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Although AI algorithms have achieved quite some progress in plankton image recognition, most of them can only deal with limited number of kn...

Researchers develop AI-based technology for clearer plankton observation in deep ocean

Due to the limitation of the wave properties of light, underwater microscopes and cameras compromise between their imaging resolution and fi...

Scientists bring efficiency to expanding offshore wind energy

New Cornell research shows how to make offshore wind farms more efficient in the face of impending rapid expansion—crucial information as th...

AI researchers take aim at COVID-19 'infodemic'

As the COVID-19 pandemic surged, the World Health Organization and the United Nations issued a stark warning: An "infodemic" of on...

Wireless communication devices without batteries? Research and sustainability, united through light

A team of researchers, led by Domenico Giustiniano, Research Associate Professor at IMDEA Networks Institute, Madrid, has presented importan...

New model better predicts solar cell output power in all weather

The world is in dire need of a large-scale transition away from fossil fuels and towards sustainable energy sources to prevent an environmen...

Robot umpires are coming to baseball. Will they strike out?

Baseball fans know the bitter heartbreak of calls that don't go their way—especially, a ball that should've been a strike. And, with...

Machine learning helps to predict blackouts caused by storms

Doctoral candidate Roope Tervo will defend his doctoral dissertation on computer science at Aalto University on 2 November 2021. The thesis ...

Machine learning helps to predict blackouts caused by storms

Doctoral candidate Roope Tervo will defend his doctoral dissertation on computer science at Aalto University on 2 November 2021. The thesis ...

From slurry to high-purity hydrogen

Green hydrogen is seen as a beacon of hope in the energy and mobility revolution, but it is not yet suitable for mass production. There are ...

Making machine learning more useful to high-stakes decision makers

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that one in seven children in the United States experienced abuse or neglect i...

Computer scientists develop method for identifying disease biomarkers with high accuracy

Researchers are developing a deep learning network capable of detecting disease biomarkers with a much higher degree of accuracy. from New...

Industry must prepare now for a new world of green electricity

Industry must speed up investment in new technologies that allow manufacture of materials using renewable electricity if net zero emissions ...

As climate concerns threaten air travel, aviation industry banks on technology solutions

As aviation struggles to emerge from the historic, pandemic-driven downturn, another longer-term challenge already looms. Concern about air ...

Turning the tide for renewables in Alaska

The ocean was calm when the Peregrine Falcon ship left the harbor in Homer, Alaska, last month with three moorings resting on its deck, all ...

ESA acts to make air travel greener

Air passengers will soon be able to cut their carbon footprint when traveling on flights that are routed using satellites. from Energy ...

New memcapacitor devices for neuromorphic computing applications

To train and implement artificial neural networks, engineers require advanced devices capable of performing data-intensive computations. In ...

The ethics of artificial intelligence

Maura R. Grossman, JD, Ph.D., is a Research Professor in the Cheriton School of Computer Science, an Adjunct Professor at Osgoode Hall Law S...

Researchers help expand mineral exploration using machine learning

Curtin University researchers have developed a new system that will help identify undiscovered mineral deposits in Western Australia using a...

Turning wastewater from coffee production into electricity

Delegates at COP26 will drink an estimated 250,000 cups of coffee over the two-week event, according to the caterers, Levy UK. None of us wa...

Smart material switches between heating and cooling in minutes

As anyone who has ever parked a car in the sun on a hot summer day knows, glass windows are great at letting sunlight in but terrible at all...

GM program to install more EV chargers across US, Canada

General Motors is planning to install up to 40,000 electric vehicle chargers across the U.S. and Canada as part of a new community charging ...

Study finds that social justice and health issues impact electric vehicle uptake

A new study led by the University of Cambridge and based on public attitudes expressed in 36,000 Facebook posts, has found that consumer upt...

Metal-halide perovskite semiconductors can compete with silicon counterparts for solar cells, LEDs

Climate change and its consequences are becoming increasingly obvious, and solar cells that convert the sun's energy into electricity wi...

