The experimental airplane X-57, developed by NASA, is due to fly for the first time this year. It has an impressive 14 propellers along its ...
Nuggets mined from thousands of tweets can persuade us to eat more climate-friendly
Experience and opinion trump fact in Twitter conversations about sustainable food. In a new study, University of Copenhagen researchers demo...
Data-driven heating can reduce energy consumption in buildings
Data-driven heating reduces energy consumption in buildings. As prices shoot through the roof, business property managers are having to get ...
Google demonstrates MusicLM: A hi-fidelity music generating AI
A team of engineers at Google is demonstrating a new music generation AI system called MusicLM. In their paper posted on the arXiv preprint ...
EU crafts response to US green tech subsidies
The EU will present long-awaited proposals on Wednesday to counter sweeping US subsidies on green tech that threaten Europe's industry, ...
New fabric coating could drastically reduce microplastic pollution from washing clothes
A team of University of Toronto Engineering researchers, led by Professor Kevin Golovin, have designed a solution to reduce the amount of mi...
Risk management framework aims to improve trustworthiness of artificial intelligence
The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released its Artificial Intelligence Risk Ma...
How California's ambitious new climate plan could help speed energy transformation around the world
California is embarking on an audacious new climate plan that aims to eliminate the state's greenhouse gas footprint by 2045, and in the...
Study: Enough rare earth minerals to fuel green energy shift
The world has enough rare earth minerals and other critical raw materials to switch from fossil fuels to renewable energy to produce electri...
Top French university bans students from using ChatGPT
A top French university on Friday forbade students from using artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT to complete assignments, in the first ...
New electrode design for lithium-ion batteries that improves performance
Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials (KIMM) has announced the development of the design and process technology for the world's f...
Temperature-sensing building material changes color to save energy
Researchers at the University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (PME) have designed a chameleon-like building materi...
Researchers hunt for new solutions for Norwegian offshore wind
"We know a great deal about windmills on land, and something about fixed-bottom wind turbines at sea, but much less about floating wind...
Ultrasonic sensors can safeguard residential gas lines
A team of UBC Okanagan researchers is investigating a new method to monitor underground gas pipelines with high-tech sensors that can make i...
How choice architecture facilitates consumer uptake of mobile apps
Researchers from Temple University, Columbia University, and Baylor University published a new Journal of Marketing article that examines th...
ChatGPT: Chatbots can help us rediscover the rich history of dialogue
It is time to take human-AI dialogue seriously again. With the release of sophisticated chatbots like OpenAI's ChatGPT, effective human-...
Harvesting energy from moving trains
The Virginia Tech Center for Vehicle Systems and Safety (CVeSS) and the Railway Technologies Laboratory want to harness the energy created b...
Project could enable self-driving cars to make better decisions faster and avoid collisions
In the future, autonomous or self-driving cars are expected to considerably reduce the number of road accident fatalities. Advancing develop...
Artificial photosynthesis uses sunlight to make biodegradable plastic
In recent years, environmental problems caused by global warming have become more apparent due to greenhouse gases such as CO2. In natural p...
Reusable take-out food containers can reduce plastic waste, emissions, costs, study finds
In the effort to reduce plastic waste in the restaurant industry—single-use takeout containers, specifically—University of Michigan research...
ChatGPT found to be capable of passing exams for MBA and Medical Licensing Exam
The academic community is growing increasingly concerned about students using ChatGPT for less than honest purposes as it has been found to ...
Reusable take-out food containers can reduce plastic waste, emissions, costs, study finds
In the effort to reduce plastic waste in the restaurant industry—single-use takeout containers, specifically—University of Michigan research...
Clean energy gains a foothold in India, but coal still rules
For six years, Pravinbhai Parmar's farm in Gujarat state in western India has been lined with rice, wheat and solar panels. from Energ...
Big data's hidden cost: The carbon footprint of computational science
As the climate emergency and cost-of-living crisis focus our minds on how to reduce energy, a group of scientists have highlighted the hidde...
How to help UK households manage rising energy bills, and decarbonize at the same time
The cost of electricity rose sixfold between January 2021 and November 2022 as the impact of the COVID pandemic combined with Russia's i...
We need to learn to live with less steel, says researcher
Steel is one of the most important materials in the world, integral to the cars we drive, the buildings we inhabit, and the infrastructure t...
Polymer p-doping improves perovskite solar cell stability
Perovskite solar cells have drawn a significant amount of research attention as a promising alternative to conventional silicon-based solar ...
