Rice University engineers and scientists have created a sweet way for petrochemical refineries to turn a smelly byproduct into cash. from ...
Long-lived? Highly recyclable? Priorities for solar panels in a circular economy
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AI screening to make transport fuels greener
An inverse mixture-design approach based on machine learning can teach computers to create mixtures from a set of target properties. Develop...
Researcher aims to make lithium ion batteries more eco-friendly
Powering everything from cellphones to electric vehicles, lithium-ion batteries are part of everyday life—but they also wear out eventually,...
AI network detects drunkenness by evaluating infrared images of human faces with 93% accuracy
A convolutional neural network can evaluate thermal infrared images of human faces and determine with 93% accuracy whether the person is dru...
Shoring up drones with artificial intelligence helps surf lifesavers spot sharks at the beach
Australian surf lifesavers are increasingly using drones to spot sharks at the beach before they get too close to swimmers. But just how rel...
Teaching AI to accurately colorize marine plankton images
Plankton are fundamental to the marine ecosystem and an indispensable means of modern marine ecological management. Since previous studies h...
Engineers develop a rechargeable aqueous battery with a magnesium metal anode
Despite their popular use today, lithium-ion batteries have the drawbacks of being toxic and expensive, with the added complication of a glo...
Study explores how visual effects in videogames help players to make sense of game worlds
Visual effects (VFX) can help to make videogames more engaging and immersive for players. However, they are often also designed to support p...
'There's no legally mandated exit from fossil fuels': Expert discusses trade-offs between renewable fuels
Researchers at the Green Fuel Center (GFC) on the Technical University of Munich (TUM) Straubing Campus are working on the production of ren...
Finding COVID-19 fake news with a computer chatbot
The COVID-19 pandemic has been marked by ever-present fake news surrounding the behavior and effects of the coronavirus, the impact of socia...
Enhancing the stability of perovskite solar cells with a green and low-cost organic additive
Recently, Junyou Yang and Yubo Luo from the Huazhong University of Science and Technology, in collaboration with Xin Li from the National Un...
Africa needs country-specific narratives for a clean energy future, says study
Ahead of COP27, academics from 50 institutions have called for a shift in how politicians, funders and researchers think about the clean ene...
Artificial intelligence is used for predictive policing in the US and UK—South Africa should embrace it, too
In the 2002 movie Minority Report (based on a short story by Philip K Dick), director Steven Spielberg imagined a future in which three psyc...
Machine learning and signal processing design for edge acoustic applications
Edge computing is an architecture in which data and processing are placed as close as possible to end users. In cloud computing, in contrast...
A reinforcement learning-based four-legged robotic goalkeeper
Researchers at the Hybrid Robotics Group at UC Berkeley, Simon Fraser University and Georgia Institute of Technology have recently created a...
Singapore targets net zero by 2050, eyes hydrogen power
Singapore announced Tuesday it aims to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, giving a firm date for the first time, and will look at using hydr...
'We don't eat lithium': S. America longs for benefits of metal boon
The turquoise glimmer of open-air pools contrasts sharply with the dazzling white of salt flats in Latin America's "lithium triangl...
Will Africa's metals boom suffer the same curse as oil?
Mechanical diggers are hard at work in the bleak landscape of the Moanda open-cast mine in Gabon, using giant jaws to rip out manganese and ...
A strategy to fabricate kesterite solar cells with a 13% efficiency
Kesterite (Cu2ZnSnS4, CZTS) is a sulfide mineral with a unique lattice structure that can be considered as derived from chalcopyrite CuInSe2...
New study finds ways to improve light absorption in perovskite/Si tandem solar cells
A research team, affiliated with UNIST has succeeded in achieving a power conversion efficiency (PEC) of 23.50% in a perovskite-silicon tand...
More integrations and applications need to be involved with micro-supercapacitors
The development of wearable and portable electronics promotes the miniaturization of energy storage devices. Micro-supercapacitors (MSC) fea...
CO2 ventilation breakthrough could turn city rooftops into bumper vegetable gardens
As the world's cities grow, the hunt is on for ways to make them greener, more sustainable, and more livable. Rooftop farms and gardens ...
Human vision—a challenge for AI
Achieving diversity in human vision is one of the major challenges for AI research. In the vast majority of cases, we are better than machin...
A path to human-like machine intelligence
Artificial and machine intelligence are changing the way we live more and more each day. Manufacturing robots, self-driving cars, and virtua...
Double trouble when two disasters strike electrical transmission infrastructure
One natural disaster can knock out electric service to millions. A new study suggests that back-to-back disasters could cause catastrophic d...
