Redox‑flow batteries store electrical energy in chemical compounds that are dissolved in an electrolyte. They are a particularly promising a...
Sony launches motion-sensing music effects controller, Motion Sonic
A long time in the making, Sony has just announced the upcoming release of Motion Sonic, a new technology that allows music lovers to track ...
Medical AI models rely on 'shortcuts' that could lead to misdiagnosis of COVID-19
Artificial intelligence promises to be a powerful tool for improving the speed and accuracy of medical decision-making to improve patient ou...
Virtual body language may give untrustworthy avatars away
People who have something to hide while using full-body avatars in a collaborative virtual reality (VR) environment are less trusted than wh...
Scientists develop transparent electrode that boosts solar cell efficiency
Developing new ultrathin metal electrodes has allowed researchers to create semitransparent perovskite solar cells that are highly efficient...
Artificial intelligence system could help counter the spread of disinformation
Disinformation campaigns are not new—think of wartime propaganda used to sway public opinion against an enemy. What is new, however, is the ...
Untapped solar and wind potential in Swiss mountains
Scientists at EPFL and the WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF have issued recommendations for what type of renewable energy s...
New AI-powered deep learning model to support medical diagnostics
A new deep-learning model can learn to identify diseases from medical scans faster and more accurately, according to new research by a team ...
'Green growth' is out: Finding new ways of using and wasting less energy
As countries explore ways of decarbonising their economies, the mantra of "green growth" risks trapping us in a spiral of failures...
Next-gen electric vehicle batteries: These are the questions we still need to answer
The next generation of electric vehicle batteries, with greater range and improved safety, could be emerging in the form of lithium metal, s...
Researchers create robot that smiles back
While our facial expressions play a huge role in building trust, most robots still sport the blank and static visage of a professional poker...
Ionophobic electrode boosts energy storage performance
Using renewable energy to replace fossil energy is now considered the best solution for greenhouse gas emission and air pollution problems. ...
One-dimensional Anderson insulators predicted to host the bulk photovoltaic effect
Materials in which electrons are strongly localized are promising for use in next-generation solar cells and optoelectronic devices, calcula...
On-site hydrogen production technology accelerates to market
A new technology that generates hydrogen from conventional natural gas, or renewable natural gas made from biomass, could be the next big th...
Germany and Norway inaugurate clean energy undersea link
Germany and Norway on Thursday inaugurated an undersea power cable designed to facilitate the exchange of renewable energy as Europe's b...
Climate policy that relies on a shift to electric cars risks entrenching existing inequities
At the end of this month, the Climate Change Commission will deliver its final advice to government, outlining how New Zealand can reach its...
Researchers take a practical look beyond short-term energy storage
With variable renewable energy (VRE) expected to become a much larger share of the global energy mix, storage solutions are needed beyond sh...
USB-C and Power Delivery upgrades offer 240W Extended Power Range support
At a time where many people use multiple different electronic devices at any given moment, the 240W charger offers a single, central power s...
The path to more human-like robot object manipulation skills
What if a robot could organize your closet or chop your vegetables? A sous chef in every home could someday be a reality. from News on Art...
Spotting hoaxes: How young people use cues to spot misinformation online
Inaccurate information on social media has become a problem in many countries around the world. Researchers know a fair deal about "fak...
XR advertising could be a consumer threat if left unchecked
Whether it's trying on lipstick or clothing online, using floor plan software to find out how furniture will fit in a new home or orderi...
The missing component of energy models: People
A team of Carnegie Mellon University researchers led by Turner Cotterman, an engineering and public policy (EPP) Ph.D. student, has shown th...
Small, modular reactors competitive in Washington's clean energy future
As the Clean Energy Transformation Act drives Washington state toward carbon-free electricity, a new energy landscape is taking shape. Along...
What is a 100% renewables target? An energy expert explains
In the global effort to transition from fossil fuels to clean energy, achieving a "100% renewables" electricity system is consider...
Does your energy company take climate change seriously? A new report has the answer
A landmark report released last week put coal and gas on notice. For the first time, the International Energy Agency (IEA) declared reaching...
