Researchers have built their own computer game to test the impact of meters which show players the morality of their decisions. from Consu...
New app uses AI to enable anyone to make musical mashups
Imagine if the Police's "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" opened Michael Jackson's "Beat It," then Cardi B...
A cleaner approach to refrigeration using a squeezable metal
A team of material scientists at the University of Maryland, working with one colleague from Jiaotong University and another from Beihang Un...
A sustainable solution: Compostable wind turbine blades
It is the year 2035. In a world facing climate catastrophe, the human enterprise is powered by fields of wind farms, with turbine blades mad...
The next generation of solar energy collectors could be rocks
The next generation of sustainable energy technology might be built from some low-tech materials: rocks and the sun. Using a new approach kn...
Climate models unveil changing landscape for wind energy in Northern Hemisphere
Wind energy, an important renewable power source, has witnessed rapid growth in recent years due to its abundance, cleanliness, safety, and ...
Novel solar desalination system for remote areas developed
With summer temperatures soaring, the specter of water scarcity looms large. As a possible solution to increase the availability of clean, p...
Exploring the role of oxygen defects in a titanium dioxide protective film to maximize hydrogen production efficiency
Hydrogen has been gaining attention as a clean and efficient energy source. However, is hydrogen really environmentally friendly? Most hydro...
Two 'Six Flags' parks rolling out Amazon-powered grab-and-go cashierless shops
Six Flags Magic Mountain visitors will soon have one less line to wait in and more time to spend riding roller coasters when a new Amazon-po...
IAEA team in Japan for final review before planned discharge of Fukushima nuclear plant water
An International Atomic Energy Agency team arrived in Tokyo on Monday for a final review before Japan begins releasing massive amounts of tr...
Researchers achieve record 19.31% efficiency with organic solar cells
Researchers from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) have achieved a breakthrough power-conversion efficiency (PCE) of 19.31% with ...
How electric vehicle batteries could save the UK auto industry
The UK may have lost Eurovision this year, but it recently beat European rivals for an arguably more valuable prize. Jaguar Land Rover (JLR)...
Opinion: AI could threaten some jobs, but it is more likely to become our personal assistant
BT recently announced that it would be reducing its staff by 55,000, with around 11,000 of these related to the use of artificial intelligen...
Green hydrogen plants next to green steelworks could boost efficiency and kickstart both industries
The race to net zero is accelerating. Just last week, United States President Joe Biden and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese unvei...
China's digital currency could threaten the US dollar. Should the Fed build its own?
From his office overlooking the Schuylkill River, Paul Melchiorre is puzzling over which new billion-dollar tech giants could rise from this...
The quest to make aviation fuel directly from carbon dioxide, water and sunlight
In the quest for fossil-free fuels for aircraft, a new study shows that isoprene could be part of a future solution. Isoprene can be produce...
Japan nuclear watchdog asks Fukushima plant operator to assess risk from reactor damage
A nuclear watchdog has asked the operator of Japan's wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant to assess possible risks resulting from damag...
Energy industry apps improve efficiency
A team of University of Houston researchers has developed a series of digital applications to make energy industry processes more efficient....
Study highlights the role of clean technology in reducing food waste
Foodservice companies have long struggled with the challenge of what to do with all of their food waste. But researchers at the University o...
Global transition to electric vehicles needs urgent support, report warns
Without targeted support for low- and middle-income countries to transition toward zero-emission mobility, global progress toward zero-emiss...
New simulation tool helps robots handle fluids
Imagine you're enjoying a picnic by a riverbank on a windy day. A gust of wind accidentally catches your paper napkin and lands on the w...
Researchers develop AI tool to improve accessibility to technology for people who rely on sign language
Researchers at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center—Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS) and the Universitat Politècnica de Cataluny...
Math primes high-performance computing for the age of AI
Increasing traffic congestion in the Seattle area is a good analogy for a similar increase in congestion on high-performance computing (HPC)...
