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Listening to the people results in a more sustainable future energy system
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A stand-alone solar farm in Crete that integrates graphene perovskite solar panels
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Just add water to activate a disposable paper battery
A water-activated disposable paper battery is presented in a proof-of-principle study in Scientific Reports. The authors suggest that it cou...
New social media tools help public assess viral posts, check for bots
The Observatory on Social Media, or OSoMe, at Indiana University has launched three new or revamped no-cost research tools to give journalis...
Model of rock thermal conductivity used by oil and gas and geothermal companies proves unreliable
Skoltech researchers have leveraged their unique experimental data and expertise in rock modeling to test a theoretical model of rock therma...
Hydrogen production and carbon capture in a single step
Hydrogen production takes place using natural gas as the raw material, combined with a very special ceramic membrane. Both hydrogen producti...
Using solar panels to decarbonise the Mediterranean tourism industry is cost effective
Using solar panels in the tourism industry in countries like Greece and Cyprus will not only help reduce carbon emissions but also significa...
Scientists fabricate high-performance, large-area perovskite submodules for solar cells
Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) are promising solar technologies. Although low-cost wet processing has shown advantages in small-area PSC fabr...
When waste materials can build bricks to save money and resources
Firing bricks and making mortar and cement is very costly, but organic chemists at Flinders University are working on more sustainable alter...
Research team introduces roadmap to greener air conditioning for a warmer world
When the heat of summer hits, air conditioners turn on and energy demand skyrockets, straining the grid. In a warmer world, more efficient c...
Germany to reduce government incentives to buy electric cars
The German government plans to reduce incentive payments for buyers of electric cars and end subsidies for buying plug-in hybrids at the end...
AI on big field data helps make hydraulic fracturing more economically viable
Researchers from Skoltech and Gazpromneft-STC have patented a technique that uses machine learning to get the most out of hydraulic fracturi...
Rechargeable silicon batteries
A team of researchers from the Technion–Israel Institute of Technology has developed a proof-of-concept for a novel rechargeable silicon (Si...
Emerging technology could help extract lithium from new sources
As more drivers adopt plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles, the demand for lithium-ion batteries will continue to explode over the next deca...
Seeing the light: Researchers develop new AI system using light to learn associatively
Researchers at Oxford University's Department of Materials, working in collaboration with colleagues from Exeter and Munster, have devel...
Enthusiasm for green energy varies, and few are willing to pay more for it
Whether they identify as Evangelists, Promoters, Passives or Detractors of green energy, few Americans are willing to pay more to adopt gree...
Emerging miniaturized energy storage devices for microsystem applications: From design to integration
The ever-growing demands for integration of micro/nanosystems, such as microelectromechanical system (MEMS), micro/nanorobots, intelligent p...
Cross-pollination among neuroscience, psychology and AI research yields a foundational understanding of thinking
Progress in artificial intelligence has enabled the creation of AIs that perform tasks previously thought only possible for humans, such as ...
Modeling exactly where distributed energy resources provide the most value to the grid
Distributed energy resources (DERs) like rooftop solar or energy storage could provide a lot of value to the evolving grid. Because these sy...
Expert offers tips for conserving energy during extreme heat waves
Extreme heat waves and record temperatures are straining energy infrastructure nationwide, which is contributing to a global energy crisis, ...
Deep learning technology enables faster and more accurate terahertz security inspection
With the strengthening of global anti-terrorist measures, it is increasingly important to conduct security checks in public places to detect...
The molecular implementation of a DNA-based artificial neural network
Molecular computing is a promising area of study aimed at using biological molecules to create programmable devices. This idea was first int...
How Canada's oilsands can help build better roads
The future seems bleak for Canada's oilsands. But given the world's ongoing need for smooth, safe roads, there is hope for the indus...
Irony machine: Why are AI researchers teaching computers to recognize irony?
What was your first reaction when you heard about Blake Lemoine, the Google engineer who announced last month the AI program he was working ...
Computer simulations aid scientists in gauging battery performance
A crucial but poorly-studied parameter that dictates battery performance is the migration barrier. It determines the rate at which ions move...
