A Sydney high school recently introduced fingerprint technology to "help narrow down" students who were vandalizing school toilets...
Sampling and pipelining method speeds up deep learning on large graphs
Graphs, a potentially extensive web of nodes connected by edges, can be used to express and interrogate relationships between data, like soc...
A strategy to monitor electrolyte evolution in Na- and Li-ion batteries under real working conditions
To meet the growing global demand for electronics that can operate for long periods of time, engineers will need to develop highly performin...
Stabilizing lithium-ion batteries with a microbially synthesized electrolyte additive
High energy density lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries are indispensable for powering electric and hybrid vehicles, next-generation electronics,...
Three-quarters of people over 10 own a mobile phone: UN
Nearly three quarters of people over the age of 10 now own a mobile phone, potentially opening the way to broader internet use, the United N...
Cooling down solar cells, naturally
A bright, sunny, cloudless day might seem like the optimal setting for solar cells. But too much sun, and too much heat, can actually reduce...
Researchers realize perovskite-based phase heterojunction solar cells
Over the past few decades, engineers and material scientists have created increasingly advanced and efficient solar technologies. Some of th...
Breaking the scaling limits of analog computing
As machine-learning models become larger and more complex, they require faster and more energy-efficient hardware to perform computations. C...
Golfing robot uses physics-based model to train its AI system
Researchers at Paderborn University in Germany have built a robot that can knock a ball into a hole using a club on a putting green on most ...
Stable and efficient organic solar cells based on oligomer acceptors
Organic solar cells are photovoltaic technologies with light-absorbing layers made of conductive organic polymers or organic molecules. Thes...
Breakthrough algorithm expands the exploration space for materials by orders of magnitude
Nanoengineers at the University of California San Diego's Jacobs School of Engineering have developed an AI algorithm that predicts the ...
UK start-up behind algae-based packaging bids for Earthshot glory
A British start-up founded by two ex-students from France and Spain, crafting biodegradable packaging from marine plants, is aiming to seal ...
Star Wars to science: Researchers harvest water from air to address shortages
In "Star Wars," Luke Skywalker grows up on the hot desert planet Tatooine. His family owns a moisture farm that uses devices calle...
Researchers unveil multi-mode reactions in perovskite solar cells
As a promising photovoltaic material, metal halide perovskite yields high efficiency in solar cells. However, the deep-level traps of minori...
Engineers improve electrochemical sensing by incorporating machine learning
Combining machine learning with multimodal electrochemical sensing can significantly improve the analytical performance of biosensors, accor...
Researchers develop an intelligent observer for Esports
Esports, already a billion-dollar industry, is growing, partly because of human game observers. They control the camera movement and show sp...
A model that can recognize speech in different languages from a speaker's lip movements
In recent years, deep learning techniques have achieved remarkable results in numerous language and image-processing tasks. This includes vi...
A hydrogen pipeline is being built between Barcelona and Marseille—but can it help in the transition to cleaner energy?
In 1874, Jules Verne wrote in his novel "The Mysterious Island": from Energy & Green Tech News - Energy Sciences News, Green...
Crypto executives need to grow up or go the way of FTX, Riot Blockchain leader says
The highly publicized collapse of the crypto platform FTX is a wake-up call for crypto executives to act more professionally, one of crypto...
Scientists convert waste paper into battery parts for smartphones and electric vehicles
Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a technique to convert waste paper, from single-u...
Report analyzes the impact of AI on science
A world-first report from Australia's national science agency, CSIRO, has analyzed the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on scienti...
A greener ride: West Africans switch on to electric motorbikes
Beninese hairdresser Edwige Govi makes a point these days of using electric motorbike taxis to get around Cotonou, saying she enjoys a ride ...
Self-organization: What robotics can learn from amoebae
Amoebae are single-cell organisms. By means of self-organization, they can form complex structures—and do this purely through local interact...
Great potential for aquifer thermal energy storage systems in Germany
Aquifer thermal energy storage systems can largely contribute to climate-friendly heating and cooling of buildings: Heated water is stored u...
Popular NREL cell efficiency chart shines in new interactive version
There is a new way to explore the National Renewable Energy Laboratory's (NREL's) famous chart spotlighting the efficiency of solar ...
A natural gas bridge to net zero?
Destenie Nock, an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering and engineering and public policy in Carnegie Mellon University...
Few-shot learning AI accurately 'senses' home appliances
NIALM (Non-Intrusive Appliance Load Monitoring) can "sense" appliances using electrical power. NIALM is used in homes and small bu...
Argonne releases small modular reactor waste analysis report
Study one of the first to address nuclear waste production of small modular reactors. from Energy & Green Tech News - Energy Sciences ...
