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The ship could be ready by the autumn of 2024.

A consortium of companies in the U.K. has bagged a GBP 5.4 million (US$6.46) government grant to build the world’s first liquid hydrogen-powered autonomous vessel and its allied infrastructure, a press release said. The grant is aimed at helping decarbonize the maritime sector.

With governments keen on meeting the ‘net-zero’ goals, a flurry of changes is being brought to the transportation industry. In the U.S., a roll-out of the national charger network is being planned, while the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) is being encouraged, while the sale of combustion engines is even being banned in some nations.

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Its A100 chip has the world’s fastest memory bandwidth at over 2 terabytes per second (TB/s).

Advanced language models powered by Artificial Intelligence have taken the technology industry by storm of late. Platforms like Google and Microsoft are racing to integrate AI capabilities into their search engines after OpenAI’s revolutionary model ChatGPT led the way in integrating AI to produce outstanding results.

AI models are getting highly complex as they take on next-level challenges, such as conversational AI. Such platforms need immense computing and processing power for AI, ML, and data analytics workloads.

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Two major uncertainties in the behavior of Antarctic ice are reduced.

The Antarctic Peninsula, the northern and warmest region of Antarctica, is the largest frozen water reservoir on Earth. Around its coastlines, it is estimated that glaciers—massive blocks of moving ice—travel at an average speed of about one kilometer every year.

Additionally, glacier meltwater is estimated to have boosted global sea levels by 7.6 mm between 1992 and 2017.

Dr Anna E. Hogg, University of Leeds.

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“Enceladus is giving us free samples of what’s hidden deep below.”

Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus shoots particles of frozen silica into space, and scientists might finally know why. Scientists have long known that Enceladus spewed out icy silica that eventually made its way into Saturn’s E ring, but they didn’t have a good explanation as to why this was happening.

Now, a new study by a team at the University of California Los Angeles might provide the answer. Their research shows that tidal heating in Encealadus’ rocky core creates currents that push the silica to the surface. Once there, it’s likely released into space by deep-sea hydrothermal vents.

NASA / jpl-caltech / space science institute.

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It can boost conductivity by a billion percent.

A collaboration of physicists working at different institutes in the U.S. have discovered a new quantum state in an alloy made of magnesium, silicon, and tellurium, a press release said. The finding could result in applications in quantum computing, such as building sensors and communication systems.

Electrons can move around freely inside the structure.

Vchal/istock.

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The TOI-5205’s planetary system’s unusual “forbidden planet” is set to reveal deeper secrets of the cosmos and challenge the theories of planet formation.

Astronomers recently discovered a planet as massive as our Jupiter orbiting dwarf star called TOI 5205b. Such a sporadic cosmic occurrence led scientists to call the gas giant the “forbidden planet.” Located around 280 lightyears away from Earth, the planet was spotted with the assistance of TESS, or NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite. The finding has challenged the long-held idea about the planetary system.

Carnegie Science.

The Small, Red M-dwarfs

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“Nature is a great source of inspiration, and nanotechnology is an exciting way to apply its lessons.”

A small robot that could one day help doctors perform surgery was inspired by the incredible grasping ability of geckos and the efficient motion of inchworms.

What is GeiwBot, the soft robot in healthcare?

University of Waterloo.

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“This is real physics, not science fiction”.

A group of researchers essentially pulled energy out of nothing using a quirk of quantum mechanics. Two different physics experiments proved the feat is possible when they drew energy out of an energy vacuum by teleporting energy across microscopic distances.

The new experiments drew on a 2008 theory from theoretical physicist Masahiro Hotta at Tohoku University, as per a report from Quanta Magazine.

Masahiro Hotta’s energy teleportation theory.

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The new development is promising a potential treatment option for patients with chronic heart failure.

There are over six million patients in the U.S. who suffer from chronic heart failure, and now there is a cell therapy that might help all these patients.

They have proposed a treatment called MPC (mesenchymal precursor cell) therapy.

Rasi Bhadramani/iStock.

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Nokia’s legacy as a traditional mobile phone maker is over, and its new focus is on networks and industrial digitalization.

No more Nokia phones. On Sunday, the Finnish maker announced plans to rebrand its identity for the first time in almost six decades.

“There was the association to smartphones, and nowadays we are a business technology company,” Chief Executive Pekka Lundmark told Reuters in an interview.

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