Core technology for aqueous zinc batteries
Most energy storage systems (ESSs) have recently adopted lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), with the highest technology maturity among secondary ...
New method can improve explosion detection
Computers can be trained to better detect distant nuclear detonations, chemical blasts and volcano eruptions by learning from artificial exp...
Vertical PV power plants reduce the need for gas imports and electricity storage systems
Solar energy is not subject to supply shortages, is cheap and CO2-neutral. To achieve maximum energy yield, PV power plants are usually inst...
Study conceptualizes energy efficient, wireless charging roads
Wireless charging roads equipped with energy storage systems are promising electric vehicle solutions by virtue of their strong advantages i...
Google/Apple's contact-tracing apps susceptible to digital attacks
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists and health authorities have relied on contact-tracing technologies to help manage t...
Thwarting attacks from the charging socket: Team explores protecting mobile device touchscreens from 'ghost touch'
Touch screens on mobile devices can be attacked and manipulated via charging cables and power supply units. This is what researchers at the ...
How to turn throwaway cardboard into a DIY arcade game
Like many people across Colorado, Peter Gyory spent the height of the COVID-19 pandemic sitting at home with nothing to do. Then the researc...
Robots learn household tasks by watching humans
The robot watched as Shikhar Bahl opened the refrigerator door. It recorded his movements, the swing of the door, the location of the fridge...
Burning woody biomass in power plants could reduce carbon output
According to a new study by researchers in the University of Georgia's Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, replacing coal ...
Using artificial intelligence to train teams of robots to work together
When communication lines are open, individual agents such as robots or drones can work together to collaborate and complete a task. But what...
Open source platform enables research on privacy-preserving machine learning
The biggest benchmarking data set to date for a machine learning technique designed with data privacy in mind has been released open source ...
Modified rail cars clean air of carbon dioxide and help mitigate climate change
Rail systems around the world could help mitigate climate change and clean the air of CO2 by capturing the sustainable energy generated when...
One step closer to providing customized climate control in the office
EPFL researchers have shown that people's perception of office temperature can vary considerably. Personalized climate control could the...
Why number portability increases profitability for phone operators
Whether it is better in terms of profitability to lower barriers between operators to attract new customers more easily or to raise them in ...
Silk offers alternative to some microplastics
Microplastics, tiny particles of plastic that are now found worldwide in the air, water, and soil, are increasingly recognized as a serious ...
'Not a switch': UAE pushes for fair energy transition
The world's transition to clean energy sources must be "just" and financed by the hydrocarbon trade, the climate change minist...
Microbial fuel cell uses fruit and vegetable waste with bacteria from cow dung
There is a huge and increasing demand for sustainable energy sources across the globe. New work in the International Journal of Renewable En...
Aboriginal language could help solve complex AI problems
Jingulu—a language spoken by the Jingili people in the Northern Territory—has characteristics that allow it to be easily translated into AI ...
Nanomagnets can discern wine, and could slake AI's thirst for energy
Human brains process loads of information. When wine aficionados taste a new wine, neural networks in their brains process an array of data ...
Intelligent wireless walls for contactless in-home monitoring
Patient health care strongly relies on in-hospital situation and remote monitoring at home is very challenging. Various human activity recog...
Extreme heat is getting worse. Is North Carolina's power grid ready?
Extreme heat is testing North Carolina's power grid like never before, with triple-digit temperatures causing residents to consume recor...
Researchers 'shift the sun' to improve solar cells
Solar cells are a key feature of creating a sustainable energy ecosystem for the future. Existing solar arrays and cells can produce clean e...
Robot dog learns to walk in one hour
A newborn giraffe or foal must learn to walk on its legs as fast as possible to avoid predators. Animals are born with muscle coordination n...
Dynamic building facades inspired by marine organisms could reduce heating, cooling and lighting costs
A new, low-cost "optofluidic" system designed by University of Toronto researchers—and inspired by marine life like fish, crab and...