Flexible loads and renewable energy work together in a highly electrified future
Demand flexibility offers high value in supporting a highly electrified, renewables-based U.S. power system, according to the sixth and fina...
A neural network improves forecasts for severe storm hazards
The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) is using artificial intelligence to run experimental forecasts for hail, tornadoes, and ...
US to open California coast to wind power
The US government is set to open California's Pacific coast to offshore wind farms, officials announced Tuesday, adding to the approval ...
Researchers propose an attractive cheap organic material for batteries
A new report by Skoltech scientists and their colleagues describes an organic material for the new generation of energy storage devices, whi...
iOS 15: What we know about the next software update for iPhones
The annual rite of passage kicked off Monday for anyone who owns—or plans to buy—an iPhone. from Consumer Electronics News - Electronics N...
Biden administration unveils offshore wind plan for California
The federal government plans to open California's coast to offshore wind development, the Biden administration announced Tuesday. The mo...
After years in the making, Google releases new Fuchsia OS
Years after its first-generation consumer device Nest Hub went public, Google has finally announced the release of the new Fuchsia OS, which...
Holograms increase solar energy yield
The energy available from sunlight is 10,000 times more than what is needed to supply the world's energy demands. Sunlight has two main ...
Technique to evaluate wind turbines may boost wind power production
With a global impetus toward utilizing more renewable energy sources, wind presents a promising, increasingly tapped resource. Despite the m...
New AI technology protects privacy in healthcare settings
Researchers at TUM and Imperial have developed a technology that protects patients' personal data while training healthcare algorithms. ...
Oil companies are all-in on petrochemicals—green chemistry needs help to compete
Global oil consumption declined by roughly 9% in 2020 as the pandemic reduced business and pleasure travel, factory production and transport...
Carbon heat pumps smart option for hotels in cold climates
Energy consumption in the hotel industry is high and contributes to global warming. from Energy & Green Tech News - Energy Sciences Ne...
Voice-assisted AI is becoming smarter, but consumers have higher expectations
When Huan Chen started researching how consumers think about and perceive artificial intelligence in marketing communications, she was surpr...
Voice-assisted AI is becoming smarter, but consumers have higher expectations
When Huan Chen started researching how consumers think about and perceive artificial intelligence in marketing communications, she was surpr...
AI is used to profile people from their head vibrations: Is there evidence to support it?
Digital video surveillance systems can't just identify who someone is. They can also work out how someone is feeling and what kind of pe...
Going electric and banning new petrol-powered cars could be Australia's next big light bulb moment
In 2007, Malcolm Turnbull turned off an industry's life support without blinking. from Energy & Green Tech News - Energy Sciences ...
Here's what to know about the Citizen crime app as it tests private security
Citizen, an intriguing crime and neighborhood watch app, is looking into a "pilot project" that could allow users to request priva...
Seagate's Mach.2 is the fastest hard drive out there
Seagate has been working toward developing a dual-actuator hard drive, meaning that the drive will contain two sets of independently control...
AirTag tech to help find your lost Apple TV remote? Don't get your hopes up. Here's why.
If you have ever owned an Apple TV streaming device, then you know how easy it is to lose its remote. Its thin frame becomes its downfall wh...
Games, computing, and the mind: How search algorithms reflect game playing
Humans benefit from playing games more than some might realize. Games can be a relaxed approach to learning or honing our problem-solving sk...
Digital twin technology a 'powerful tool' but requires significant investment, say experts
Healthcare and aerospace experts at King's College London, The Alan Turing Institute, the University of Cambridge, and the Oden Institut...
The MIT humanoid robot: A dynamic robotic that can perform acrobatic behaviors
Creating robots that can perform acrobatic movements such as flips or spinning jumps can be highly challenging. Typically, in fact, these ro...
Green energy may require increased mining in the U.K. in the short term, experts say
As countries race to become carbon neutral, a new commentary from Prof Richard Herrington, Head of Earth Sciences Department at the Natural ...
One-step method to improve performance of cathode materials in Na-ion batteries
Na-ion batteries are promising in large-scale energy storage owing to the abundant raw material resources, low cost and high safety. from ...
Stop removing your solar panels early—it's creating a huge waste problem for Australia
Installing solar panels is an easy way to lower your carbon footprint and cut electricity bills. But our recent research found there are man...