Teaching robots to think like us: Brain cells, electrical impulses steer robot though maze

Can intelligence be taught to robots? Advances in physical reservoir computing, a technology that makes sense of brain signals, could contri...

Panasonic unveils 4680 battery for use in high-end Tesla vehicles

Panasonic has announced to the press that it is ready to show off its new cylindrical 4680 battery (46 millimeters wide and 80 millimeters t...

Warning issued over the unintended consequences of wind for achieving net zero targets

In the run-up to the COP26 global climate summit in Glasgow, John Underhill, Professor of Geoscience & Energy Transition at Heriot-Watt ...

Commercial UAVS have potential to halve CO2 emissions for freight deliveries

Commercial unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have the potential to almost halve the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions of urban freight transport ...

Bigger, better blades for wind turbines

As Europe's wind turbines grow in size, with individual blades longer than a professional football pitch, the biggest challenge will be ...

Remember 3G? It's going away as AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile shift to 5G. What to know about 3G shutdown

In 2002, Verizon was the first to launch a 3G network in the U.S., during a time when the BlackBerry was the top smartphone to own and we we...

A more efficient and sustainable battery for a more 'electrified' society

An assistant professor in the department of chemistry at the University of Chicago, John Anderson, BS/MS '08, has patented a material th...

Perovskite solar cells with atomically coherent interlayers on SnO₂ electrodes

A research team, led by Professor Sang Il Seok in the School of Energy and Chemical Engineering at UNIST has set a new efficiency record for...

From waste to resource: Turning exhaust heat into energy with unprecedented efficiency

Thanks to the ongoing digital revolution, we are on the verge of transitioning to a hyper-connected world. However, the Internet-of-Things (...

Predicting how changes in production, materials impact EV battery life

As demand for electric vehicle batteries continues to grow, researchers at the University of Michigan have developed a method for predicting...

Apple's iPod came out two decades ago and changed how we listen to music. Where are we headed now?

On October 23, 2001, Apple released the iPod—a portable media player that promised to overshadow the clunky design and low storage capacity ...

Tough car emissions ceilings could get us well on the road to net zero

The federal government's mantra of "technology, not taxes" has left it with few options to easily reduce carbon emissions. f...

Here's how Indonesia could get to zero emission in its energy sector by 2050

As one of the largest emitters in the world, Indonesia has an important role to play in the global race to net-zero emissions. Sadly, the go...

Toyota testing hydrogen combustion engines in race cars

Toyota said Monday it is testing hydrogen combustion engines in race cars as it works toward using the technology in commercial products. ...

Saving seaweed with machine learning

Last year, Charlene Xia '17, SM '20 found herself at a crossroads. She was finishing up her master's degree in media arts and sc...

Google to pull YouTube from some Roku devices in December amid dispute

YouTube says its app will no longer be available on Roku devices after Dec. 9 as the two sides remain engaged in an ongoing carriage dispute...

Rethinking grid integration of a massive renewable power expansion to achieve carbon neutrality

There are many uncertainties about pathways to mid-century carbon neutrality in China and other major emitting nations, but one fundamental ...

Decade delay in investing in steel industry technology could double sector's contribution to global carbon output

The steel industry risks doubling its share of the global carbon budget if it fails to make multi-billion pound investments in emission limi...

Mesoscale neural plasticity helps in AI learning

A joint research team led by Xu Bo from the Institute of Automation and Mu-Ming Poo from the Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Inte...

What Europe's exceptionally low winds mean for the future energy grid

Through summer and early autumn 2021, Europe experienced a long period of dry conditions and low wind speeds. The beautifully bright and sti...

Coupling power and hydrogen sector pathways to benefit decarbonization

,Governments and companies worldwide are increasing their investments in hydrogen research and development, indicating a growing recognition...

Artificial intelligence spots anomalies in medical images

Scientists from Skoltech, Philips Research, and Goethe University Frankfurt have trained a neural network to detect anomalies in medical ima...

New material could pave way for better, safer batteries

In pursuit of batteries that deliver more power and operate more safely, researchers are working to replace the liquids commonly used in tod...