EU, Google want 'voluntary' AI rules: commissioner
The EU and Google want voluntary rules on AI before a new law comes into force in the bloc to regulate the rapidly advancing technology, the...
South Korea experts say Japan carefully answered questions on plan to release radioactive water
The head of a South Korean team of experts said Wednesday they saw all of the facilities they had requested to visit at Japan's tsunami-...
ChatGPT and other generative AI could foster science denial and misunderstanding—here's how you can be on alert
Until very recently, if you wanted to know more about a controversial scientific topic—stem cell research, the safety of nuclear energy, cli...
Engineers harvest abundant clean energy from thin air, 24/7
A team of engineers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has recently shown that nearly any material can be turned into a device that ...
White House unveils new efforts to guide federal research of AI
The White House on Tuesday announced new efforts to guide federally backed research on artificial intelligence as the Biden administration l...
How we stop floating wind turbines the size of skyscrapers from drifting away
Growing demand for cleaner energy sources means offshore wind farms are being built all over the world. More than 5,000 turbines must be ins...
MRI scans and AI technology really could read what we're thinking. The implications are terrifying
For the first time, researchers have managed to use GPT1, precursor to the AI chatbot ChatGPT, to translate MRI imagery into text in an effo...
Social media expert discusses consequences of changes for TikTok, Twitter
Montana has become the first state to ban TikTok, with Gov. Greg Gianforte signing a bill that will levy steep fines on any platform selling...
More public-sector decisions are being made by AI—but what do people think about this?
Technical aids are advancing and automated decision-making is becoming increasingly common in the public sector—but what do people really th...
Eight EU countries oppose bloc's car emissions limits
Eight EU member states including France, Italy and Poland urged Brussels to scrap its planned vehicle emissions limits, warning they risked ...
Is that self-driving car a boy or a girl? Buyers are less attached to gender-neutral tech, finds study
As new technologies take on increasingly humanlike qualities, there's been a push to make them genderless. Apple's Siri digital assi...
People fear AI tech, but not enough to avoid autonomous cars
A significant percentage of people fear AI tech, but not enough to avoid using autonomous cars when they become available. That is according...
New supply chain model to empower seabound hydrogen economy
A team of researchers has created a new supply chain model that could empower the international hydrogen renewable energy industry. from E...
A new approach for map densification in visual place recognition
Visual place recognition (VPR) is the task of identifying the location where specific images were taken. Computer scientists have recently d...
Can charismatic robots help teams be more creative?
Increasingly, social robots are being used for support in educational contexts. But does the sound of a social robot affect how well they pe...
Dark cloud over ChatGPT revolution: the cost
The explosion of generative AI has taken the world by storm, but one question all too rarely comes up: Who can afford it? from News on Art...
Will Biden's hard-hat environmentalism bridge the divide on clean energy future?
When John Podesta left his job as an adviser to President Barack Obama nearly a decade ago, he was confident that hundreds of miles of new p...
G7 calls for 'responsible' use of generative AI
The world must urgently assess the impact of generative artificial intelligence, G7 leaders said Saturday, announcing they will launch discu...
The benefits and perils of using artificial intelligence to trade stocks and other financial instruments
Artificial Intelligence-powered tools, such as ChatGPT, have the potential to revolutionize the efficiency, effectiveness and speed of the w...
Researchers use novel approach to teach robot to navigate over obstacles
Quadrupedal robots may be able to step directly over obstacles in their paths thanks to the efforts of a trio of Georgia Tech Ph.D. students...
Tech mandated by UK Online Safety Bill 'could turn phones into surveillance tools'
Tech mandated by the UK Government's Online Safety Bill could be used to turn millions of phones into facial recognition tools. from C...
Twitter accuses Microsoft of misusing its data, foreshadowing a possible fight over AI
A lawyer for Twitter owner Elon Musk accused Microsoft of misusing the service's data and demanded an audit from the software giant. f...
