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Jun 16, 2021

Apple and Googles New AI Wizardry Promises Privacy—at a Cost

Posted by in categories: mobile phones, robotics/AI

The companies revealed upgrades for their phones that protect data and reduce reliance on the cloud. It also binds users more tightly to their ecosystems.

Jun 16, 2021

Artificial Photosynthesis Promises Clean, Sustainable Source of Energy

Posted by in categories: solar power, sustainability

Humans can do lots of things that plants can’t do. We can walk around, we can talk, we can hear and see and touch. But plants have one major advantage over humans: They can make energy directly from the sun.

That process of turning sunlight directly into usable energy – called photosynthesis – may soon be a feat humans are able to mimic to harness the sun’s energy for clean, storable, efficient fuel. If so, it could open a whole new frontier of clean energy. Enough energy hits the earth in the form of sunlight in one hour to meet all human civilization’s energy needs for an entire year.

Yulia Puskhar, a biophysicist and professor of physics in Purdue’s College of Science, may have a way to harness that energy by mimicking plants.

Jun 16, 2021

How serious is the nuclear power plant radiation leak in China?

Posted by in categories: government, nuclear energy

Hopefully it isn’t too bad.

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One of the companies involved in a new nuclear reactor at Taishan in Guangdong, China, has written to the US government warning of an “imminent radiological threat” at the plant. The memo from French firm Framatome to the US Department of Energy, first reported by CNN, said Chinese authorities were raising acceptable radiation limits around the power station, to avoid shutting the reactor down. How serious is the issue, and should you be worried?

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Jun 16, 2021

Physicists solved a longstanding mystery of the aurora borealis

Posted by in category: physics

The aurora borealis is one of nature’s greatest wonders.


A new study reveals the peculiar physics behind the beautiful light displays of the aurora borealis.

Jun 15, 2021

New graphene display creates LEDs at an atomic level

Posted by in category: materials

Circa 2015 o,.o!


New graphene displays could pave the way for ultra-thin, incredibly durable, and highly efficient LCD technology — even at this early state of development.

Jun 15, 2021

GM Reveals New Ultium Batteries and a Flexible Global Platform to Rapidly Grow its EV Portfolio

Posted by in categories: business, economics, sustainability, transportation

WARREN, Mich. – Starting today, General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) is gathering hundreds of employees, dealers, investors, analysts, media and policymakers to share details of its strategy to grow the company’s electric vehicle (EV) sales quickly, efficiently and profitably.

“Our team accepted the challenge to transform product development at GM and position our company for an all-electric future,” said Mary Barra, GM chairman and CEO. “What we have done is build a multi-brand, multi-segment EV strategy with economies of scale that rival our full-size truck business with much less complexity and even more flexibility.”

The heart of GM’s strategy is a modular propulsion system and a highly flexible, third-generation global EV platform powered by proprietary Ultium batteries. They will allow the company to compete for nearly every customer in the market today, whether they are looking for affordable transportation, a luxury experience, work trucks or a high-performance machine.

Jun 15, 2021

A Google AI Designed a Computer Chip as Well as a Human Engineer—But Much Faster

Posted by in categories: biological, information science, robotics/AI

AI has finally come full circle.

A new suite of algorithms by Google Brain can now design computer chips —those specifically tailored for running AI software —that vastly outperform those designed by human experts. And the system works in just a few hours, dramatically slashing the weeks-or months-long process that normally gums up digital innovation.

At the heart of these robotic chip designers is a type of machine learning called deep reinforcement learning. This family of algorithms, loosely based on the human brain’s workings, has triumphed over its biological neural inspirations in games such as Chess, Go, and nearly the entire Atari catalog.

Jun 15, 2021

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Posted by in category: futurism

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Jun 15, 2021

ITER Global Fusion Energy Project: After a Decade of Design and Fabrication, Worlds Most Powerful Magnet Ready

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, economics, nuclear energy

After a decade of design and fabrication, General Atomics is ready to ship the first module of the Central Solenoid, the world’s most powerful magnet. It will become a central component of ITER, a machine that replicates the fusion power of the Sun. ITER is being built in southern France by 35 partner countries.

ITER’s mission is to prove energy from hydrogen fusion can be created and controlled on earth. Fusion energy is carbon-free, safe, and economic. The materials to power society with hydrogen fusion for millions of years are readily abundant.

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Jun 15, 2021

Light-squashing spaceplates could lead to paper-thin smartphones

Posted by in categories: materials, mobile phones

Material layers compress empty space between optical components.