Using waste heat to power an environmentally sustainable future
In his most recent published research, appearing in Applied Thermal Engineering, City, University of London's Dr. Martin White explores ...
Researchers develop advanced model to improve safety of next-generation reactors
When one of the largest modern earthquakes struck Japan on March 11, 2011, the nuclear reactors at Fukushima-Daiichi automatically shut down...
Robot enables communication between people in quarantine and their relatives
Researchers of the Integrated Systems Engineering Group of the University of Malaga (UMA) have designed a telepresence robot that enables pe...
How robots could limit the environmental impact of offshore windfarms
Spending on global offshore renewable energy infrastructure over the next ten years is expected to reach over US$16 billion (£11.3bn). This ...
Electric cars can advance environmental justice for low-income and racially diverse drivers
The global auto industry has begun a historic shift from gas- and diesel-fueled cars to electric vehicles. President Biden's infrastruct...
Best ways to cut carbon emissions from the cement industry explored
A new Imperial report identifies alternative materials and carbon capture technologies as critical in decarbonising the cement industry. f...
Polish firm opens cutting-edge solar energy plant
A Polish company on Friday launched the world's first industrial production line of solar panels based on groundbreaking perovskite tech...
Korean firm to invest $10M, hire 285, to make battery parts
A Korean auto supplier will invest $10 million and hire 285 people northeast of Atlanta to make parts that will accompany electric vehicle b...
Powerful US nuclear test reactor getting rare major overhaul
Scientists in Idaho this summer plan to remove the 62,000-pound (28,100-kilogram) stainless steel lid on one of the world's most powerfu...
Innovating power generation where 'a river runs through it'
Hydroelectric power provides an alternative to fossil fuels, but not all generation methods are equally clean or economically viable. from...
Compound commonly found in candles lights the way to grid-scale energy storage
A compound used widely in candles offers promise for a much more modern energy challenge—storing massive amounts of energy to be fed into th...
Solid-state batteries line up for better performance
Solid-state batteries pack a lot of energy into a small space, but their electrodes are not good at keeping in touch with their electrolytes...
Using a virtual linkage representation algorithm to improve functionally of a robot hand
A team of researchers at Yale University has developed a new kind of algorithm to improve the functionally of a robot hand. In their paper p...
Proposed method for evaluating user trust in artificial intelligence systems
Every time you speak to a virtual assistant on your smartphone, you are talking to an artificial intelligence—an AI that can, for example, l...
The double-down is real: Correcting online falsehoods might make matters worse
So you thought the problem of false information on social media could not be any worse? Allow us to respectfully offer evidence to the contr...
Smartwatches are a bigger distraction to drivers than mobile phones
An estimated 73.4 million people will be using wearable technologies in the United States by 2022. Wearables are smart electronics that can ...
Improving the way videos are organized
At any given moment, many thousands of new videos are being posted to sites like YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram. An increasing number of tho...
Proposed method for evaluating user trust in artificial intelligence systems
Every time you speak to a virtual assistant on your smartphone, you are talking to an artificial intelligence—an AI that can, for example, l...
Helping robots learn what they can and can't do in new situations
The models that robots use to do tasks work well in the structured environment of the laboratory. Outside the lab, however, even the most so...
Launch of world's most powerful tidal turbine
The world's most powerful tidal turbine has taken the next step towards deployment in the Orkney Islands, an archipelago off the north-e...
Achieving a national-scale, 100% renewable electric grid
With recently announced federal emissions-reduction targets, a push for national power-sector decarbonization, and plummeting wind and solar...
Google aims to use AI to help recognize common skin conditions
Provided the many uses of AI for healthcare—from breast cancer diagnosis to better detecting tuberculosis—Google plans to use artificial int...
Google aims to use AI to help recognize common skin conditions
Provided the many uses of AI for healthcare—from breast cancer diagnosis to better detecting tuberculosis—Google plans to use artificial int...
Use Google services? These five updates will make your lives easier
Get ready for a lot of new changes to most of your Google experiences. from Consumer Electronics News - Electronics News, Electronic Gadge...