How electric vehicle chargers can help make cities more equitable and resilient
The passage of recent legislation opens a unique window to build back from decades of inequities. from Energy & Green Tech News - Ener...
Robotics researchers turn the public's ideas into 'robo-fish' reality
A robot fish that filters microplastics has been brought to life after it won the University of Surrey's public competition—The Natural ...
'Deep fake' protein designed with artificial intelligence will target water pollutants
If you've ever used a text-based artificial-intelligence image generator like Craiyon or DALL-E, you know with a few word prompts that t...
Free tool helps to recycle film plastic waste generated in the construction of apartment buildings
For the first time, researchers at Aalto University examined how much film plastic is produced in the construction of apartment blocks. When...
Flexible data sharing could accelerate battery breakthroughs
In response to daunting climate challenges, battery researchers are mobilizing to increase collaboration and data sharing. from Energy ...
High efficiency, stable and scalable perovskite solar cells created with vacuum deposition apparatus
A research team, led by Professor Hyesung Park in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at UNIST has succeeded in manufacturin...
Flexible data sharing could accelerate battery breakthroughs
In response to daunting climate challenges, battery researchers are mobilizing to increase collaboration and data sharing. from News on Ar...
A new type of organic manganese halide with reversible, temperature-responsive fluorescence
With the development of IoT technology, demands for integrating low-power-consumption electronic devices with power supply modules are rapid...
Millions of users are flocking to the BeReal app—but it may pose free speech issues
Recently, when scrolling through TikTok—purely for research purposes of course—we paused on a video "spilling the tea" (that means...
Redox, reuse, recycle: Novel process extends life cycle of valuable catalysts
Imagine a typical recycling plant. Now imagine that the plant is a chemistry lab, and the crushed soda cans and waist-high stacks of junk ma...
Meta touts AI that translates spoken-only language
Meta on Wednesday said that it built an artificial intelligence system that translates Hokkien into English even though the Taiwanese langua...
Smart meters and dynamic pricing can help consumers use electricity when it's less costly
Americans want their electricity to be cheap, clean and reliable, but that trifecta is becoming more elusive, thanks to climate change. Acco...
Scientists develop high-efficiency monolithic perovskite/black silicon TOPCon tandem solar cells
A research group led by Prof. Ye Jichun at the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of the Chinese Academy of Sc...
Development of new technology for wastewater treatment for semiconductor production
Alcohols are used to remove impurities on the surface of semiconductors or electronics during the manufacturing process, and wastewater cont...
'Close the windows': Lebanon power plant sparks cancer fears
After losing four relatives to respiratory illness, Zeina Matar fled her hometown north of Lebanon's capital where she says a decaying p...
Convolutional neural network framework to predict remaining useful life in machines
Modern industries require efficient and reliable machinery. To ensure the stability of industrial equipment and avoid unnecessary downtime, ...
Scholz extends life of Germany's remaining nuclear plants
Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Monday ordered all three of Germany's remaining nuclear power plants to stay operational until mid-April, brea...
Australia backs plan for intercontinental power grid
Australia touted a world-first project Tuesday that could help make the country a "renewable energy superpower" by shifting huge v...
Machine learning-based solution could help firefighters circumvent deadly backdrafts
A lack of oxygen can reduce even the most furious flame to smoldering ash. But when fresh air rushes in, say after a firefighter opens a win...
Web-based map provides real-time accessibility information for urban rail transit in six metro areas
While many people use Google Maps and other navigation tools to plan their rail transit trips across a city, these apps and websites often l...
Demonstrating improved performance of transition metal oxide based organic photovoltaics
Harnessing the power of the sun and converting it into electricity using photovoltaic solar cells is one of the top contenders for combating...
What is Fog Reveal? A legal scholar explains the app some police forces are using to track people without a warrant
Government agencies and private security companies in the U.S. have found a cost-effective way to engage in warrantless surveillance of indi...
Kanye West agrees to buy social network Parler
Social network Parler announced Monday a deal for Kanye West to buy the platform popular with US conservatives, just over a week after the r...
Disposable, eco-friendly sensors for precise wearable dosimetry
A new publication from Opto-Electronic Advances discusses nanowires based degradable high-performance photodetectors for eco-friendly green ...
Portugal bets all on renewables after abandoning coal
As the UN steps up calls to make the switch to renewable energy to fight the global climate emergency, Portugal is among the first European ...
Amazon curtails ventures amid push to control costs
Amazon is shuttering more projects, with a digital travel experience and a high-performance robotic system the most recent to get the ax. ...
Post-it Notes adapt to work-from-home with Microsoft Teams app
Post-it Notes are getting a hybrid-work upgrade with a Microsoft Teams app that lets users digitize handwritten notes by holding them in fro...
