Category: Engineering
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Cyclones slow down the economic growth of a country by 10 years
Researchers have calculated the Social Cost of Carbon (SCC) of tropical cyclones for the major economies of India, US, China, Taiwan, and Japan and found that it is so extreme that it stops economic development for more than 10 years. A monetary value of long-term harm The SCC is an economic statistic that estimates the…
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E. coli can evolve to become virtually immune to common antibiotics
According to a recent study, E. coli bacteria have the capacity to acquire an alarmingly high antibiotic resistance, more so than scientists previously assumed in past research. The work saw over 260,000 potential mutations of an E. coli protein mapped. The alterations were all required for the bacteria’s survival when treated with the antibiotic trimethoprim…
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Alarming study reveals autistic people have reduced life expectancy
New research performed by University College London scientists has found that autistic persons have a lower life expectancy than the current national average in the United Kingdom. The first ever study to assess autistic people’s life expectancy and years of life lost in the country offers an alarming look at what is a very unfortunate…
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AI system uses MRI to diagnose autism in children as young as 24 months
When it comes to autism, early diagnosis is key for effective intervention and support. Now, a newly created artificial intelligence (AI) system has been found to have the ability to diagnose children with autism between the ages of 24 and 48 months with a rate of 98.5 percent accuracy. DT-MRI scans used The innovation uses…
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AI Predicts Rogue Waves for Safer Seas
In a world where rogue waves have long been considered maritime myths, a groundbreaking advancement in predicting these destructive ocean phenomena has emerged. Researchers from the University of Copenhagen and the University of Victoria harnessed the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to analyze over 700 years of wave data, encompassing more than a billion waves,…
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A tin-based tandem electrocatalyst for the synthesis of ethanol via CO₂ reduction
Diagram showing the C-C coupling process on Sn1-O3G to produce ethanol from CO2RR. Credit: Ding et al The electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) into various multi-carbon products is highly desirable, as it could help to easily produce useful chemicals for a wide range of applications. Most existing catalysts to facilitate CO2 reduction are based…
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China’s 384-core CPU: a supercomputing breakthrough
China has unveiled its latest supercomputer, powered by a new processor with 384 cores and can perform more than 13 trillion floating-point operations per second (TFLOPS). The Sunway SW26010 Pro CPU is a homegrown chip that aims to boost China’s supercomputing capabilities and reduce its reliance on foreign technology. However, experts say the processor still…
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X’s ad revenue in jeopardy after Musk’s controversial tweet
X, the social media giant once called Twitter, is facing a major crisis as more than 100 advertisers have stopped or reduced their spending on the platform, and the New York Times reported that the company could lose up to $75 million in ad revenue this year, based on internal documents it obtained. The documents…
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NVIDIA’s China driven H20 AI chip faces technical hurdles
NVIDIA, the US-based technology giant, has announced that it will delay the launch of its new artificial intelligence (AI) chip, the HGX H20, in China until the first quarter of 2024. The H20 chip, the most powerful of the three China-specific chips NVIDIA developed to comply with the new US export regulations, was expected to…