Project Starline: Google's video chat makes it look like users are physically in the same room
Picture using video chat like Zoom, except instead of seeing the person you call on a screen, it feels as if they are physically sitting acr...
California's next climate challenge: Replacing its last nuclear power plant
The twin reactors along California's Central Coast were nearing completion, and tens of thousands of people had gathered to protest. It ...
A safer, greener way to make solar cells: Researchers find replacement for toxic solvent
Scientists at SPECIFIC Innovation and Knowledge Centre, Swansea University, have found a way to replace the toxic, unsustainable solvents cu...
Envisioning safer cities with AI
Artificial intelligence is providing new opportunities in a range of fields, from business to industrial design to entertainment. But how ab...
MOBLOT: A theoretical model that describes molecular oblivious robots
Research focusing on swarm robotics typically uses theoretical approaches to describe robotic systems in an abstract way. A theoretical mode...
App assesses value of energy storage for businesses, utilities
Utility companies and corporate project developers now have help assessing how much money adding an energy storage system will save them tha...
Getting 'wind' of the future: Making wind turbines low-maintenance and more resilient
A key driver of energy research is the ever-growing demand for energy. Traditional fossil-fuel-based energy sources currently meet these dem...
Scientists take a bite out of solar efficiency challenge with sandwich model
In a world hungry for cheaper, more efficient renewable energy, Australian researchers have served up a treat. from Energy & Green Tec...
New combustion strategies plus biofuels add up to cleaner, more efficient cars and trucks
Last year, average fuel economy for light-duty vehicles hit a new high, while the pandemic reduced time on the road, fuel consumption, and e...
Coal-fired Poland turns toward the sun
A solar boom is helping Poland take a big step towards weaning itself off coal as a new homegrown photovoltaic technology is poised to be a ...
New case study shows potential of geothermal energy for reducing carbon emissions
Geothermal energy as a sustainable energy source can make its own significant contribution to reducing CO2 emissions in Germany. This is sho...
Calculating the rising energy demand for cooling
Due to climate change, the average global temperature will rise in the coming decades. This should also significantly increase the number of...
Researchers develop framework incorporating renewables and flexible carbon capture
As the global energy demand continues to grow along with atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide (CO2), there has been a major push to adopt mo...
A bug lets Eufy security camera access strangers' feeds
The owners of Eufy security cameras have announced a critical privacy bug. According to user reports on the Eufy parent company Anker's ...
Helping students of all ages flourish in the era of artificial intelligence
A new cross-disciplinary research initiative at MIT aims to promote the understanding and use of AI across all segments of society. The effo...
Invention reduces risk of battery explosions
A deceptively simple sensor system developed at the U.S. Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory can prevent danger...
Wake steering potentially boosts energy production at US wind plants
Wake steering is a strategy employed at wind power plants involving misaligning upstream turbines with the wind direction to deflect wakes a...
Lamborghini hits accelerator on electric future
Italian sports car maker Lamborghini on Tuesday unveiled Tuesday a 1.5-billion-euro ($1.8 billion) electrification plan for its luxury vehic...
Mahle developing magnet-free electric motor that does not require rare earth elements
German car parts company Mahle has announced that it is in the process of developing a magnet-free electric motor that does not require rare...
Engineers harvest Wi-Fi signals to power small electronics
With the rise of the digital age, the amount of Wi-Fi sources to transmit information wirelessly between devices has grown exponentially. Th...
Using machine learning to predict high-impact research
An artificial intelligence framework built by MIT researchers can give an "early-alert" signal for future high-impact technologies...
Helping drone swarms avoid obstacles without hitting each other
There is strength in numbers. That's true not only for humans, but for drones too. By flying in a swarm, they can cover larger areas and...
World first concept for rechargeable cement-based batteries
Imagine an entire 20-storey concrete building that can store energy like a giant battery. Thanks to unique research from Chalmers University...
Scientists debut most efficient 'optical rectennas,' devices that harvest power from heat
Scientists at the University of Colorado Boulder have tapped into a poltergeist-like property of electrons to design devices that can captur...
New tool uses AI to target smarter building repairs with limited funds
Researchers have developed a tool to help governments and other organizations with limited budgets spend money on building repairs more wise...
