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Novel zinc-ion battery design promotes safe, scalable industrial energy storage
The present century has witnessed a proactive shift toward more sustainable forms of energy, including renewable resources such as solar power, wind, nuclear energy, and geothermal energy. These technologies naturally require ...
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Advances in ceramic electrochemical cells promise more reliable hydrogen production and clean energy storage
Researchers from the University of Oklahoma have made significant advances in a promising technology for efficient energy conversion and chemical processing. Two recent studies involving protonic ceramic electrochemical cells, ...
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Tiny device processes hand movement in real time, storing visual memories with brain-like efficiency
Engineers at RMIT University have invented a small "neuromorphic" device that detects hand movement, stores memories and processes information like a human brain, without the need for an external computer.
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Like humans, ChatGPT favors examples and 'memories,' not rules, to generate language
A new study led by researchers at the University of Oxford and the Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) has found that large language models (LLMs)—the AI systems behind chatbots like ChatGPT—generalize language patterns in a ...
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LegoGPT can design stable structures using standard LEGOs from text prompts
A team of engineers and AI specialists at Carnegie Mellon University has developed an AI application that can design stable structures from standard LEGOs using text prompts. In their study published on the arXiv preprint ...
Energy & Green Tech
Sunlight-powered system mimics plants to power carbon capture
Current methods of capturing and releasing carbon are expensive and so energy-intensive they often require, counterproductively, the use of fossil fuels. Taking inspiration from plants, Cornell researchers have assembled ...
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Engineering
Tapping a new toolbox, engineers buck tradition in high-performing heat exchanger
By combining topology optimization and additive manufacturing, a team of University of Wisconsin–Madison engineers created a twisty high-temperature heat exchanger that outperformed a traditional straight channel design ...
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Energy & Green Tech
Scientists hail new 'industrially viable technology' that can squeeze hydrogen from seawater
Researchers from the University of Sharjah claim to have developed a novel technology capable of producing clean hydrogen fuel directly from seawater, and at an industrial scale.
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Engineering
'Countersnapping' structures shrink when pulled
When you pull something—like a rubber band—you expect it to get longer. But what if it did the opposite? What if it suddenly shrank instead? In a study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers ...
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Design strategy can mitigate internal cracks in next-generation cathode materials
A research team, led by Professor Hyeon Jeong Lee from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at UNIST, has identified the root causes of internal cracking in single-crystal lithium nickel manganese oxide (LNMO) ...
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Machine learning & AI
Key units in AI models mirror human brain's language system
EPFL researchers have discovered key "units" in large AI models that seem to be important for language, mirroring the brain's language system. When these specific units were turned off, the models got much worse at language ...
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Machine learning & AI
AI tools may be weakening the quality of published research, study warns
Artificial intelligence could be affecting the scientific rigor of new research, according to a study from the University of Surrey.
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Engineering
Self-healing coating lets Nd-Fe-B magnets resist saltwater, ice and mechanical damage
Since their discovery thousands of years ago, magnets have fascinated humankind with their unique properties. Even today, scientists are studying and finding new applications for these materials.
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Energy & Green Tech
UK lab promises air-con revolution without polluting gases
The soft, waxy "solid refrigerant" being investigated in a UK laboratory may not look very exciting, but its unusual properties promise an air-conditioning revolution that could eliminate the need for greenhouse gases.
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Energy & Green Tech
Sustainable method produces high-purity material for use in green hydrogen production
A group of researchers affiliated with the Center for Innovation in New Energies (CINE) has developed a method for purifying materials that is simple, economical and has a low environmental impact. The scientists have managed ...
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Consumer & Gadgets
AI model analyzes social media posts to detect signs of depression
Social media is a sounding board of sorts in today's world. It's a place where people go to share their thoughts, opinions and feelings—and to test the reactions of others, too. In return, they receive feedback, often in ...
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Consumer & Gadgets
Facebook reaps significant economic benefits from content provided by news providers, study finds
When it comes to Facebook, news matters—not the fake stuff but the real kind generated by working journalists.
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