What DALL-E reveals about human creativity
The often delightful and arresting images created by the latest generation of text-to-image generators, exemplified by DALL-E 2, Midjourney,...
Sink or swim: Perform your own assessment of future low-carbon ships with an online calculator
Maritime transport has become central to international trade and the world economy. It is estimated that 90,000 marine vessels are used to t...
AI tools can create new images, but who is the real artist?
Countless artists have taken inspiration from "The Starry Night" since Vincent Van Gogh painted the swirling scene in 1889. from...
New leases to significantly expand UK offshore wind power
The UK on Thursday announced leases for six new offshore wind projects which aim to cement the country as one of the world's leading ren...
Protecting lithium metal anodes to enable long cycling practical Li-S batteries
Within construction of long-cycling practical lithium sulfur (Li-S) batteries, the protection of the Li metal anode is a primary focus. Rapi...
Novel VR glove levels up user experience in the metaverse with a more realistic sense of touch
What if you could feel raindrops or a beating heart, or train in competitive archery, all from the comfort of your home? That game-changing ...
Rail infrastructure: Analyzing alternative drives for fossil-free track work machinery
For safe railway operation, tracks must be regularly maintained and renewed. This requires special construction machinery, most of which is ...
Cryptocurrencies are in crisis, but they are not going to disappear
Cryptocurrencies are experiencing their worst crisis since the arrival of the first crypto assets and virtual currencies in the 1990s and th...
Harnessing solar energy: New method improves readings of double-sided panels
A laboratory in photonics and renewable energy at the University of Ottawa has developed a new method for measuring the solar energy produce...
Using a deep neural network to improve virtual images of people created using WiFi signals
A trio of researchers at Carnegie Mellon University has taken the use of WiFi signals to identify people in a building to a new level, throu...
Intelligent computing: Examining the state of the art
Human society is on the verge of transforming from an information society to an intelligent society, where optimized computing can autonomou...
Ex-Amazon drone manager says he was fired for raising safety concerns
When Cheddi Skeete joined Amazon's delivery drone project, it didn't take long before he noticed some things were awry. from Consu...
EU outlines plan for clean tech future boosted by subsidies
The European Union pushed forward on Tuesday with a major clean tech industrial plan which not only should keep the continent in the vanguar...
Funding electric public transit can reduce emissions and address economic inequality
Electric vehicles have the potential to address climate change by producing significantly less greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and other air ...
Chance discovery could extend battery life by replacing tape that causes self‑discharge
It happens far too often: you plug your laptop in and walk away only to return hours or days later to find it has lost some of its charge de...
Artificial intelligence to help prevent illegal construction
Unmanned aerial vehicles, drones, are no longer a surprise to passers-by during events or on a sunny afternoon in the city center. Drones, w...
Britain is a net electricity exporter for first time in 44 years
Volatile prices in international energy markets sparked unrest throughout 2022, with governments seeking to reduce the impact of unprecedent...
By favoring allies, Inflation Reduction Act could delay decarbonization efforts
A new supply chain shortage is on the horizon, and it impacts the international effort to curb global warming. from Energy & Green Tec...
How science and supercomputers help utilities adapt to climate change
Northern Illinois traditionally enjoys four predictable seasons. The winters are notoriously cold and the summers just hot enough to make wi...
A new sustainable solution for energy needs
Energy consumption has been on the rise globally, despite efforts to increase energy efficiency. With limited resources and negative environ...
AI, do my homework! How ChatGPT pitted teachers against tech
Know-it-all chatbots landed with a bang last year, convincing one engineer that machines had become sentient, spreading panic that industrie...
'Artificial intuition' delivers better answers to thorny parking-lot optimization problem
Assessing the optimal location for parking lots is surprisingly mathematically challenging, and a subset of a classic computational complexi...
Researchers create smaller, cheaper flow batteries for clean energy
Clean energy is the leading solution for climate change. But solar and wind power are inconsistent at producing enough energy for a reliable...
Japan to start releasing treated water from Fukushima this year
Japan plans to start releasing more than a million tonnes of treated water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean th...
Computer scientist helps preserve endangered language for future generations
A Chinese language at risk of extinction is being kept alive for future generations with the help of Department of Computer Science research...
World enters 'new age' of clean energy manufacturing: IEA
The world is at the "dawn of a new industrial age" of clean energy technology manufacturing that will triple in value by 2030 and ...
Development of an ionic device capable of brain-like information processing
A Tokyo University of Science research team has developed an AI device with high information processing performance. This was achieved by re...