Meta calls FTC suit to block VR fitness deal 'ill-conceived'
Meta Platforms Inc. urged a judge to reject the U.S. Federal Trade Commission attempt to block the company's acquisition of virtual real...
Watching lithium in real time could improve performance of EV battery materials
Researchers have found that the irregular movement of lithium ions in next-generation battery materials could be reducing their capacity and...
Experts discuss future surplus power storage technologies
If the transition to renewables is to succeed, we will need a viable means of storing surplus heat and electricity. Globe spoke to experts f...
AI language models show bias against people with disabilities, study finds
Natural language processing (NLP) is a type of artificial intelligence that allows machines to use text and spoken words in many different a...
Machine learning models identify apps that will likely violate Google Play store guidelines
A considerable percentage of new apps in the Google App store are removed for violating the store's guidelines. This is inconvenient for...
Scientists use toxic hogweed to make anode material for cheap sodium-ion batteries for wind farms
Researchers from MSU and Skoltech have transmuted a pesky poisonous weed into high-grade anode material for sodium-ion batteries. These are ...
Does reducing screen time increase productivity? Not necessarily
Have you ever been accused (or accused someone else) of wasting too much time by looking at a cellphone? Turns out, that time might not be w...
Advanced plastics recycling yields climate benefits
The City College of New York Grove School of Engineering today released a new report which examined advanced recycling. The report concluded...
NASA says its space tech could cut electric car charging times to 5 minutes or less
Experimental technology used to cool equipment in space might soon be able to cut the charging times of electric vehicles to five minutes or...
European airline Lufthansa bans Apple AirTags on checked luggage and calls devices 'dangerous'
One of Europe's largest airlines is saying "auf wiedersehen" to Apple AirTags on checked luggage. from Consumer Electronics ...
Overwatch 2 illustrates challenges facing esports industry
Blizzard Entertainment positioned its popular shooter Overwatch as a major player on the esports scene. But the company has hit some stumbli...
Battery tech breakthrough paves way for mass adoption of affordable electric car
A breakthrough in electric vehicle battery design has enabled a 10-minute charge time for a typical EV battery. The record-breaking combinat...
Natural language processing software evaluates middle school science essays
Students may soon have another teacher in the classroom, but from an unlikely source: artificial intelligence (AI). In two recent papers, co...
Pursuing greater resilience through nature-inspired power grids
Researchers are looking to nature to build better power grids that are more resistant to various potential disturbances like natural disaste...
Flexible solar cells with record efficiency of 22.2%
Empa researchers have, once again, improved the efficiency of CIGS flexible solar cells. Independently certified measurements revealed a pow...
As many rooftops as possible: Recommendations for an ambitious EU-wide solar mandate
The EU should phase in the solar mandate as swiftly as possible—from the end of 2024—for as many building types as possible, as well as for ...
Assess these 13 risks when investing in cryptocurrencies
Blockchain-based cryptocurrencies can be a revolutionary digital innovation and opportunity for the whole finance industry, but they are not...
Cheaper positive electrode material improves all-solid-state sodium batteries
Osaka Metropolitan University scientists have successfully developed a new positive electrode material Na2FeS2, consisting of sodium, iron, ...
Reading old handwriting with an AI platform
Using artificial intelligence, computers can decipher handwritten texts and make them readable for everyone. The Transkribus platform, co-de...
Science using smartphone downtime
A smartphone application that can utilize a device's idle time could reduce the computational and bandwidth loads for scientific researc...
AI-driven 'thermal attack' system reveals computer and smartphone passwords in seconds
Computer security experts have developed a system capable of guessing computer and smartphone users' passwords in seconds by analyzing t...
Common approach to demystify black box AI not ready for prime time
Artificial intelligence models that interpret medical images hold the promise to enhance clinicians' ability to make accurate and timely...
Extending the range of battery electric vehicles using better models and cell balancing
The transportation sector is one of the largest consumers of fossil fuels, and, as a result, emitter of greenhouse gases. Cleaner alternativ...
Robust predictive speed control for surface-mounted permanent magnet synchronous motor systems
Permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) systems have been widely used due to their high power density and high efficiency. Digital control...
Along US Gulf Coast, huge gas plants jostle for space
As war rages in Ukraine, and Europe thirsts for fuel, the liquified natural gas (LNG) industry along the US Gulf Coast is preparing to expan...
Scientists design electrolyte for lithium metal anodes for use in lithium metal batteries
With the growing demand for electric vehicles, the need for high-safety, long-life batteries also rises. Yet electric vehicles' demand f...
Sleep mode makes Internet of Energy more energy efficient
A group of scientists in Nagoya University, Japan, have developed a possible solution to one of the biggest problems of the Internet of Ener...