ChatGPT makes its debut as a smartphone app on iPhones
ChatGPT is now a smartphone app, which could be good news for people who like to use the artificial intelligence chatbot and bad news for al...
Researchers propose replacing construction sand with shredded disposable diapers
Up to 8% of the sand in concrete and mortar used to make a single-story house could be replaced with shredded used disposable diapers withou...
Improving dopant-free polymeric hole transport materials for perovskite quantum dot solar cells
Solar cells are considered to be an environmentally friendly source of power generation that can effectively reduce the impact of pollution ...
Viewpoint: ChatGPT can't think. Consciousness is something entirely different to today's AI
There has been shock around the world at the rapid rate of progress with ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence created with what's k...
S.Africa's blackouts force solar-powered town to life in the dark
A South African town has been left fuming after a legal battle with a state-owned power utility forced its solar plant to dump desperately n...
Research finds sustainable aviation fuel is not a silver bullet for the industry's colossal climate woes
The global airline industry is fast recovering from the unprecedented pause to flying imposed by COVID-19. In some parts of the world, such ...
Community batteries are popular—but we have to make sure they actually help share power, say researchers
To power Australia without fossil fuels will mean using batteries to store power from solar and wind. We often think this means home batteri...
Opinion: Evolution is making us treat AI like a human, and we need to kick the habit
The artificial intelligence (AI) pioneer Geoffrey Hinton recently resigned from Google, warning of the dangers of the technology "becom...
Assessing emissions reductions of Chinese EVs
Chinese electric vehicles (EVs) drive larger emissions reductions over time, due to increased operating efficiency and a greener electricity...
A programmable surface plasmonic neural network to detect and process microwaves
AI tools based on artificial neural networks (ANNs) are being introduced in a growing number of settings, helping humans to tackle many prob...
Growing sustainable everyday products using mushrooms
Researchers from The University of Sydney have developed a biological growing process that uses mushrooms to turn organic waste into compost...
New research finds verbal prompts can make semi-automated driving safer
Semi-automated cars are becoming increasingly common, but real dangers exist when technology fails and drivers don't intervene. from C...
Writing with AI help can shift your opinions
Artificial intelligence-powered writing assistants that autocomplete sentences or offer "smart replies" not only put words into pe...
New water treatment technology could help recycle even super salty waters
As climate change flames a megadrought in the U.S. Southwest, the country is hitting some worrisome records. The water level of Lake Mead, w...
ChatGPT's chief to testify before Congress as concerns grow about artificial intelligence risks
The head of the artificial intelligence company that makes ChatGPT will testify before Congress as lawmakers call for new rules to guide the...
Biden administration announces nearly $11 billion for renewable energy in rural communities
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a nearly $11 billion investment on Tuesday to help bring affordable clean energy to rural commu...
Video: What is a foundation model? An explainer for non-experts
New advancements in AI are transforming many aspects of our society. At the forefront of this development are powerful machine learning algo...
Irish newspaper apologises over fake AI article
The Irish Times newspaper has apologized for publishing an opinion article created using artificial intelligence, saying it had been targete...
Opinion: We need to prepare for the public safety hazards posed by artificial intelligence
For the most part, the focus of contemporary emergency management has been on natural, technological and human-made hazards such as flooding...
Researchers make indoor light energy breakthrough for wearable health sensors
Researchers at the University of St Andrews have made significant progress towards powering wearable health sensors through indoor artificia...
New priming method improves battery life and efficiency
Silicon anode batteries have the potential to revolutionize energy storage capabilities, which is key to meeting climate goals and unlocking...
New design strategies to improve the stability and efficiency of bifacial perovskite solar cells
Solar cells based on perovskites, calcium titanium oxide minerals or compounds with similar structures, are among the most promising emergin...
Audio book narrators say AI is already taking away business
As people brace for the disruptive impact of artificial intelligence on jobs and everyday living, those in the world of audio books say thei...
Despairing about climate change? These four charts on the unstoppable growth of solar may change your mind
Last year, the world built more new solar capacity than every other power source combined. from Energy & Green Tech News - Energy Scie...
