Category: 3. Tech
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Fukushima nuclear plant’s operator says the first round of wastewater release is complete
A group of plaintiffs and supporters, demanding revokation of TEPCO’s treated water discharge plan, head to the Fukushima District Court to file a lawsuit, in Fukushima, northeastern Japan, Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. Fishermen and residents of Fukushima and five other prefectures along Japan’s northeastern coast filed a lawsuit Friday demanding a halt to the ongoing…
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Work starts on key German wind power energy line
Germany is in dire need of extra sources of power — it recently shut down its last nuclear plant and plans to close its final coal-fired power stations in the coming years. Construction work has started on the long-delayed 700-kilometer (430-mile) power line that will transfer wind-generated electricity from northern to southern Germany, the economy…
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FTC judge says Intuit can’t advertise TurboTax as ‘free’
Intuit’s TurboTax services are anything but “free,” even though its allegedly deceptive ad campaigns claimed otherwise for years. According to a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) judge’s ruling, the popular tax filing service must stop labeling any of its products as no-cost unless a rigorous set of conditions are “clearly and conspicuously” displayed to users, per…
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The Interest and Unease of Applying AI to Pain Management
In the ever-evolving landscape of healthcare, artificial intelligence (AI) is making its presence known, with the potential to reshape how we approach medical decisions. We’ve talked about the impact of AI on drug discovery, and now let’s discuss the impact of AI on pain medication prescription. Some tools like Narx Scores and overdose risk algorithms…
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System combines light and electrons to unlock faster, greener computing
MIT researchers introduce Lightning, a reconfigurable photonic-electronic smartNIC that serves real-time deep neural network inference requests at 100 Gbps. Credit:Alex Shipps/MIT CSAIL via Midjourney Computing is at an inflection point. Moore’s Law, which predicts that the number of transistors on an electronic chip will double each year, is slowing down due to the physical limits…
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AI creates map of smells and descriptions
It’s hard to overstate the power of the nose—research says humans can distinguish more than a trillion odors. This is especially impressive when you remember that each individual odor is a chemical with a unique structure. Experts have been trying to discern patterns or logic in how chemical structure dictates smell, which would make it…
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A strategy to fabricate highly performing tin perovskite-based transistors
Tin halide perovskite enabling low-temperature poly-silicon level transistor performance and the logic circuits integration. Credit: Zhu et al. Metal halide perovskites are semiconducting materials with advantageous optoelectronic properties, low defects and low costs of production. In contrast with other emerging semiconductors, these materials can be easily synthesized via affordable solution processing methods. … Continue Reading…
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Scientists Are Beginning to Learn the Language of Bats and Bees Using AI
Hi Science, Quickly listeners. This is Jeff DelViscio, executive producer of the show. The whole podcast team is out in the field, so while we’re away, we’re bringing back a few amazing oldies from the archive. AI is everywhere these days–and it’s being used, or at least some are trying to use it, for just…
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A plane fueled by cryogenic hydrogen completed its first test flights
Once considered prohibitively expensive and inefficient, hydrogen fuel-powered planes are finally beginning to literally and figuratively take off around the world. Last week, the Germany-based startup H2FLY achieved a major industry milestone—completing the world’s first piloted electric aircraft flights fueled entirely by liquid hydrogen. “This achievement marks a watershed moment in the use of hydrogen…
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How Fires, Floods and Hurricanes Create Deadly Pockets of Information Isolation
When sudden wildfires ravaged the Hawaiian island of Maui this August, one of the first casualties was the local telecommunications grid. As people scrambled to escape the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century, their cell phone service vanished. The resulting inability to contact loved ones, hear weather forecasts or plan an escape route…