7 h. ago New carbon capture method uses water and pressure to remove CO from emissions at half current costs

A new, low-cost method for capturing carbon dioxide emissions from power plants and industrial facilities relies on a simple physical phenomenon—the same one that causes bubbles to fizz when popping a bottle of Champagne or cracking open a bottle of seltzer.

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27 h. ago News | Tech’s next wave: AI startups reshape San Francisco’s office leasing landscape

News | Tech’s next wave: AI startups reshape San Francisco’s office leasing landscape  CoStar

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30 h. ago Randomly aligned defects explain low thermal conductivity in some materials

QUT researchers have identified why some materials can block heat more effectively, which is a key feature for energy conversion, insulation and gas storage.

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31 h. ago Cheaper cars emit more pollution, creating urban air quality inequality

More expensive cars emit lower levels of pollution—meaning that motorists owning cheaper, higher-emitting vehicles contribute disproportionately to their local urban air quality problems, a new study reveals.

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31 h. ago Cracking the code of complexity in computer science's P vs. NP problem

New research from the University of Waterloo is making inroads on one of the biggest problems in theoretical computer science. But the way to do it, according to Cameron Seth, a Ph.D. researcher working in the field of algorithmic approximation, is by breaking the problem down into smaller pieces.

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32 h. ago New pathways to green hydrogen use seawater without additional reagents

An international research team led by the University of Bayreuth has developed an innovative method for producing green hydrogen directly from seawater—without the use of additional reagents. The researchers report their findings in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.

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35 h. ago Combining nuclear waste disposal with mobile energy generation

It is common for nuclear engineers to be concerned with the disposition of nuclear waste. After all, the United States alone currently has about 90,000 metric tons of spent nuclear fuel stored in concrete casks on nuclear reactor sites—enough to fill 18 Olympic-sized swimming pools—and is still producing about 2,000 metric tons every year.

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37 h. ago GenAI, fake law and fallout—new report reveals surge in legal cases involving generative AI

The Center for the Future of the Legal Profession (CFLP) at UNSW Law & Justice has released a new report on the impacts of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in law: "GenAI, Fake Law & Fallout: A review of the misuse of generative artificial intelligence in legal proceedings."

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39 h. ago Google proposes adtech changes to avoid breakup after EU fine

Google on Friday announced changes to its advertising services to avert the risk of a breakup, two months after Brussels hit the US giant with a massive fine.

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46 h. ago How Pacific nations plan to go from spending up to 25% of GDP on fossil fuels to running on 100% renewables

Picture dusk falling somewhere in the Solomon Islands. A fisher's skiff glides home using a whisper-quiet electric outboard motor. In the Cook Islands, a big battery steadies the island grid. In Papua New Guinea's highlands, solar kits bring electric light to homes for the first time.

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51 h. ago Robots trained with spatial dataset show improved object handling and awareness

When it comes to navigating their surroundings, machines have a natural disadvantage compared to humans. To help hone the visual perception abilities they need to understand the world, researchers have developed a novel training dataset for improving spatial awareness in robots.

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51 h. ago Novel 3D nanofabrication techniques enable miniaturized robots

In the 1980s when micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) were first created, computer engineers were excited by the idea that these new devices that combine electrical and mechanical components at the microscale could be used to build miniature robots.

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52 h. ago Image compression method combines classic techniques for greater efficiency and flexibility

In his research, Professor Marko Huhtanen from the University of Oulu, who specializes in applied and computational mathematics, introduces a new method for compressing images. This technique combines several well-known compression methods, leveraging their best features. The study has been published in IEEE Signal Processing Letters.

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53 h. ago News | Tech firm expands headquarters in Seattle's South Lake Union

News | Tech firm expands headquarters in Seattle's South Lake Union  CoStar

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56 h. ago EU Launches Investigation of Google for Hiding Commercial News Content in Searches

The EU has opened an investigation into Google over claims that the tech giant has been unfairly demoting commercial content from news media sites in its search results. The post EU Launches Investigation of Google for Hiding Commercial News Content in Searches appeared first on Breitbart.

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57 h. ago Google to pay millions to South African news outlets: Watchdog

Google will pay more than $40 million to support South African news media, many of them floundering in a digital age, the country's competition authority said Thursday.

Economics

57 h. ago Humanoid robots still face hurdles in replacing human labor, says robotics leader

Flashy humanoid robots that have awed attendees at Web Summit in Lisbon this week are still far from revolutionizing physical labor in factories and warehouses, Amazon's chief roboticist told AFP.

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58 h. ago Humidity unlocks hidden power of ions in generating static electricity

Professor Dong-Myeong Shin and his team from the Department of Mechanical Engineering under the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) shed light on the contribution of ions in electric charge transfer, though their contribution differs with environmental humidity.

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60 h. ago From sewer to furnace: How wastewater sludge is greening steel production

By turning wastewater sludge into biocoal and green hydrogen, EU researchers are helping reduce the steel industry's environmental impact.

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60 h. ago How can people hand over packages comfortably to delivery robots?

A research team from the Cognitive Neurotechnology Unit and the Visual Perception and Cognition Laboratory, Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Toyohashi University of Technology, investigated human behavior and comfort when handing over a package to an autonomous mobile delivery robot while walking—an interaction envisioned for logistics in future smart cities.

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