Deal reached for civil aviation to try for net-zero emissions by 2050
UN aviation agency members reached an agreement Friday to try to achieve by 2050 net-zero carbon emissions in air travel—often criticized fo...
SampleMatch: A model that automatically retrieves matching drum samples for musical tracks
Machine learning-based computational models have been successfully applied to a broad range of complex information processing tasks, includi...
Method to fabricate eco-friendly adsorbents for heavy metal ion removal by 3D printing
One of the leading causes of water pollution is heavy metal contamination which has profound adverse effects on human health and the environ...
Achieving photovoltaic power generation for over 1,000 continuous hours, efficiency more than 20%
NIMS has developed a durable 1-cm2 perovskite solar cell capable of generating electricity for more than 1,000 continuous hours at a photoel...
Using machine learning to find an optimal mixture of metals to create a desired alloy
A large team of researchers at the Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH, working with colleagues from Technische Universität Darmstad...
Students help NASA find landslides by training computers to read Reddit
University of British Columbia graduate students have trained computers to "read" news articles about landslides on Reddit to bols...
Inexpensive device that can harvest energy from a light breeze and store it as electricity
Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a low-cost device that can harness energy from wi...
Game on Mom and Dad: Researchers call on parents to discuss their video game use
UniSA researchers are undertaking a major study to better understand how and why parents play video games, and they're calling on Austra...
States are starting to crack down on cyberflashing, but it might not be enough
In September, California took steps to crack down on "cyberflashing," following Texas and Virginia to become the third state to pa...
Machine vision breakthrough: This device can see 'millions of colors'
An interdisciplinary team of researchers at Northeastern have built a device that can recognize "millions of colors" using new art...
Hazy timeframe for reaching electric plane era
Recent test flights suggest the era of electric airplanes is coming closer, but aviation experts caution that achieving commercial use hinge...
Battery-free smart devices to harvest ambient energy for IoT
Power management systems that harvest ambient energy will power billions of small devices on the Internet of Things. from Energy & Gre...
Engineers create molten salt micro-nuclear reactor to produce nuclear energy more safely
A nuclear power plant produces 8000 times more power than fossil fuels and is environmentally friendly, but when accidents do occur, they ha...
Researchers make strong battery separator using nanomaterials made from seaweed
Sodium-metal batteries (SMBs) are one of the most promising high-energy and low-cost energy storage systems for the next-generation of large...
Drivers of partially automated vehicles are blamed for crashes that they cannot reasonably avoid
People seem to hold the human driver to be primarily responsible when their partially automated vehicle crashes. But is this reasonable? f...
On the way toward CO2-neutral aviation
Traveling by airplane without emitting additional CO2—this would be possible with synthetic fuels produced from water and ambient air with t...
Online tool offers industry easier way to track carbon footprint
Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed an online tool that offers industrial plants an easier way to track and download...
Using microwaves for low-cost production of alkali metallic phosphate nanocomposites for use in sodium-ion batteries
A team of researchers at Advanced Technology and New Materials Research Institute in Egypt has developed a fast and inexpensive way to synth...
Charting a course for marine energy, and the country, to decarbonize the grid
As climate change alters the planet, it is causing massive changes to our oceans. Because these waters absorb excess heat and energy from ou...
To help meet global EV demand, researchers develop sustainable method for recycling older lithium-ion batteries
A University of Toronto researcher has developed a new technique to help recycle the metals in lithium-ion batteries, which are in high dema...
White House unveils artificial intelligence 'Bill of Rights'
The Biden administration unveiled a set of far-reaching goals Tuesday to align artificial intelligence-powered tools with what it called the...
EU lawmakers impose single charger for all smartphones
The EU parliament on Tuesday passed a new law requiring USB-C to be the single charger standard for all new smartphones, tablets and cameras...
Playing nice: How self-driving cars and human-driven cars could share the road
Akin to when Model Ts traveled alongside horses and buggies, autonomous vehicles (AVs) and human-driven vehicles (HVs) will someday share ro...
AI can produce prize-winning art, but it still can't compete with human creativity
People consider creativity to be inherently human. However, artificial intelligence (AI) has reached the stage where it can be creative as w...
Improved efficiency of all-polymer solar cells
Solar cells are an important contributor to a renewable energy supply, but solar panel waste will quickly become an enormous problem. Now, i...
Using AI to target a laser for killing roaches
A trio of researchers from Heriot-Watt University, University Paul Sabatier and the University of Sussex has developed an AI-based device eq...
Recycling and rethinking batteries
The rapid increase in electric car sales is causing a battery shortage. To solve this problem, we must get better at recycling the raw mater...
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