazon's voice-activated...
Virtual reality helps people stay fit and well through lockdown
People who use virtual reality headsets as a way of passing the time during lockdown are exercising more vigorously and feeling better about...
The 2021 AI Index: Major growth despite the pandemic
The last decade was a pivotal one for the AI industry, and 2020 saw AI substantially increase its impact on the world despite the chaos brou...
Researchers' robots designed to avoid environmental dangers, deliver data quickly
A University of Texas at Dallas research group has developed an autonomous robotic team of devices that can be used at hazardous or difficul...
Cutting off stealthy interlopers: A framework for secure cyber-physical systems
Cyber-physical systems (CPS), which combine modern networking with physical actuators, can be vulnerable against hackers. Recently, research...
Decade after Fukushima, Japan's nuclear industry stalled
Ten years after the Fukushima disaster, Japan's nuclear industry remains crippled, with the majority of its reactors halted or on the pa...
How physiological data can improve persuasive technologies in mobile apps and wearables
Persuasive technology, like mobile apps and wearables, can support individuals in their journey towards a better quality of life. These tool...
Calculating the albedo-climate penalty of hydropower dammed reservoirs
A trio of researchers from the University of Innsbruck and the Free University of Bolzano has calculated the effect of positive radiation du...
NIST tool will help military vehicles fight fires using less harmful chemicals
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new, interactive spreadsheet that will help the U....
Azure Percept helps Microsoft users make the most of edge AI
Edge computing allows an increasing number of standalone mobile devices to perform tasks such as image recognition, response to voice comman...
Azure Percept helps Microsoft users make the most of edge AI
Edge computing allows an increasing number of standalone mobile devices to perform tasks such as image recognition, response to voice comman...
Cooperative eco-driving automation improves energy efficiency and safety
Imagine you're driving up a hill toward a traffic light. The light is still green so you're tempted to accelerate to make it through...
US lagging in critical artificial intelligence: panel
The United States is dangerously behind in artificial intelligence critical to its future including national security, according to a commis...
A fluid solution to dendrite growth in lithium metal batteries
A new paper from associate professor Jiandi Wan's group in the UC Davis Department of Chemical Engineering, published in Science Advance...
An open-source machine learning framework to carry out systematic reviews
When scientists carry out research on a given topic, they often start by reviewing previous study findings. Conducting systematic literature...
Energy switching decisions could widen social inequalities
New energy tariffs could leave people on bad deals even worse off despite the potential benefits for everyone, research has found. from En...
Researchers test natural gas foam's ability to reduce water use in fracking
Southwest Research Institute has completed a pilot-scale facility to create and test natural gas foam as a safe and stable alternative to wa...
Chatbots that resurrect the dead: Legal experts weigh in on 'disturbing' technology
It was recently revealed that in 2017 Microsoft patented a chatbot which, if built, would digitally resurrect the dead. Using AI and machine...
Study shows promising potential for marine biofuel
For several years now, the biofuels that power cars, jet airplanes, ships and big trucks have come primarily from corn and other mass-produc...
Adapting to hybrid remote-office work with Google Workspace
In preparation for a post-pandemic reality, Google has upgraded its platform Google Workspace tools to better serve a remote working environ...
A robot that analyzes shoppers' behavior
Researchers from Skoltech's Intelligent Space Robotics Lab have proposed a novel method for customer behavior analytics and demand distr...
New energy efficiency codes set path toward green buildings
The next office building you visit may have innovative technology making it substantially greener thanks to the help of energy efficiency ex...
Goodbye gas: Volvo to make only electric vehicles by 2030
Volvo says it will make only electric vehicles by 2030. But if you want one, you'll have to buy it online. from Energy & Green Tec...
Democratic senators propose clean energy tax credits
Two U.S. senators from states with declining manufacturing sectors are pushing to invest $8 billion through tax credits to create clean ener...
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