Weaning Southeast Asia off of fossil fuels
Is Southeast Asia ready to make the clean energy transition? This was one of the central questions asked during ASEAN Clean Energy Week, in ...
Industrial clusters for deep decarbonization
Perhaps no sector of the global economy is in greater need of concerted efforts toward deep decarbonization than industry, which includes en...
New insights into energy loss open doors for up-and-coming solar tech
Organic solar cells are an emerging technology with a lot of promise. Unlike the ubiquitous silicon solar panel, they have the potential to ...
Engineers solve a mystery on the path to smaller, lighter batteries
A discovery by MIT researchers could finally unlock the door to the design of a new kind of rechargeable lithium battery that is more lightw...
IAEA: Decision on Fukushima wastewater release up to Japan
The head of a taskforce from the International Atomic Energy Agency said Friday it is examining whether Japan's planned release into the...
Blizzard to pull popular games from China after license spat
US gaming giant Blizzard Entertainment will suspend most of its services in China from January, the company said Thursday, after it failed t...
Predicting the device performance of perovskite solar cells through machine learning
Metal halide perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have been rapidly developed in the past decade. To obtain high-performance PSCs, it is imperative...
Deliveroo's exit from Australia shows why gig workers need more protection
Deliveroo's decision to quit the Australian market, after what have been boom times for food delivery platforms, may seem surprising. Bu...
Predicting the device performance of perovskite solar cells through machine learning
Metal halide perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have been rapidly developed in the past decade. To obtain high-performance PSCs, it is imperative...
Ramping up renewables to power the clean future of inland shipping
Hydrogen and battery-powered barges, tugs, container ships and ferries for inland waterways will help lower emissions from shipping. from ...
Smart home hubs leave users vulnerable to hackers
Machine learning programs mean even encrypted information can give cybercriminals insight into your daily habits. from News on Artificial ...
Rain makes coal heavy, slippery and harder to dig up: What does La Niña mean for this already disrupted industry?
As the La Niña weather event wreaks havoc across New South Wales, coal operators are suffering. The Australian coal company Whitehaven is am...
All-3D-printed lithium metal batteries with high energy density
A research team led by Prof. Wu Zhongshuai from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has devel...
Research ushers in a 'new frontier' in tackling global poverty
With electricity comes prosperity, right? The answer might seem obvious—that electricity is key to economic growth and other societal benefi...
Research ushers in a 'new frontier' in tackling global poverty
With electricity comes prosperity, right? The answer might seem obvious—that electricity is key to economic growth and other societal benefi...
New wind field models accurately describe wind gusts
Researchers at the University of Oldenburg, Germany, have developed a new statistical model with which they can describe wind turbulence wit...
Understanding a cerium quirk could help advance grid-scale energy storage
An explanation for why flow batteries using the metal cerium in a sulfuric acid electrolyte fall short on voltage, discovered through a stud...
Vehicular mobility patterns and their applications to internet-of-vehicles: A comprehensive survey
Increasingly equipped with wireless interfaces, vehicles including driver-less vehicles make up a significant part of ubiquitous connection....
A palm-sized drone to track chemical plumes
Robots that can automatically recognize and track specific odors could have a wide range of valuable applications. For instance, they could ...
A novel concept for photovoltaics that exploits the ability of materials to exist in different crystalline phases
The group of Prof. Yana Vaynzof at the Integrated Center for Physics and Photonic Materials (IAPP) and the Center for Advancing Electronics ...
While some countries race to renewables, others see natural gas wealth, but it may be short-lived
Russia's war on Ukraine has cast a shadow over this year's United Nations climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, where officials ...
Putting the brakes on lithium-ion batteries to prevent fires
Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries are used to power everything from smart watches to electric vehicles, thanks to the large amounts of energy t...
Solar cells as part of the house façades of the future
Solar panels with different colors can be integrated in the façades of buildings and become an aesthetically exciting part of the architectu...
Sun-soaked North Africa pushes for cheap energy
Solar panels glint in the sun on a Tunisian lagoon, part of a long-delayed drive to harness the North African country's vast renewable e...
Machine learning of binary 'yes/no' systems may improve medical diagnoses, financial risk analysis, and more
Similar to a mouse racing through a maze, making "yes" or "no" decisions at every intersection, researchers have develop...
Non-noble catalyst for hydrogen production
Hydrogen is a promising future fuel—especially if produced from water—but the necessary noble metal catalysts are rare, expensive, and have ...
Creating efficient building energy management systems from room-level big data
The first step in the development of energy-efficient benchmarks for existing buildings is the accurate measurement of the energy consumptio...
