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UK mega-lab generates weather to test homes of future
The thermometer sinks below zero as a blizzard of fine snow descends on two houses freshly built inside a massive laboratory in northern England.
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Robotics
A lizard-inspired robot to explore the surface of Mars
Technological advances have opened exciting possibilities for space exploration, which could potentially lead to new discoveries about the celestial bodies in our galaxy. Robots have proved to be particularly promising tools ...
Feb 3, 2023
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Computer Sciences
Testing shows AI-based image generation systems can sometimes generate copies of trainer data
A team of computer scientists from Google, DeepMind, ETHZ, Princeton University and the University of California, Berkeley, has found that AI-based image generation systems can sometimes generate copies of images used to ...
Feb 2, 2023
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Computer Sciences
Exploring the FIFA World Cup 2022 using network science
Network science is the study of physical, biological, social and other phenomena through the creation of network representations. These representations can sometimes offer very valuable insight, unveiling interesting patterns ...
Feb 2, 2023
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Engineering
The novel chemistry behind ultra-high power density batteries
Mohammad Asadi, assistant professor of chemical engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology, has published a paper in the journal Science describing the chemistry behind his novel lithium-air battery design. The insights ...
Feb 2, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
New material makes recycling a wide range of batteries simple and economical
Lithium-ion batteries have revolutionized electronics and enabled an accelerating shift toward clean energy. These batteries have become an integral part of 21st century life, but we're at risk of running out before 2050. ...
Feb 2, 2023
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Robotics
How robots can regain the trust of humans after making mistakes
Humans are less forgiving of robots after multiple mistakes—and the trust is difficult to get back, according to a new University of Michigan study.
Feb 2, 2023
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Robotics
Vine-inspired robot can turn toward a heat source
A group of robot engineers at the University of California Santa Barbara has designed and built a robot that mimics the way roots and vines move toward moisture sources. They describe their approach and robot prototype in ...
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Energy & Green Tech
Researchers use lead recycled from car batteries to make photodetectors
As lithium-ion batteries continue to decrease in price, they are quickly replacing the lead-acid batteries traditionally used in cars and other vehicles. This is creating a sudden abundance of used lead-acid batteries, which ...
Feb 2, 2023
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Sea creatures inspire marine robots engineered to operate in extraterrestrial oceans
Scientists at the University of Bristol have drawn on the design and life of a mysterious zooplankton to develop underwater robots.
Feb 2, 2023
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Engineering
How do you create buildings that can withstand the most extreme stress loads?
Combined ballistic impacts pose a major challenge for engineers who build structures that must withstand extreme stresses. The combination of blast pressure and impact at high speed increases the chances of greater damage. ...
Feb 2, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
An approach to stall oxygen evolution in high-voltage cathodes
To support the operation of the countless electronic devices that are being developed every day, researchers will need to develop increasingly advanced battery technologies. Lithium-ion batteries (LiBs), some of the most ...
Feb 1, 2023 feature
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Stacking LEDs instead of placing them side by side could enable fully immersive virtual reality displays
Take apart your laptop screen, and at its heart you'll find a plate patterned with pixels of red, green, and blue LEDs, arranged end to end like a meticulous Lite Brite display. When electrically powered, the LEDs together ...
Feb 1, 2023
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Performing matrix multiplications at the speed of light for enhanced cybersecurity
"All things are numbers," avowed Pythagoras. Today, 25 centuries later, algebra and mathematics are everywhere in our lives, whether we see them or not. The Cambrian-like explosion of artificial intelligence (AI) brought ...
Feb 1, 2023
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