Porotech announces the development of micro-display based on native red indium gallium nitride

Officials at Porotech, a gallium nitride material technology development spinoff begun by a team at the University of Cambridge, announced o...

Latest trend keeps clothes out of landfill

Textile waste is so last season. The future of fashion is moving into a new dimension where new textile technology upcycles old clothes into...

Energy storage ecosystem offers lowest-cost path to 100% renewable power

As states reach higher toward 100% renewable operation, energy storage will be key to enabling a more variable power supply. But no single t...

Can Facebook's smart glasses be smart about security and privacy?

Facebook's smart glasses ambitions are in the news again. The company has launched a worldwide project dubbed Ego4D to research new uses...

Can Facebook's smart glasses be smart about security and privacy?

Facebook's smart glasses ambitions are in the news again. The company has launched a worldwide project dubbed Ego4D to research new uses...

Plugging into ocean waves with a flexible, seaweed-like generator

Ocean waves can be powerful, containing enough energy to push around sand, pebbles and even boulders during storms. These waves, as well as ...

Increasing hydrogen energy requires all technologies to be pushed forward

No single hydrogen technology should be prioritized, says a new study, and the production, distribution, and use of hydrogen needs to be opt...

Scientists use sintered porous media to build compact, efficient heat exchangers

Despite their deceptively simple function of transferring heat from one medium to another, heat exchangers are of utmost importance in machi...

How machine learning can be fair and accurate

Carnegie Mellon University researchers are challenging a long-held assumption that there is a trade-off between accuracy and fairness when u...

New NLP model improves stock market predictions

For financial investors, finding ways to effectively predict the behavior of stocks and shares is critical if they want their investments to...

'Sharing the Sun' market report details expansive growth, recent trends in community solar

More and more Americans are gaining access to clean energy through community solar. On Oct. 26 at 12 p.m., the authors of a new market repor...

Biden calls for a big expansion of offshore wind: How officials decide where the turbines may go

The Biden administration has announced ambitious plans to scale up leasing for offshore wind energy projects along the Atlantic, Gulf and Pa...

Apple now sells a 'polishing cloth' to clean your iPhone, MacBook and iPad for $19

Hidden among the announcements during Apple's Monday event was the introduction of the tech giant's latest accessory: a polishing cl...

Remember Fisher-Price's classic toy telephone? It's now a real working phone, and you can buy one

That classic Fisher-Price toy rotary phone is getting a modern upgrade. from Consumer Electronics News - Electronics News, Electronic Gadg...

Google debuts new Pixel, latest try in smartphone fight

Google launched new Pixel 6 smartphones on Tuesday, its latest attempt in a market the tech giant has failed thus far to conquer. from Con...

Scientists teach AI to predict bankruptcy

The ability to accurately assess the financial risks of dealing with a business is vital to both the economy and society. This is particular...

New insight could lead to better silicon solar panels

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Colorado School of Mines are applying a n...

Saying farewell to a throwaway fashion industry

Fast fashion is a lucrative business model offering trendy, mass-produced replica catwalk trends and haute couture designs at bargain prices...

New solution for low cost, light-weight and compact wireless transfer devices

A research collaboration between Associate Professor Mishima Tomokazu (Kobe University Graduate School of Maritime Sciences) and Associate P...

How AI breaks in power factor on an industrial workhorse motor

Lift the lid on an electrified home, a factory or a mine, and you'll find a troop of squirrel cage motors active at all hours. Industria...

The new MacBook Pros: Top-of-the line model will cost you more than $6,000

Would you spend more than $6,000 on a laptop? from Consumer Electronics News - Electronics News, Electronic Gadget News | Consumer Electro...

Apple event: Updated MacBook Pros, third-generation AirPods, plus HomePod Mini speakers unveiled

If you're a fan of Apple AirPods, Monday's announcement may be music to your ears. from Consumer Electronics News - Electronics Ne...

Auto sector shifts gear towards recycling parts, batteries

From ageing electric batteries to old engines to rearview mirrors, the auto industry is revving up its recycling efforts as it faces pressur...

