Fracking, short for hydraulic fracturing, is a specific drilling technique that allows miners to extract oil and natural gas from rocks buried deep below the surface. In other words, it facilitates the recovery of hard-to-reach natural resources...
The new ultra-low WiFi radio consumes only 28 microwatts to transmit data at 2 megabits per second over a range of 21 meters. It could enable batteryless smart devices and completely wireless home setups. Despite the continuously growing popularity...
Researchers built a flexible supercapacitor that delivers both high power density and high energy density. It shows no performance degradation, even when it is bent at 180 degrees. It can retain 97.8% of its capacity after 5,000 cycles. ...
HPC5 is a GPU-accelerated system capable of performing 51.7 million billion operations per second (51.7 petaFlops). Among the top 100 supercomputers, it would rank as the 5th most powerful in the world. It will help scientists study underground...
The new ‘smart’ diapers can notify a caregiver that it’s a time for a change. Unlike other diaper technology, it is both affordable and disposable. It will help track and identify specific health problems, such as signs of...
Microsoft introduces the Turing Natural Language Generation, the world’s largest model with 17 billion parameters. It generates abstractive summaries of text documents, direct answers to questions, and words to complete sentences. The model...
AI model predicts whether a given quantum machine will have any quantum advantage. It is based on a neural network that analyzes the network structure of a quantum system and gradually learns to predict its behavior. This will help scientists...
Researchers develop energy-efficient transparent solar cells using silicon microwire composites. In addition to absorbed sunlight, these solar cells also utilize reflected rays to produce energy. In recent years, the floodgates of research focusing...
Researchers at Facebook AI develop a new reinforcement learning algorithm named DD-PPO. It can navigate through complex environments using only compass data, RGB-D camera, and GPS. Developing intelligent machines that interact smartly with the...
Scientists break the world record for the fastest spinning object. The new object revolves at 300 billion revolutions per minute. It is made of a dumbbell-shaped silica nanoparticle powered by lasers. Torque sensors enabled the first...
The space-based quantum internet would substantially outperform ground-based networks of quantum repeaters. Building a global-scale quantum internet would require placing more than 400 satellites at an altitude of 1,900 miles. The most useful...
The new machine learning tool predicts how long a given computer chip takes to execute specific code. It is more accurate than Intel’s own prediction model. Determining the number of clock cycles a processor takes to execute a block of...