Engineering
The pace of progress in the renewable energy sector is limited not only by the technology to capture energy from the sun, the wind, the oceans or the Earth's radiant heat, but also by the ability to effectively store and ...
Sep 8, 2021
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Electronics & Semiconductors
When it comes to batteries, lithium-ion are the best we have as far as energy density and convenience.
May 3, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
Acceleration due to gravity here on Earth is about 9.8m/s2, but if you're trying to build a rocket that will escape Earth's pull, you're going to have to do better than that. You would need to factor in wind resistance, heat ...
Mar 5, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
Consumer demand has driven engineers to design batteries that are more compact while at the same time maintaining, or even improving, their capacity.
Sep 18, 2020
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Robotics
If you want to enhance a locust to be used as a bomb-sniffing bug, there are a few technical challenges that need solving before sending it into the field.
Aug 14, 2020
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Engineering
Computer Sciences
In this era of big data, there are some problems in scientific computing that are so large, so complex and contain so much information that attempting to solve them would be too big of a task for most computers.
Aug 5, 2020
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Engineering
Electrification of the transportation sector—one of the largest consumers of energy in the world—is critical to future energy and environmental resilience. Electrification of this sector will require high-power fuel cells ...
Jun 18, 2020
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Computer Sciences
Ultrasonic waves don't make a sound, but they can still activate Siri on your cellphone and have it make calls, take images or read the contents of a text to a stranger. All without the phone owner's knowledge.
Feb 27, 2020
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Telecom
When WiFi was designed, it was intended for high-speed data communications. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) set the standards for communications—that's the 802.11 protocol, a familiar number ...
Oct 23, 2019
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