Solar energy can be cheap and reliable across China by 2060, research shows

At the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland, much attention will be focused on China. As the world's largest CO2 e...

Researchers determine optimum pressure to improve the performance of lithium metal batteries

A team of materials scientists and chemists has determined the proper stack pressure that lithium metal batteries, or LMBs, need to be subje...

How the brain navigates cities: We seem to be wired to calculate not the shortest path but the 'pointiest' one

Everyone knows the shortest distance between two points is a straight line. However, when you're walking along city streets, a straight ...

Researchers suggest electric vehicles need to be made lighter

A pair of economists, one with the University of Calgary, the other, the University of California, along with a civil engineer from Carnegie...

Method discovered to boost energy generation from microalgae

The variety of humble algae that cover the surface of ponds and seas could hold the key to boosting the efficiency of artificial photosynthe...

AI predicts extensive material properties to break down a previously insurmountable wall

If the properties of materials can be reliably predicted, then the process of developing new products for a huge range of industries can be ...

Energy-stricken S.Africa weighs need to save climate and keep lights on

When you fly into Johannesburg, solar panels seem to gleam everywhere, from the roofs of mansions and small township homes alike. from Ene...

From oil to renewables, winds of change blow on Scottish islands

In the far north of the United Kingdom, where the wind blows and the sea rages, the islands of Orkney and Shetland have long relied on oil a...

Virtual reality: A front-row seat to the impact of (un)sustainable behavior

Witness first-hand how your mountain of waste plastic expands over the years and what impact your food has on the rainforests. Virtual reali...

Lack of computer chips hurting Apple shows the severity of the global shortage

The impact of chip shortages hitting companies the size of Apple represents the enormity of the issues facing companies across the world, ac...

Social media and AI can measure the aesthetic quality of landscapes

To measure an ecosystem's beauty and the well-being it produces for people can help inform public environmental policy. Scientists at EP...

Flying sushi: Israel readies for delivery drone traffic jams

Drone powerhouse Israel is translating the know-how of air force veterans to the delivery of sushi and ice-cream, as companies tap their exp...

Electric sheep: Grazing in solar arrays supports economy, climate

As industrial-sized solar installations pop up throughout New York and New England states, residents fear the loss of agricultural land. One...

World's first massive egocentric dataset

The University of Bristol is part of an international consortium of 13 universities in partnership with Facebook AI, that collaborated to ad...

Biden wind farm sale opens path to turbines on nearly all coasts

The Biden administration on Wednesday outlined plans to expand offshore wind development across almost all U.S. coasts, raising the prospect...

A new model to enable multi-object tracking in unmanned aerial systems

To efficiently navigate their surrounding environments and complete missions, unmanned aerial systems (UASs) should be able to detect multip...

Philippines torn between LNG and renewable energy

The Philippines must turn to renewable sources to solve its energy crisis, environmental experts urge, as the country comes under pressure f...

Stable solar cells from perovskite

Perovskite is a promising material. It captures the sun's rays and efficiently converts them into solar energy. It is also much cheaper ...

AI agent can learn the cause-and-effect basis of a navigation task during training

Neural networks can learn to solve all sorts of problems, from identifying cats in photographs to steering a self-driving car. But whether t...

Apple Watch Series 7: New model with larger, more durable display—time for an upgrade?

Apple's newest smartwatch, the Apple Watch Series 7, hits stores on Friday with a larger display and a pair of exclusive new watch faces...

Life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions of biomethane and hydrogen pathways in the European Union

A new life-cycle analysis of potentially low-greenhouse-gas options for producing hydrogen in Europe finds that only hydrogen produced using...

Ultrasound can enable faster, more sustainable battery recycling

Known by expectant parents as the technology that enables them to see their child for the first time, ultrasound can be used at extremely lo...

New battery technology could power wearable, self-sustaining fever detector

Public temperature checks have become common practice around the world during the COVID-19 pandemic. Researchers at Texas A&M University...