Opinion: To understand AI's problems, look at the shortcuts taken to create it
A machine can only "do whatever we know how to order it to perform," wrote the 19th-century computing pioneer Ada Lovelace. This r...
Battery makers turn northern French region into 'electric valley'
Global battery makers are turning a formerly depressed northern French region into a 21st-century manufacturing hub and a key European sourc...
Why the video game industry is making a big mistake by ignoring older adults
In April, AARP held its first Games Summit at its headquarters in Washington D.C., and for many people outside the video game industry, the ...
Enhancing fuel cell lifespan via catalyst selection
A research team led by Professor Yong-Tae Kim (Department of Material Science and Engineering and Graduate Institute of Ferrous and Energy M...
Europe charges up car battery drive with new plants
Europe's efforts to build up its battery-making capacity got a major boost Friday as Sweden's Northvolt and Taiwan's ProLogium a...
Google shows off latest AI tools: Updates from I/O event
Google unveiled an experimental way to search the internet that gives more conversational results, and said its artificial intelligence chat...
Rooftop solar panels could power one third of US manufacturing sector, claims study
Mounted on the rooftops of industrial buildings, solar panels could meet the entire electricity demand of up to 35% of U.S. manufacturers. A...
EU lawmakers take first step towards AI curbs
European Parliament lawmakers on Thursday took a crucial first step towards EU-wide regulation of ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence ...
How Europe is building artificial intelligence guardrails
Authorities around the world are racing to draw up rules for artificial intelligence, including in the European Union, where draft legislati...
European Parliament votes on curbs for ChatGPT and other AI
EU lawmakers hold a crucial vote Thursday towards setting restrictions on how AI such as ChatGPT can be used in the European Union. from N...
Google answers ChatGPT challenge with Bard expansion
Google on Wednesday said it is opening Bard, a rival to Microsoft-backed ChatGPT, to 180 countries as it expands use of artificial intellige...
Research shows mobile phone users do not understand what data they might be sharing
Privacy and security features that aim to give consumers more control over the sharing of their data by smartphone apps are widely misunders...
Study finds source validation issues hurt ChatGPT reliability
ChatGPT seems to be everywhere. Morgan Stanley, Duolingo, Snapchat, Coca-Cola and Instacart have signed on, as have programmers, web designe...
Cactus plant inspires cost-effective hydrogen production
More than 100 years ago, scientists discovered how to turn water into hydrogen gas—a highly desired green energy that's been nicknamed ...
An artificial visual perception nervous system using a solution-processable in-memory light sensor
Artificial intelligence (AI) and the internet of things (IoT) have led to the rapid expansion of sensory nodes, which can produce an enormou...
A generative AI writing tutor that produces personalized feedback for English learners
Generative AI tools—artificial intelligence models that can create images, texts, videos, or other content in short periods of time—have rec...
Beyond the bin: Giving biowaste a second life
Cities across Europe are working with researchers to turn organic waste such as coffee grounds into valuable goods. from Energy & Gree...
Researchers make progress towards high-performance, aqueous zinc-ion batteries
A team led by Prof. Song Li from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) proposed ...
A framework to advance green hydrogen production
In the early 2000s, Uruguay experienced a crippling energy crisis. Lacking oil or natural gas reserves, the Uruguayan government realized th...
Solar cells inspire Li-ion batteries
Solar energy is at the forefront of the global shift toward producing sustainable energy sources and addressing energy poverty. However, the...
Model aims to help first responders reach accident sites faster
Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a complex model to improve how quickly first responders—such as police and EMT...
Why you don't want 'phantom energy' on a spacecraft
You may not have heard of piezoelectric materials, but odds are, you have benefitted from them. from Energy & Green Tech News - Energy...
A new framework to design explainable AI for augmented reality applications
While artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning tools are now commonly used to enhance technological applications, the underpinnings...
