[ An Xpeng AeroHT X2 Flying Car on display in Hong Kong at the launch of Xpeng vehicles into the city for the first time. The president of Chinese electric vehicle maker XPeng on Friday criticized the fresh tariffs on Chinese cars imposed by Washington as “unfavorable” for the United States’ energy transition. US President … Read more
[ How the interface showing more information about retracted science would work. Credit: Judy Kay et al, University of Sydney In 1998, a paper linking childhood vaccines with autism was published in the journal, The Lancet, only to be retracted in 2010 when the science was debunked. Fourteen years since its retraction, the paper’s original … Read more
[ Nearly two thirds of parents of children aged 5–10 don’t understand the metaverse, according to the Institution of Engineering and Technology. Credit: Kampus Production/Pexels/public domain Virtual reality lets kids play 3D games with their friends as avatars, go back in time, even journey to outer space, all without leaving their living rooms. But while children … Read more
[ Wikipedia logo. Wikipedia is the largest platform for open and freely accessible knowledge online yet, in a new study, EPFL researchers have found that around 15% of the content is effectively invisible to readers browsing within Wikipedia. They have developed a new tool to help overcome this. The work is published on the arXiv … Read more
[ FPV electricity production could match or exceed that of planned hydroelectric dams in Africa. Credit: Nature Energy (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41560-024-01510-0 Floating photovoltaics (FPV), also known as floating solar farms, are photovoltaic systems that can be deployed on the sea’s surface or on other bodies of water. While their environmental impact is still the topic … Read more
[ United Auto Workers (UAW) President Shawn Fain, right, celebrates with local organizers at a UAW vote watch party on April 19, 2024 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Workers at Mercedes-Benz’s Alabama business are expected to learn Friday if they will shift into a union shop, following a contentious federally-administered election. Some 5,200 workers at the Mercedes … Read more
[ This image of a Transonic Truss Braced Wing airplane represents a digital model created by Aviary, a new computer modelling tool aeronautical engineers can use to innovate new aircraft designs, The Aviary code builds on NASA’s decades of experience using highly advanced computer code for aviation. Aviary is a resource created by NASA’s Transformational … Read more
[ Michael Everett, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, heads Northeastern’s Autonomy and Intelligence Laboratory. Credit: Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University For many, it’s an alluring proposition—imagine a world where humans no longer need to own a car and instead commute via robotaxi. Autonomous vehicle evangelists say the potential benefits are vast. With fewer human drivers … Read more
[ Crowdsourcing RTK: a new GNSS positioning framework for building spatial high-resolution atmospheric maps based on massive vehicle GNSS data. Credit: Satellite Navigation (2024). DOI: 10.1186/s43020-024-00135-8 Innovative Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) positioning technologies harness massive vehicle-generated data to create high-resolution atmospheric delay correction maps, significantly enhancing Global Positioning System (GPS) accuracy across varied spatial … Read more
[ Credit: Michael S. Helfenbein, Yale University The race is on to develop a new generation of liquid fuels that are activated by sunlight, and Yale researchers are helping to lead the way. Over the past decade, basic research aimed at creating sustainable, solar-powered liquid fuel has reached a crossroads. New semiconductor materials can effectively … Read more