New medical image fusion method draws on deep learning to improve patient outcomes
Image fusion is a process that can enhance the clinical value of medical images, improving the accuracy of medical diagnoses and the quality...
Caltech professor helps solve Hindenburg disaster
On the evening of May 6, 1937, the largest aircraft ever built by mankind, a towering example of technological prowess, slipped through the ...
Researchers develop method for increasing the capacity of next-generation metal-ion battery cathode materials
Scientists at Skoltech Center for Energy Science and Technology have developed an enriched and scalable approach for increasing the capacity...
Researchers create new zinc-air pouch cells
Zinc-air batteries (ZABs) are among the most promising next-generation battery technologies due to their many advantageous characteristics. ...
Uploading thoughts to the mainframe may be the stuff of science fiction—but humans have imagined it for centuries
Modern transhumanism is the belief that, in the future, science and technology will enable us to transcend our bodily confines. Scientific a...
Biased algorithms and moderation are censoring activists on social media
Following Red Dress Day on May 5, a day aimed to raise awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG), Indigenous act...
Businesses have a moral duty to explain how algorithms make decisions that affect people
Increasingly, businesses rely on algorithms that use data provided by users to make decisions that affect people. For example, Amazon, Googl...
Researchers suggest pathway for improving stability of next-generation solar cells
Scientists have uncovered the exact mechanism that causes new solar cells to break down, and suggest a potential solution. from Energy ...
Artificial intelligence identifies the tiger mosquito from photos in the Mosquito Alert
Researchers from Mosquito Alert (who belong to CEAB-CSIC, CREAF and UPF) together with researchers from the University of Budapest have show...
Helping robots collaborate to get the job done
Sometimes, one robot isn't enough. from News on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning https://ift.tt/3uMMwuB
Researchers use deep learning to 'denoise' nanopore data
Scientists from the Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research at Osaka University have used machine-learning methods to enhance the si...
Newly discovered Wi-Fi vulnerabilities called FragAttacks place all mobile devices at risk
Fragmentation and aggregation attacks—or frag attacks—refer to a series of design flaws and programming security vulnerabilities affecting W...
Making AI algorithms show their work
Artificial intelligence (AI) learning machines can be trained to solve problems and puzzles on their own instead of using rules that we made...
Beautiful or handsome? Neural language models try their hand at word substitution
Researchers from Skoltech and their colleagues have run a first of its kind large-scale computational study of the most advanced neural lang...
An automated box on wheels—with personality
Robots are becoming more and more omnipresent in our lives, even though we may not notice. New research shows that when a boxy motorized hos...
Breakthrough in reverse osmosis may lead to most energy-efficient seawater desalination ever
Making fresh water out of seawater usually requires huge amounts of energy. The most widespread process for desalination is called reverse o...
Australia installs record-breaking number of rooftop solar panels
Data from the Clean Energy Regulator analyzed by CSIRO shows that in 2020, around Australia, over 362,000 rooftop solar PV installations wer...
Fatigue test trial for drowsy drivers
Monash University researchers have found drivers with only three hours sleep are 10 times more likely to be involved in a crash. from Cons...
Australia installs record-breaking number of rooftop solar panels
Data from the Clean Energy Regulator analyzed by CSIRO shows that in 2020, around Australia, over 362,000 rooftop solar PV installations wer...
Turbine cooling turns night into day
Keeping turbines running efficiently during a hot Australian summer's day can be hard work. But a new technology is drawing on the cold ...
Definitive valuation guide for pumped storage hydropower
A new U.S. Department of Energy-sponsored guidebook, spearheaded by Argonne, helps illustrate the value of investing in the world's best...
Scientists develop intelligent fault diagnosis method for nuclear power plants
Recently, a research group from the Institute of Nuclear Energy Safety Technology of the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS) made n...
How AIs ask for personal information is important for gaining user trust
People may be reluctant to give their personal information to artificial intelligence (AI) systems even though it is needed by the systems f...
A new visual library to achieve successful Plus Energy Building design
Researchers from RMIT University, Eurac Research and University Ca' Foscari Venezia have launched an innovative GIS map with a differenc...