Is this a deer I see? Socially aware AI adapts by asking questions of humans
As good as they've become, artificial intelligence agents are still largely only as good as the data upon which they were trained. They ...
Previously unseen processes reveal path to better rechargeable battery performance
To design better rechargeable ion batteries, engineers and chemists from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign collaborated to combine...
AI helps optimize power electronic converters
A new and more efficient way of modeling and designing power electronic converters using artificial intelligence (AI) has been created by a ...
ESA plans to investigate wireless power from space
Solar power gathered far away in space, is seen here being transmitted wirelessly down to Earth to wherever it is needed. ESA plans to inves...
A high-speed sequential deposition strategy to fabricate photoactive layers for organic cells
Organic photovoltaics, solar energy devices based on organic semiconductors, have so far achieved very promising results in experimental set...
A 5G-enabled AI-based malware classification system for the next generation of cybersecurity
The Industrial Internet of Things, or IIoT, has recently gained popularity due to its ability to create communication networks between diffe...
VEViD: A vision enhancement algorithm based on physics
In a new paper published in eLight, a team of scientists led by Professor Bahram Jalali and graduate student Callen MacPhee from UCLA have d...
Study assesses the quality of AI literary translations by comparing them with human translations
Recent advancements in the field of machine learning (ML) have greatly improved the quality of automatic translation tools. At present, thes...
EXPLAINER: Bikes, batteries and blazes spark concern in NYC
A weekend fire that injured over three dozen people—and forced firefighters to use ropes to pluck people from a 20th-story window—is drawing...
Sony to begin plastic packaging phase-out next year
Sony will start phasing out plastic packaging for small electronic gadgets such as smartphones, cameras and audio accessories from next year...
Examining a paradigmatic breakthrough that opens new horizons for hydrogen solar fuel production
Splitting water to produce green hydrogen fuel has two drawbacks right now: It is both time and energy intensive. Ben-Gurion University of t...
From textile waste to high fashion: A fiber's journey
The textile and apparel industries are among the fastest growing in the world, driving a significant part of the global economy. In 2021 in ...
Deepfakes are being used for good—here's how
In the second season of BBC mystery thriller The Capture, deepfakes threaten the future of democracy and UK national security. In a dystopia...
Alternative to aviation fuel based on an oxygenated nanofluid
Aviation is a big user of fossil fuels and, as such, is a heavy producer of carbon emissions. Sustainability is high on the agenda. New work...
Apple says iPhone supplies hurt by anti-virus curbs in China
Apple Inc. is warning customers they'll have to wait longer to get its latest iPhone models after anti-virus restrictions were imposed o...
A massive new dataset for understanding art
We've all seen art made from data, but what about data from art? from News on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning https://ift...
New reports document America's clean energy supply chains
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) acted as lead authors on five repo...
Examining the optimal working conditions for the brain as a model for new computers
With mathematical modeling, a research team has now succeeded in better understanding how the optimal working state of the human brain, call...
New materials could enable longer-lasting implantable batteries
For the last few decades, battery research has largely focused on rechargeable lithium-ion batteries, which are used in everything from elec...
Researchers encourage retailers to embrace AI to better serve customers
Three QUT researchers are part of an international research team that have identified new ways for retailers to use Artificial Intelligence ...
Increasing the profitability of plastic waste pyrolysis using a decentralized business model
Thermal pyrolysis of plastics has drawn considerable attention as a reliable and emerging technology for resource recycling since it can cre...
Science beyond Siri: A team of educators and computer scientists take on AI
Soon enough, AI competency will be an essential workforce skill. A group of computer scientists and learning science experts are considering...
Improving the autonomous navigation of mobile robots in crowded spaces using people as sensors
A team of researchers from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Stanford University led by Prof. Katie Driggs-Campbell, have recen...
Research team develops aqueous rechargeable batteries based on zinc anodes
Can we survive three minutes without air or three days without water? How about without batteries? Imagine not having a battery for three ho...
Clear window coating could cool buildings without using energy
As climate change intensifies summer heat, demand is growing for technologies to cool buildings. Now, researchers report in ACS Energy Lette...
New machine-learning simulations reduce energy need for mask fabrics, other materials
Making the countless numbers of N95 masks that have protected millions of Americans from COVID requires a process that not only demands atte...
Machine learning techniques advance experimental design
Imperial and chemical company BASF will reveal new techniques for optimizing experimental design at the machine learning conference NeurIPS....
As more electric vehicles hit the road, researchers study EV fires, battery recycling
As more electric vehicles hit the roads in Washington, some people are concerned about their batteries catching fire—and what to do with tho...
Efficiency and stability best practices for solar water splitting to make hydrogen
Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (B...
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