A Significant Infrared Advance would Enable Solar Energy at Night
The electromagnetic spectrum contains a wide range of wavelengths in the solar radiation that reaches our planet. Only 42-43% of this light is visible to…
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A Catalytic Technique using Lignin might make Aviation Fuel entirely Sustainable
An underutilized natural resource could be just what the airline industry needs to curb carbon emissions. Researchers at three institutions – the U.S. Department of…
Artificial Intelligence enhances Care for Heart Attack Victims in Women
Heart attacks in women are more likely to be fatal than in men. The reasons are differences in age and in comorbidity burden which makes…
People who Dislike other People have Higher Faith in Artificial Intelligence
A person’s distrust in humans predicts they will have more trust in artificial intelligence’s ability to moderate content online, according to a recently published study.…
What is the Best Way to Compete against Robots?
Roboticists and economists have developed a method for estimating the likelihood of future intelligent robots automating jobs and recommending career transitions with lower risks and…
Power Consumption in Semiconductor Devices is Reduced
A research team reduces power consumption by half in semiconductor devices by embedding platinum nanoparticles. The new technology extends memory by one million times and…
Rooftop Solar Panels can also help with Water Conservation
Electricity-generating rooftop solar cells not only save on planet-warming carbon emissions, they also save a significant amount of water, say a pair of Duke University…
A Novel Approach to Understanding Cognition
Researchers introduce a new neurocomputational model of the human brain that could bridge the gap in understanding AI and the biological mechanisms underlying mental disorders.…
AI-based Screening Methods may Accelerate the Discovery of New Drugs
Developing life-saving medicines can take billions of dollars and decades of time, but the University of Central Florida researchers are aiming to speed up this…
Researchers have found a substance with Brain-like Learning Capabilities
EPFL researchers have discovered that vanadium dioxide (VO2), a compound used in electronics, is capable of “remembering” the entire history of previous external stimuli. This…
A Rechargeable and Controllable Robot Cockroach
An international team led by researchers at the RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research (CPR) has engineered a system for creating remote-controlled cyborg cockroaches, equipped with…
What Determines When The Gas Pump Turns Off?
If you’ve ever stopped breathing the strangely pleasant gas station air for a while, you might have pondered how the pump determines when to turn…
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