Boulder, Colorado woman identified as person who voiced Amazon's Alexa
"Alexa, who is the woman behind your voice?" from Consumer Electronics News - Electronics News, Electronic Gadget News | Consume...
Amazon rolls out new Echo Show smart video displays, including version for kids
Amazon is rolling out new versions of its Echo devices with screens, including its first model for kids. from Consumer Electronics News - ...
Amazon, Apple and Google unite to certify smart home devices
Tech giants Amazon, Apple and Google have announced their support of Matter, a standard focusing on capable and secure smart devices for hom...
Where to find gas: GasBuddy goes down as drivers fill up after Colonial Pipeline cyberattack
As drivers line up at gas stations on the East Coast in the aftermath of a cyberattack on a vital fuel pipeline, GasBuddy has been a go-to a...
Violinmaking meets artificial intelligence
How to predict the sound produced by a tonewood block once carved into the shape of a violin plate? What is the best shape for the best soun...
New system cleans messy data tables automatically
MIT researchers have created a new system that automatically cleans "dirty data"— the typos, duplicates, missing values, misspelli...
Why we should use electric rather than hydrogen cars
Last night's Federal Budget did not have any promising signals for encouraging uptake of electric vehicles, or to increase spending on i...
A long-lasting, stable solid-state lithium battery
Long-lasting, quick-charging batteries are essential to the expansion of the electric vehicle market, but today's lithium-ion batteries ...
Eco-energy without limits? Research may find ways to make it happen
The Earth has its limits, as the climate crisis demonstrates. With the increasing extinction of species and the littering of the oceans (and...
New resource will help to guide innovations in virtual reality locomotion
Experts in virtual reality locomotion have developed a new resource that analyzes all the different possibilities of locomotion currently av...
Brain computer interface turns mental handwriting into text on screen
Scientists are exploring a number of ways for people with disabilities to communicate with their thoughts. The newest and fastest turns back...
CaSiNo: A collection of campsite-based dialogs to develop automatic negotiation systems
Artificial agents that negotiate with humans could have a broad range of valuable applications, for instance, helping humans to improve thei...
Using machine learning and radar to detect drones in complicated urban settings
Look, up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's…actually pretty easy for radar to tell the difference. Flying aliens from K...
AI learns to type on a phone like humans
Touchscreens are notoriously difficult to type on. Since we can't feel the keys, we rely on the sense of sight to move our fingers to th...
Apple to invest $45 million Corning, makers of glass tech for iPhone 12
Apple announced it will award $45 million to Corning, which makes a special glass used on the iPhone 12. from Consumer Electronics News - ...
US approves its biggest offshore wind farm yet
The US announced on Tuesday that it had granted final approval for its biggest wind power project yet, which will be located off the coast o...
Artificial intelligence and drones will help pin down Sosnovsky's hogweed
Skoltech scientists have created a new monitoring system for agricultural applications that performs real-time image segmentation aboard dro...
Scientist develops an image recognition algorithm that works 40% faster than analogs
A scientist from HSE University has developed an image recognition algorithm that works 40% faster than analogs. It can speed up real-time p...
Study shows renewable energy will enhance power grid's resilience
A new Dartmouth Engineering study shows that integrating renewable energy into the American Electric Power System (AEPS) would enhance the g...
Scientists develop new eco-technologies for hydrogen production
Employees of Samara Polytech University, the specialists from the Department of Gas Processing, Hydrogen and Special Technologies and the Re...
Why perovskite solar cells tend to segregate under the influence of light
Solar cells made of perovskite are cheap, easy to produce, and almost as efficient as silicon, the material traditionally used in solar cell...
Researchers study anti-vax Facebook groups in early days of COVID-19 pandemic
Social media has become a powerful force for spreading information, and unfortunately, misinformation. Anti-vaccine groups have established ...
The brain game: What causes engagement and addiction to video games?
History tells us that games are an inseparable facet of humanity, and mainly for good reasons. Advocates of video games laud their pros: the...
Smartphones have led to the 'death of proximity'
A UCL study across nine countries shows smartphones are more than devices we use, they're 'the place where we live' and swap for...
An artificial neural network to acquire grounded representations of robot actions and language
To best assist human users while they complete everyday tasks, robots should be able to understand their queries, answer them and perform ac...
