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Tech Xplore / Experts warn against hype for deriving green hydrogen from direct seawater electrolysis
At first glance, the plan sounds compelling: invent and develop future electrolyzers capable of producing hydrogen directly from unpurified seawater. But a closer look reveals that such direct seawater electrolyzers would ...
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Tech Xplore / Engineers develop magnetic tunnel junction–based device to make AI more energy efficient
Engineering researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities have demonstrated a state-of-the-art hardware device that could reduce energy consumption for artificial intelligent (AI) computing applications by a factor ...
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Tech Xplore / Robot Spot configured to find and stun weeds using a blowtorch
A team of computer scientists and roboticists with members from Texas A&M University in the U.S., and the Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence in Abu Dhabi, working with a colleague from Boston Dynamics, ...
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Tech Xplore / New microgrids model takes into account a fair design of decentralized energy systems
Local decentralized energy systems, known as microgrids, can make urban infrastructures more resilient and reduce risks for the population, for example, in large-scale power outages due to natural hazards or cyberattacks.
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Tech Xplore / Magnetic fields help understand light particle splitting for boosting solar cell efficiency
Scientists are closer to giving the next generation of solar cells a powerful boost by integrating a process that could make the technology more efficient by breaking particles of light—photons—into small chunks.
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Tech Xplore / Study explores win–win potential of grass-powered energy production
Strategically planting perennial grass throughout corn and soybean fields helps address the unintended environmental consequences of growing the dominant row crops, including soil erosion, fertilizer runoff and greenhouse ...
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Tech Xplore / Generative AI creates personalized storybooks for the future of child language learning
Researchers have created an innovative system for generating personalized storybooks. This system utilizes generative artificial intelligence and home IoT technology to assist children in language learning. The findings are ...
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Tech Xplore / Novel algorithm for discovering anomalies in data outperforms current software
An algorithm developed by Washington State University researchers can better find data anomalies than current anomaly-detection software, including in streaming data.
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Tech Xplore / Deep learning models can be trained with limited data: New method could reduce errors in computational imaging
Deep learning models, such as those used in medical imaging to help detect disease or abnormalities, must be trained with a lot of data. However, often there isn't enough data available to train these models, or the data ...
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Tech Xplore / Memristive radiofrequency switches show improved performance for mmWave applications
Radiofrequency (RF) switches are electronic components that control the routing of RF signals between different segments of circuits, for instance turning the signals on and off or redirecting them. These switches are central ...
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Tech Xplore / OpenAI to challenge Google with new search functionality
OpenAI on Thursday said it was putting its artificial intelligence engine to work in a challenge to Google's market-dominating search engine.
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Tech Xplore / Engineers develop a recipe for zero-emissions fuel: Soda cans, seawater and caffeine
A sustainable source for clean energy may lie in old soda cans and seawater. MIT engineers have found that when the aluminum in soda cans is exposed in its pure form and mixed with seawater, the solution bubbles up and naturally ...