Even radar, navigation systems, GPS tracking and radio communications don't prevent ships from colliding. In 2017, collisions and groundings made up nearly 40% of all marine accidents, and over half of the total casualties. ...
Engineering
Apr 16, 2019
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Engineers at the University of South Florida have developed a new type of cybersecurity software that mimics the human immune system.
Security
Apr 3, 2019
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In March of 2011, a powerful earthquake off the coast of Japan triggered the automatic shutdown of reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant and simultaneously disrupted electricity lines that supported their ...
Energy & Green Tech
Mar 28, 2019
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Artificial intelligence systems based on deep learning are changing the electronic devices that surround us.
Computer Sciences
Mar 22, 2019
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The world needs more efficient energy systems based on renewable raw material, an equation not easily solved. At Karlstad University, research and education are in progress to find sustainable energy systems, for instance, ...
Environment
Mar 19, 2019
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Airborne Wind Energy Systems (AWES) are a new kind of technology to harvest wind energy. The expensive and heavy tower and rotor of a conventional wind turbine are replaced by a light tether and an aircraft (flexible giant ...
Engineering
Feb 20, 2019
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A new type of electric vehicle power using "refillable" technology has taken another giant leap in advancing alternative energy with testing that shows it could provide enough energy to run a car for about 3,000 miles.
Energy & Green Tech
Feb 7, 2019
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Urban planners must take a myriad of different objectives into account when designing development programs. These can include optimizing a neighborhood's built density, preserving old monuments and buildings, using renewable ...
Environment
Jan 24, 2019
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A research study on low noise and high-performance transistors led by Suprem Das, assistant professor of industrial and manufacturing systems engineering, in collaboration with researchers at Purdue University, was recently ...
General Physics
Dec 19, 2018
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Microsoft's Bing search engine has long been a punch line in the tech industry, an also-ran that never came close to challenging Google's dominant position.
Business
Oct 27, 2017
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