Best of CES 2023: Pet tech's smart collar, litter robot
From a litter box that automatically cleans itself to buttons designed to allow your dog to communicate with you, this year's CES tech s...
ChatGPT bot 'for professional use' on the way
Hot startup OpenAI on Wednesday initiated a waitlist for a professional and paid version of its software ChatGPT, which has sparked debate a...
From service to retail, here's how the metaverse is reshaping the auto industry
It's not science fiction anymore. Car owners may soon have their vehicles serviced with the help of augmented reality, and they may expl...
Laid-off Twitter workers feared meager severance deals. Elon Musk just set the bar even lower
After months of waiting, hundreds of Twitter employees laid off by Elon Musk in early November received their separation agreements by email...
CES 2023: 10 tech innovations that caught our eye
From electric cars and boats to wireless TVs to the latest phones and tablets, there was a wide range of innovations on display at the CES t...
North American leaders see bright future in clean energy
The leaders of the United States, Mexico and Canada pledged Tuesday to deepen regional economic integration and boost cooperation in clean e...
Bill Gates considers W.Va. to expand nuclear energy efforts
Bill Gates is looking to West Virginia as he plans for the next phase of his effort to reboot U.S. nuclear energy technology: powering the e...
Keep your cool this summer with a vertical garden
With Australians facing skyrocketing energy bills, and a long hot summer ahead, many households are turning their attention to a range of pa...
CES 2023: Companies tout environmental tech innovations
The mottled bright green leaves of a pothos plant stood out against the flashy expanse of electric vehicles and smart products at the CES te...
CES 2023: Companies tout environmental tech innovations
The mottled bright green leaves of a pothos plant stood out against the flashy expanse of electric vehicles and smart products at the CES te...
Best of CES 2023: A color-changing BMW and a boba tea robot
Tech companies showed off their latest products this week at CES, formerly known as the Consumer Electronics Show. from Consumer Electroni...
Green tech fights for limelight at CES gadget fest
At the CES tech megashow in Las Vegas, it is unusual to see an entrepreneur hold up a plant and present it as the latest breakthrough in con...
EXPLAINER: What is ChatGPT and why are schools blocking it?
Ask the new artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT to write an essay about the cause of the American Civil War and you can watch it churn out ...
Detecting additive manufacturing defects in real-time
A research team led by Tao Sun, associate professor of materials science and engineering at the University of Virginia, has made new discove...
Lithium-sulfur batteries are one step closer to powering the future
Batteries are everywhere in daily life, from cell phones and smart watches to the increasing number of electric vehicles. Most of these devi...
CES 2023: Ram electric pickup joins crowded field next year
When a futuristic-looking electric Ram pickup truck goes on sale next year, it will hardly be the first in line. from Consumer Electronics...
From tracking moods to putting on a show, it's AI-everything at CES
Entrepreneur Antony Perzo introduces a small device called Emobot, which looks like a cross between a speaker and a piece of abstract art, a...
From tracking moods to putting on a show, it's AI-everything at CES
Entrepreneur Antony Perzo introduces a small device called Emobot, which looks like a cross between a speaker and a piece of abstract art, a...
CES gadget gala looks to shake off economic gloom
The annual CES consumer electronics extravaganza throws open its doors in Las Vegas on Thursday as the industry looks to the latest innovati...
Using machine learning to forecast amine emissions
Global warming is partly due to the vast amount of carbon dioxide that we release, mostly from power generation and industrial processes, su...
Using machine learning to forecast amine emissions
Global warming is partly due to the vast amount of carbon dioxide that we release, mostly from power generation and industrial processes, su...
CES gadgets take aim at snoring, pee and even surgery
Pillows that stifle snores, urine-testing toilets, and "digital twins" for safer surgeries were all on display at a CES gadget fes...
Five things to watch at CES tech megashow
The world's biggest tech megashow, the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), gets underway in Las Vegas this week, with organizers hoping to ...
At CES tech mega-show, driverless cars show promise, limitations
Crowds of techies will descend on Las Vegas this week for the annual CES technology mega-show, but one innovation may again fall short of lo...
Best of CES 2023: Electric skates, pet tech and AI for birds
Tech companies of all sizes are showing off their latest products at CES, formerly known as the Consumer Electronics show. from Consumer E...
DfAI: The missing piece of artificial intelligence engineering
Considering how quickly engineering design and manufacturing have advanced alongside computational developments, it may surprise you that ve...
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