A model to classify financial texts while protecting users' privacy

Over the past decade or so, computer scientists developed a variety of machine learning (ML) models that can analyze large amounts of data b...

Deep learning helps to predict traffic crashes before they happen

Today's world is one big maze, connected by layers of concrete and asphalt that afford us the luxury of navigation by vehicle. For many ...

Lack of power grids sealed fate for early electric cars

New research from Lund University shows that insufficient infrastructure was key in American car manufacturers choosing gasoline cars over e...

Apple cuts iPhone 13 output forecast on chip shortage: report

Apple is unlikely to meet production goals for its new iPhone before the holidays because of a global electronic chip shortage, a report sai...

AI used to reproduce 'lost' Picasso nude

A painting of a naked woman by Pablo Picasso that has been hidden beneath one of his "Blue Period' masterpieces for more than a cen...

Rooftop solar increases electricity use, raising questions for utilities and policymakers

According to a new analysis by researchers at Georgia Tech's Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, homeowners who install solar panels win...

Researchers are testing a new carbon capture method

Although research has been conducted into carbon capture and storage for 40 years, there is still a need to refine the technology to make it...

Researchers breathe new life into paper books with the Magic Bookmark

The University of Surrey has developed a new, cost-effective, ecological solution for augmenting the printed page with rich, up-to-date digi...

Novel lighting system designed for machine vision module of agricultural robots

A novel camera system using active lighting devised by Penn State researchers may be a crucial step in developing machine vision systems tha...

Attention-based deep neural network increases detection capability in sonar systems

In underwater acoustics, deep learning is gaining traction in improving sonar systems to detect ships and submarines in distress or in restr...

Discovery of universal adversarial attacks for quantum classifiers

Artificial intelligence has achieved dramatic success over the past decade, with the triumph in predicting protein structures marked as the ...

New research directions in disordered carbon anodes for Na-ion batteries

Na-ion batteries (NIBs) are gradually attracting much attention as an alternative to lead-acid batteries and supplement to Li-ion batteries ...

Winds of change: Improvements for wind energy production

The development of wind energy, a renewable, emissions-free energy source, is widely acknowledged as an imperative to mitigate greenhouse ga...

Europe's islands are leading the charge in the clean energy transition

Islands face exorbitant electricity costs when importing fossil fuels and are also among the most vulnerable regions to rising sea levels, d...

France's $35B innovation plan includes nuclear reactor funds

French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday unveiled a 5-year, 30 billion-euro ($35 billion) investment plan for developing innovative techn...

Solar panels on half the world's roofs could meet its entire electricity demand

Rooftop solar panels are up to 79% cheaper than they were in 2010. These plummeting costs have made rooftop solar photovoltaics even more at...

Norway court rules wind farms harming reindeer herders

Norway's Supreme Court on Monday ruled that two wind parks built in the country's west were harming reindeer herders from the Sami p...

Study reveals scale of data-sharing from Android mobile phones

An in-depth analysis of a range of popular Android mobile phones has revealed significant data collection and sharing, including with third ...

A cryptography game changer for biomedical research at scale

Predictive, preventive, personalized and participatory medicine, known as P4, is the healthcare of the future. To both accelerate its adopti...

How environmental features can enhance robot awareness

In recent years, roboticists have created a variety of systems that could eventually operate in real-world environments. As most real-world ...

Artificial intelligence is now part of our everyday lives, and its growing power is a double-edged sword

A major new report on the state of artificial intelligence (AI) has just been released. Think of it as the AI equivalent of an Intergovernme...

Hydrogen can play key role in US decarbonization

Earlier this summer, Energy Secretary Jennifer M. Granholm launched the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Energy Earthshots Initia...

Building out of concrete, but without pouring concrete

EPFL researchers have built a footbridge prototype using reinforced-concrete blocks from walls of a building being renovated. The blocks wer...

How to make full use of wind energy in a compact city

Wind can be used as a renewable energy source that is clean, uncontaminated, and inexhaustible. Such characteristics have helped wind energy...