Researchers establish green infrastructure plan for Houston community
Texas A&M Superfund Research Center investigators have developed a novel green infrastructure plan to reduce stormwater runoff in Housto...
Researchers use a new framework to estimate the potential for energy demand reduction in the UK
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CO2–formate conversion technology with significantly improved production rate
Carbon dioxide as a resource and hydrogen energy are considered to be the most practical measures to realize carbon neutrality. However, tec...
As AI language skills grow, so do scientists' concerns
The tech industry's latest artificial intelligence constructs can be pretty convincing if you ask them what it feels like to be a sentie...
Technology optimizes renewable energy generation from malting barley bagasse by the beer industry
A scientific article just published by four Brazilian and two American scientists reports gains in electric and thermal energy obtained when...
Firm managers may benefit from transparency in machine-learning algorithms
In today's business world, machine-learning algorithms are increasingly being applied to decision-making processes, which affects employ...
Researchers develop strain relaxation for stable quasi-2D perovskite solar cells
The harvesting of solar energy has received extensive attention. Among all the light harvesting devices, perovskite solar cells (PSC) stand ...
The most mathematically efficient solar cooker designs
A study of different solar cooker designs has alighted on the optimal form and structure, which can be constructed or bought in the developi...
Researchers propose dual-plating strategy to rapidly construct microbatteries
High-performance, micro-sized electrochemical energy storage devices are essential for future miniaturized electronic devices, such as smart...
Researcher uses 'fuzzy' AI algorithms to aid people with memory loss
A new computer algorithm developed by the University of Toronto's Parham Aarabi can store and recall information strategically—just like...
Rolling privacy into collaborative tools for online working
The rise in online working and collaboration wrought by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic that started in 2020 continues apace. In parallel we s...
Providing embedded artificial intelligence with a capacity for palimpsest memory storage
Biological synapses are known to store multiple memories on top of each other at different time scales, much like representations of the ear...
Fully scalable all-perovskite tandem solar modules
Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have developed a prototype for fully scalable all-perovskite tandem solar modules...
Engineers build a robot that learns to understand itself, rather than the world around it
As every athletic or fashion-conscious person knows, our body image is not always accurate or realistic, but it's an important piece of ...
Amazon handed Ring footage to police without user consent
Amazon has provided Ring doorbell footage to law enforcement 11 times this year without the user's permission, a revelation that's b...
A health monitoring wearable that operates without a battery
A new self-powered, wristwatch-style health monitor invented by researchers at the University of California, Irvine can keep track of a wear...
Generating green hydrogen from biomass, an abundant renewable energy source
An innovative technology to produce hydrogen from biomass has been developed by a team of researchers from the Indian Institute of Science (...
A framework that could enhance the ability of robots to use physical tools
Researchers at I2R ASTAR Singapore and UM-CNRS LIRMM in France have recently developed a framework that could improve the ability of robots ...
Fukushima operator ex-bosses ordered to pay $95 bn: media
A Tokyo court Wednesday ordered former executives from the operator of the Fukushima nuclear plant involved in the 2011 disaster to pay arou...
Artificial intelligence model finds potential drug molecules a thousand times faster
The entirety of the known universe is teeming with an infinite number of molecules. But what fraction of these molecules have potential drug...
Federal utility seeks proposals for big carbon-free push
The nation's largest public utility is seeking proposals for what would be one of the biggest recent swings at adding carbon-free electr...
First wireless earbuds that clear up calls using deep learning
As meetings shifted online during the COVID-19 lockdown, many people found that chattering roommates, garbage trucks and other loud sounds d...
Asymmetric substitution of end-groups helps to achieve efficient all-small-molecule organic solar cells
A research group led by Prof. Ge Ziyi at the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of the Chinese Academy of Scie...
Future smart homes could be powered with electronics built on stones
What if you could power the smart thermostats, speakers and lights in your home with a kitchen countertop? Stones, such as marble and granit...
How do dating apps choose your Mr. or Ms. Right?
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A new approach to enhance multi-fingered robot hand manipulation
In recent years, roboticists have developed increasingly advanced robotic systems, many of which have artificial hands or robot hands with m...