A new method simulates the universe 1000 times faster
Cosmologists love universe simulations. Even models covering hundreds of millions of light years can be useful for understanding fundamental...
Net zero: Despite the greenwash, it's vital for tackling climate change
It might seem odd to find supporters of climate action debating the merits of a concept that science shows to be essential for halting clima...
Quantum mechanics paves the way for more stable organic solar cells
Quantum mechanics can be used to create more stable and more easily produced organic solar cells. These are the findings of new research fro...
Renewable energy powers ahead in 2020: report
Renewable energy grew at its fastest rate in two decades, driven primarily by gains in China and wind power, the International Energy Agency...
Integrating medical imaging and cancer biology with deep neural networks
Despite our remarkable advances in medicine and healthcare, the cure to cancer continues to elude us. On the bright side, we have made consi...
Self-learning robots go full steam ahead
Researchers from AMOLF's Soft Robotic Matter group have shown that a group of small autonomous, self-learning robots can adapt easily to...
Chill out: Advanced solar tech runs cooler and lasts longer
Australian photovoltaics researchers have made a 'cool' discovery: Singlet fission and tandem solar cells—two innovative ways to gen...
Research shows trust needed in digital tech
New Zealanders are worried about bias in automated decision-making, according to research conducted by Massey University research group Toi ...
A little walk can make ridesharing a lot more efficient
Ridesharing can benefit from using pick-up and drop-off points and asking users to walk a small distance. Researchers at TU Delft have analy...
This system helps robots better navigate emergency rooms
Computer scientists at the University of California San Diego have developed a more accurate navigation system that will allow robots to bet...
SurvNet: A backward elimination procedure to enhance variable selection for deep neural networks
In recent years, models based on deep neural networks have achieved remarkable results on numerous tasks. Despite their high prediction accu...
Electric vehicles cheaper than combustion by 2027: study
Electric cars will be cheaper to build than fossil fuel vehicles across Europe within six years and could represent 100 percent of new sales...
Can energy-efficient federated learning save the world?
Training the artificial intelligence models that underpin web search engines, power smart assistants and enable driverless cars consumes meg...
Can energy-efficient federated learning save the world?
Training the artificial intelligence models that underpin web search engines, power smart assistants and enable driverless cars consumes meg...
Perovskite solar modules: High efficiency on a large surface area
From cell to module without loss of efficiency: This is one of the main challenges of perovskite photovoltaics. Researchers at Karlsruhe Ins...
Researchers develop artificial intelligence that can detect sarcasm in social media
Computer science researchers at the University of Central Florida have developed a sarcasm detector. from News on Artificial Intelligence ...
Video: More certainty for deep learning
Deep learning, machine learning and artificial intelligence offer significant opportunities to solve the challenges of different disciplines...
Improving grid reliability in the face of extreme events
The nation's power grid remains vulnerable to disruption from extreme events including wildfires, severe storms, and cyberattacks. Varia...
Airtags from Apple: Do they actually make life easier?
When you're a parent, it's easy to lose things: your keys, your wallet, or Buttons. from Consumer Electronics News - Electronics N...
Researchers unveil roadmap to expand New York solar energy, meet green goals
Solar-power developers need to explore using lower-quality agricultural land for solar energy, incentivize dual-use (combined agriculture an...
Blurred lines in face recognition
Face recognition has come on apace from a cliched trope of science fiction to a reality of the modern world with widespread use in photograp...
Significant progress in lithium-air battery development
Research led by the University of Liverpool, in partnership with Johnson Matthey PLC and Loughborough University, is making significant prog...
Algorithm for shoe-based blind assistance system
A shoe that tells you where to go: The Lower Austrian company Tec-Innovation has developed an intelligent shoe for detecting obstacles. The ...
Using 'ant colonies' to find fake news
Although it might be said that there has been malicious writing since our ancestors daubed cave walls with ochre symbols or the very first s...
Researchers develop new metal-free, recyclable polypeptide battery that degrades on demand
The introduction of lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries has revolutionized technology as a whole, leading to major advances in consumer goods acr...