New hybrid photocatalysts for water splitting with an internal quantum efficiency above 100%
As hydrogen inside fuel cells can generate electrical power, scalable methods to reliably split water into hydrogen and oxygen could have va...
Creating effective assessment tools for energy-efficient buildings
Buildings are Europe's largest energy consumer. They are responsible for about 40% of the energy consumed and 36 % of greenhouse gases e...
AI training: A backward cat pic is still a cat pic
Genes make up only a small fraction of the human genome. Between them are wide sequences of DNA that direct cells when, where, and how much ...
Electric car batteries are difficult to recycle—at least for now
Electric cars require batteries. This is a billion-dollar industry that Norway is investing heavily in. Five gigafactories are currently bei...
Machine learning can support urban planning for energy use
As Philadelphia strives to meet greenhouse gas emissions goals established in its 2050 Plan, a better understanding of how zoning can play a...
Engineers try to squeeze energy from discarded fruit using microbial fuel cells
When Doc Brown fed his DeLorean food scraps in Back to the Future as fuel, it seemed like crazy science fiction. from Energy & Green T...
Artificial intelligence could secure the power supply
Reza Arghandeh from the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (HVL), Hossein Farahmand (NTNU) and their team are studying how hydrop...
Artificial intelligence could secure the power supply
Reza Arghandeh from the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (HVL), Hossein Farahmand (NTNU) and their team are studying how hydrop...
As Seattle businesses welcome back Amazon, workers guess at future
After nearly three years, Amazon workers are set to return this week at a scale the Seattle campus hasn't seen since the pandemic first ...
Can chatbots handle medical questions better than doctors? Study says yes
What are my odds of dying after swallowing a toothpick? from News on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning https://ift.tt/cY1PsAC
Engineers tap into good vibrations to power the Internet of Things
In a world hungry for clean energy, engineers have created a new material that converts the simple mechanical vibrations all around us into ...
Deep neural network provides robust detection of disease biomarkers in real time
Sophisticated systems for the detection of biomarkers—molecules such as DNA or proteins that indicate the presence of a disease—are crucial ...
Sustaining US nuclear power plants could be key to decarbonization
Nuclear power is the single largest source of carbon-free energy in the United States and currently provides nearly 20 percent of the nation...
Knocked down but not defeated: Robots learn soccer
Deep Blue vs. Kasparov. Watson vs. Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter. Deepmind vs. Atari. Alpha Go vs. Lee Sedol. from News on Artificial Intel...
IBM to pause hiring for jobs that AI could do
International Business Machines Corp. Chief Executive Officer Arvind Krishna said the company expects to pause hiring for roles it thinks co...
'Godfather of AI' quits Google to warn of the tech's dangers
A computer scientist often dubbed "the godfather of artificial intelligence" has quit his job at Google to speak out about the dan...
Innovative technology showcased for mobile radioactive source recovery
A crowd gathers around a black wooden box that resembles a short refrigerator, waiting for the motion of a pair of robotic arms sitting just...
Elon Musk announces new Twitter feature allowing publishers to charge readers 'per article'
Elon Musk announced Saturday that Twitter will soon allow media publishers to charge readers on a per-article basis, a move he says could be...
Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey strongly criticizes Elon Musk's handling of the app
Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey says "it all went south" when Elon Musk purchased the social media company, saying Musk's timin...
ChatGPT: Lessons learned from Italy's temporary ban of the AI chatbot
In March 2023, Italy became the first western country to block the advanced chatbot known as ChatGPT. from News on Artificial Intelligence...
Researchers enhance conversion efficiency of thermoelectric devices
In the effort to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels, one strategy involves harvesting the waste heat that is already being produced by our ...
Model can predict how humans perceive attractiveness in different faces with high accuracy
Past psychology and neuroscience studies have often investigated how humans perceive different faces during social interactions. Some studie...
Study explores individual differences in motion sickness with VR gaming
The way our senses adjust while playing high-intensity virtual reality games plays a critical role in understanding why some people experien...
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