Research uses heat to predict species most threatened by climate change
Climate change is a threat to all species, but which species will be under the greatest threat?
Ecology
May 30, 2017
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Apple's new mobile AI chip could create a new level of intelligence
Apple is reportedly working on a chip called the Apple Neural Engine, which would be dedicated to carrying out artificial intelligence (AI) processing on its mobile devices.
Consumer & Gadgets
May 30, 2017
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Around the world, environmental laws are under attack in all sorts of ways
As President Donald Trump mulls over whether to pull out of the Paris climate agreement, it is hard to imagine that he's listening to the experts. US climate researchers are being so stifled, ignored or blackballed that France ...
Ecology
May 30, 2017
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Ceramic membranes separate tiny organic molecules with a molar mass of 200 Dalton
Water is vital – therefore, waste water has to be cleaned as efficiently as possible. Ceramic membranes make this possible. Researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems IKTS in Hermsdorf, ...
Materials Science
May 30, 2017
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New audio codec enables unprecedented voice call quality
Smartphones can do almost everything you want, but their poor voice quality is still a vexing issue. Fraunhofer researchers have helped develop a new codec to banish this problem. Their solution raises voice quality to an ...
Software
May 30, 2017
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Holographic measurement technology at production speed
Fault tolerance in automobile production is increasingly diminishing. Until recently, this presented suppliers with a problem: There were no sufficient methods for detecting micro defects during production. Visual inspection ...
Engineering
May 30, 2017
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Researchers develop the first broadband image sensor array based on graphene-CMOS integration
Over the past 40 years, microelectronics have advanced by leaps and bounds thanks to silicon and complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) technology, enabling computing, smartphones, compact and low-cost digital cameras, ...
Optics & Photonics
May 30, 2017
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Five questions about open science answered
What is "open science"?
Other
May 30, 2017
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Chess-playing robot star of Taiwan tech fair
A chess-playing robot stole the show as Asia's largest tech fair kicked off in Taiwan Tuesday with artificial intelligence centre stage.
Robotics
May 30, 2017
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Taxis strike across Spain to protest Uber, Cabify services
Taxi drivers across Spain set off firecrackers and threw objects at police Tuesday as they went on strike to protest the increase in cars run by private companies like Uber that offer cheaper, mobile ride-hailing services.
Business
May 30, 2017
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