We need to build more EV fast-charging stations, researchers say
A team of engineers recommends expanding fast-charging stations for electric vehicles as campuses and businesses start planning for a post-p...
Here's how you can apply to the FCC for the $50 discount on your broadband bill
You may be eligible for a $50 monthly coronavirus pandemic discount on your home broadband bill starting next week. from Consumer Electron...
Can an AI algorithm mitigate racial economic inequality? Only if more Black hosts adopt it
Machine learning algorithms can leverage vast amounts of consumer data, allowing automation of business decisions such as pricing, product o...
Why robots need reflexes
Reflexes protect our bodies—for example when we pull our hand back from a hot stove. These protective mechanisms could also be useful for ro...
CineMPC: An algorithm to enable autonomous drone-based cinematography
Emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms, mobile robots and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) could enhance pract...
Ford is betting that solid-state batteries will cut EV costs
Ford has raised its stake in a manufacturer of solid-state batteries—a move that its chief product and operations officer, Hau Thai-Tang, sa...
Toward a brain-like AI with hyperdimensional computing
The human brain has always been under study for inspiration of computing systems. Although there's a very long way to go until we can ac...
New machine-learning approach brings digital photos back to life
Every day, billions of photos and videos are posted to various social media applications. The problem with standard images taken by a smartp...
Scientists report new synapse-like phototransistor
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) developed a breakthrough in energy-efficient ...
Closing in on state-of-the-art semiconductor solar cells
A synthetic approach that improves absorber layers in perovskite solar cells could help them achieve their full potential and draw closer to...
How cleaning up coolants can cool the climate–why HFCs are getting phased out from refrigerators and air conditioners
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is moving to eliminate a class of chemicals widely used as coolants in refrigerators, air condition...
Team develops stable, efficient, anode-free sodium battery
When it comes to batteries, lithium-ion are the best we have as far as energy density and convenience. from Energy & Green Tech News -...
Apple reportedly looking at blood sugar, blood pressure and alcohol monitoring for future Apple Watches
Your Apple Watch is apparently going to get a lot smarter in the months ahead. from Consumer Electronics News - Electronics News, Electron...
Team creates powerful computational tool to help researchers rapidly screen molecules for anti-COVID properties
A year into the COVID-19 pandemic, mass vaccinations have begun to raise the tantalizing prospect of herd immunity that eventually curtails ...
Clean megaprojects divide surprise group: Environmentalists
Sprawling wind farms located off the coast. Hydropower transmission lines that cut through some of America's most beloved forests and ri...
Smart finger ring with integrated RFID chip
House key, wallet, health insurance card, hotel key card—a smart finger ring could replace all these in the future. Produced by a 3D printin...
Hydrogen power plant for the garden
According to data from the German Environment Agency, private households currently are responsible for about a quarter of Germany's ener...
Disinfection robot: Value created by linking up to building data
The disinfection robot BALTO—named after a sled dog who carried urgently needed vaccines to a highly inaccessible region of Alaska a hundred...
Empowering citizens for successful energy transitions
The terms "co-creation" and "co-production," which denote the possibility for laypeople to participate in decision-makin...
Renewable energy sources: Toward large-scale thermal storage systems
High-temperature technologies enable electrothermal storage systems for large amounts of energy from renewable sources. Karlsruhe Institute ...
Installing solar panels over California's canals could yield water, land, air and climate payoffs
Climate change and water scarcity are front and center in the western U.S. The region's climate is warming, a severe multi-year drought ...
Hydrogen power plant for the garden
According to data from the German Environment Agency, private households currently are responsible for about a quarter of Germany's ener...
Longer range for electric cars
If electric vehicles are to achieve greater distances, it's not only a matter of optimizing their batteries. Instead, the entire power t...
Electric vehicle batteries: The older they get, the safer they are
Studies at TU Graz show that the older an traction battery of electric vehicles (EV) is, the lower the danger it poses. Now the researchers ...
Examining how humans develop trust towards embodied virtual agents
Embodied virtual agents (EVAs), graphically represented 3D virtual characters that display human-like behavior, could have valuable applicat...
Machine vision system for almond grading and safety
Researchers at UniSA have developed a world-first automated technique for simultaneously grading almond quality and detecting potentially se...
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