Hot water wells in Hungary fuel switch from Russian gas
At plants painted with birds and hedgehogs, hot water from deep underground is being channeled to produce energy and heat for thousands of h...
AI as a 'wise counsel' for synthetic biology
Machine learning is transforming all areas of biological science and industry, but is typically limited to a few users and scenarios. A team...
Researchers create method for breaking down plant materials for earth-friendly energy
With energy costs rising, and the rapidly emerging effects of burning fossil fuels on the global climate, the need has never been greater fo...
Tracking crypto pump-and-dump operations on social media
The practice is unethical, yet not illegal per the SEC. Cryptocurrency scammers have found a way to make a quick profit through social media...
New iron catalyst could make hydrogen fuel cells affordable
For decades, scientists have been searching for a catalyst that dramatically reduces the cost of fabricating hydrogen fuel cells. from Ene...
Retrofitting untapped dams
Although more than 92,000 dams populate the country, the vast majority—about 89,000—do not generate electricity through hydropower. from E...
Block copolymer electrolyte used to make stable sodium metal batteries
A team of researchers affiliated with a host of institutions in Australia, the U.S. and China has found that a perfluoropolyether-based elec...
A drone that can avoid obstacles helped win a sweeping new approval for aerial inspections of power facilities
Since the Virginia Tech Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership was designated by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as an official drone t...
New effort aims to mine silver from old solar panels using laser ablation
Forget the old rallying cry "There's gold in them thar hills." Silver, a precious metal in precious short supply, is up on the...
'We are killing people': How technology has made your car 'a candy store of distraction'
In the late 1980s, the U.S. Army turned to outside experts to study how pilots of Apache attack helicopters were responding to the torrent o...
Written all over your face: An improved AI model for recognizing facial expression
When it comes to our state of mind and emotions, our faces can be quite telling. Facial expression is an essential aspect of nonverbal commu...
Getting the carbon out of India's heavy industries
The world's third largest carbon emitter after China and the United States, India ranks seventh in a major climate risk index. Unless In...
Expanding artistic frontiers in artificial intelligence
Dr. Mohammed Elhoseiny, assistant professor of computer science at KAUST, has carved a career out of teaching machines the art of creating a...
Twitter banned the Proud Boys, but they're still there. Under Elon Musk, there could be more
On April 26, a five-month old Twitter account with the handle @LegacyChaser369 pinned a tweet to its profile that began: "The Proud Boy...
Good, bad, fair: New algorithms could help fairly distribute goods or chores
When organizations need to divvy up indivisible items among multiple parties with different needs and preferences—such as providing limited ...
A liquefied gas electrolyte to create temperature-resilient lithium-metal batteries
Lithium Ion-based batteries are among the most effective and widely used battery technologies. However, the batteries' electrolytes main...
'Guerrilla' sales, crowdsourcing: Japan's game console crunch
It's still dark when the line starts forming outside an electronics store in Tokyo, as desperate gamers try to snag the latest PlayStati...
These energy-packed batteries work well in extreme cold and heat
Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed lithium-ion batteries that perform well at freezing cold and scorching ho...
Scientists explore how to make PV even greener
How do we reduce the carbon impact of an already green technology? from Energy & Green Tech News - Energy Sciences News, Green Tech, E...
Powering ships with hydrogen from methanol
Shipping is one of the fastest-growing sources of greenhouse gases, and this is leading shipbuilders and operators on a search for environme...
Learning to combat DDOS attacks
Denial of service (DOS) and distributed denial of service (DDOS) attacks on computer systems are a major concern to those charged with keepi...
Green hydrogen from plant residue
Until now, the most common way to dispose of green waste and sewage sludge has been to compost or incinerate it. However, using these materi...
Robochop makes garden trimming a snip
Automation and computer-aided designs are seeding the future of home gardens. With the onset of designer gardens as a service and rose-pruni...
A model that allows robots to follow and guide humans in crowded environments
Assistance robots are typically mobile robots designed to assist humans in malls, airports, health care facilities, home environments and va...
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