Developing an AI that 'thinks' like humans

Creating human-like AI is about more than mimicking human behavior—technology must also be able to process information, or "think"...

Nuclear option: Earth's climate panacea or poison?

For its supporters, nuclear energy is the world's best—perhaps only—hope to avoid catastrophic climate change. Opponents say it is too e...

The world's slow transition to cleaner energy

The transition towards cleaner energy has made progress but not quick enough to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius, as agr...

Green energy springs from abandoned UK coalmine

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Dawdon coalmine in northeast England was abandoned three decades ago, but is being brought back to life as the unlikely setting for a green ...

Hydropower decline adds strain to power grids in drought

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After water levels at a California dam fell to historic lows this summer, the main hydropower plant it feeds was shut down. At the Hoover Da...

White House proposes tech 'bill of rights' to limit AI harms

Top science advisers to President Joe Biden are calling for a new "bill of rights" to guard against powerful new artificial intell...

Producing kerosene from bio-based side streams

Wageningen University & Research and its partners have developed a new type of aviation fuel that is produced using bio-based waste stre...

Monte Carlo tree search algorithms that can play the Lord of the Rings card game

When machine learning algorithms and other computational tools started becoming increasingly advanced, many computer scientists set out to t...

Light Field Lab debuts SolidLight – a high resolution holographic display

A team of engineers at Silicon Valley startup Light Field Lab is debuting its new high-resolution holographic display, SolidLight. In its an...

Keeping it clean and cool at home: Environmentally-friendly solutions

The summer of 2021 in Western Canada was one of the hottest on record. In BC alone, 59 weather stations registered their hottest temperature...

Researchers create 'self-aware' algorithm to ward off hacking attempts

It sounds like a scene from a spy thriller. An attacker gets through the IT defenses of a nuclear power plant and feeds it fake, realistic d...

Why fast charging reduces the capacity of a car battery

When lithium ions are forced rapidly through a battery, they might get stuck and turn into lithium metal, no longer able to move through the...

A decision analyst's perspective on AI: With machines that make data-driven decisions, where do we need people?

Decision analysis is a field that develops analytical models for better decision-making. One interesting question is whether artificial inte...

Fire tests show that Austria's tunnels are fit for electric cars

The actual potential danger in the event of an accident with an e-car is still relatively unknown, but unsettling images of e-vehicles on fi...

Using optical beaming to power a portable 5G base station

Telecommunications company Ericsson has teamed up with a company called PowerLight Technologies to send power through the air to run a 5G ba...

Report shows energy demand must be slashed to hit climate targets

Demand for energy in the UK must be significantly reduced if net zero targets are to be met, emissions reductions will not be enough, accord...

Perovskite solar cell defects trap charge carriers and then release them again

Among the most exciting materials for solar cells are the so-called MAPI semiconductors. They consist of organic methylammonium cations and ...

Global archive of historical renewable energy documents

Sandia National Laboratories began studying the power of the sun to produce utility-scale energy in the 1960s. Sandia's National Solar T...

Reasons that people ditch electric vehicles show 'revolution' will be slow and rocky

For over a decade, policy and industry have tried to make electric vehicles more widely available and get people to buy them. Previous resea...

Using heat from underground parking lots to warm apartments

Over a third of the energy used in Switzerland each year goes to heating. And nearly 60% of the heating used in Swiss residential buildings ...

Enabling AI-driven health advances without sacrificing patient privacy

There's a lot of excitement at the intersection of artificial intelligence and health care. AI has already been used to improve disease ...

Repairing turbines with a supersonic blast of metal particles

A highly anticipated capability with the potential to repair hydroelectric dam turbines without the melting associated with traditional repa...

Flying high-speed drones into the unknown with AI

Researchers at the University of Zurich have developed a new approach to autonomously fly quadrotors through unknown, complex environments a...

Assessing global electricity generation potential from rooftop solar photovoltaics

The first detailed global assessment of the electricity generation potential of rooftop solar photovoltaics (PV) technology has been conduct...

LEONARDO, the bipedal robot, can ride a skateboard and walk a slackline

Researchers at Caltech have built a bipedal robot that combines walking with flying to create a new type of locomotion, making it exceptiona...

