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Mar 9, 2024

Report: US broke clean energy growth record by 12.5% in 2023

Posted by in category: energy

The ACP power annual market reports for 2023 shows a drastic increase in clean energy power prodution in the United States of America.

Mar 9, 2024

SpaceX to perform first-ever re-light of Starship Raptor engine next week

Posted by in category: space travel

Starship will attempt a controlled reentry as well as the first re-light of a Raptor engine. It could fly again next week.

Mar 9, 2024

2.6-ton International Space Station junk plunging to Earth on Saturday

Posted by in category: space

This 2.6-metric-ton cargo pallet is now slated to naturally reach the Earth’s atmosphere between March 8 and 9, 2024.

Mar 9, 2024

Engineer plans solar panel implant for human retina to retain eyesight

Posted by in categories: neuroscience, solar power, sustainability

Very small solar panels placed on the eye can send electric signals directly to the brain and restore vision.

Mar 9, 2024

New light-to-microwave converting tech could revolutionize GPS, radars

Posted by in category: computing

“The goal is to make all these parts work together effectively on a single platform, which would greatly reduce the loss of signals and remove the need for extra technology,” said Quinlan. “Phase one of this project was to show that all these individual pieces work together. Phase two is putting them together on the chip,” he added.

A team of researchers from several prestigious institutions helped NIST with this amazing achievement. These included the University of Colorado Boulder, the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the California Institute of Technology, the University of California Santa Barbara, the University of Virginia, and Yale University.

“I like to compare our research to a construction project. There are a lot of moving parts, and you need to make sure everyone is coordinated so the plumber and electrician show up at the right time in the project,” said Quinlan. We all work together really well to keep things moving forward,” he added.

Mar 9, 2024

Swiss nanotech taps into hidden energy from tap, seawater evaporation

Posted by in categories: energy, nanotechnology

“But in the process, we also made a major finding: that hydrovoltaic devices can operate over a wide range of salinities, contradicting prior understanding that highly purified water was required for best performance.”

The process can generate power around the clock since evaporation occurs at various temperatures and even at night. The process also occurs across humidities, making it suitable for use across the planet, irrespective of location.

Mar 9, 2024

Only 3 out of 10 STEM jobs are held by women, study finds

Posted by in category: employment

India has the lowest number of women in R&D jobs in the world, with less than 16.6% being women in 2018.

Mar 9, 2024

Ex-Tesla scientist teams up with Hugging Face to grace robots for Paris

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Learn about the exciting career shift of Remi Cadene, from Tesla to Hugging Face, and their new open robotics project.

Mar 9, 2024

A plan to bring down drug prices could threaten America’s technology boom

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, policy

As it stands, the draft policy would undermine the long-standing Bayh-Dole Act, with unintended consequences for innovation.

Mar 9, 2024

OpenAI announces new board members, reinstates CEO Sam Altman

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

OpenAI has announced new additions to its board of directors, including CEO Sam Altman, who lost his seat in a power struggle months ago.