Materials scientists pursue a new generation of batteries

Progress in applied research at Argonne National Laboratory raises hopes that solid-state batteries will replace conventional lithium-ion ba...

Brain cell differences could be key to learning in humans and AI

Researchers have found that variability between brain cells might speed up learning and improve the performance of the brain and future AI. ...

Can bats help us design a better driverless car?

Fruit bats aren't the first words that comes to mind when you think of driverless cars. But in their nightly forays for fruit and nectar...

Building efficient and thermally stable perovskite solar cells using Ti₃C₂TₓMXene

A new generation of cheap, sustainable and efficient solar cells is a step closer, thanks to scientists at The University of Queensland. f...

First evidence shows solar parks can cool surrounding land

Scientists using satellite technologies have discovered for the first time that large scale solar parks have a cooling effect on the land su...

A new model to synthesize emotional speech for companion robots

Over the past few decades, roboticists have designed a variety of robots to assist humans. These include robots that could assist the elderl...

Natural gas price spikes 25% on soaring demand

European and UK gas prices surged on Wednesday by more than 25 percent, energised by soaring demand before the northern hemisphere winter. ...

Why improvisation is the future in an AI-dominated world

In his autobiography, Miles Davis complained that classical musicians were like robots. from News on Artificial Intelligence and Machine L...

A framework to enhance deep learning using first-spike times

Researchers at Heidelberg University and University of Bern have recently devised a technique to achieve fast and energy-efficient computing...

Patent on sustainable energy

If we want to reach the climate goals set for 2030 and 2050, we are going to have to do our utmost to continue developing sustainable energy...

Blockchain technology could provide secure communications for robot teams

Imagine a team of autonomous drones equipped with advanced sensing equipment, searching for smoke as they fly high above the Sierra Nevada m...

Robotic arm fuses data from a camera and antenna to locate and retrieve items

A busy commuter is ready to walk out the door, only to realize they've misplaced their keys and must search through piles of stuff to fi...

eFootball fiasco symptom of growing rush to bring out games

The scathing reviews of the "grotesque" eFootball 2022 and its "horrible" graphics are a potent illustration of the risk...

Researchers develop new cost-cutting controls for hybrid vehicles

For a hybrid electric bus, Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers have developed and demonstrated algorithm-based controls that yielded u...

Artificial intelligence is smart, but does it play well with others?

When it comes to games such as chess or Go, artificial intelligence (AI) programs have far surpassed the best players in the world. These ...

Renewable energy will increase security and lower geopolitical risk, study shows

The transition to renewable energy will make the U.S. energy supply significantly more secure not only by decreasing the mining and material...

A model that can generate humorous versions of existing headlines

Over the past decade or so, computer scientists have developed a growing number of computational models that can generate, edit and analyze ...

Quenching the world's thirst with off-grid water desalination

Desalination is the answer to long-term water security, but it's also expensive and energy-intensive. The good news is that scientists a...

Johnson says UK energy production to go 100% green by 2035

Britain will aim to shift all of its energy production to renewable sources by the middle of the next decade, Prime Minister Boris Johnson s...

New plant in Germany aims to cut flying's carbon footprint

German officials are unveiling Monday what they say will be the world's first commercial plant for making synthetic kerosene as part of ...

Reducing carbon emissions with net-zero technologies

The EU intends to become climate neutral by 2050—through the European Green Deal and a tax on carbon emissions. Fraunhofer-research scientis...

Deep-learning–based image analysis is now just a click away

Under an initiative by EPFL's Center for Imaging, a team of engineers from EPFL and Universidad Carlos III de Madrid have developed a pl...

Offshore wind platform prototype gets thumbs up

Winds are a boundless source of energy, growing stronger and more stable the farther away you move from the coast. While this makes offshore...

What is behind the rising gas prices

The rising price of gas has caused widespread concern across the country over how many consumers will afford to heat their homes this winter...

China orders energy firms to secure supplies amid power crisis: report