EU chief Ursula von der Leyen has called on the bloc to define its own approach to Beijing. Brussels will investigate Chinese state subsidies for electric cars, EU chief Ursula…
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Apple’s new iPhones get faster chips, better cameras and new charging ports
The iPhone 15 Pro is displayed during an announcement of new products on the Apple campus, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023, in Cupertino, Calif. Credit: AP Photo/Jeff Chiu Apple on Tuesday…
Researchers say chatbot exhibits self-awareness
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Are large language models sentient? If they are, how would we know? As a new generation of AI models have rendered the decades-old measure of a…
New methodology reveals health, climate impacts of reducing buildings’ energy use
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Increasing energy efficiency in buildings can save money—and it can also decrease the carbon emissions and air pollution that lead to climate change and health harms.…
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…
entrepreneur seeks to improve S. Korea’s favorite food
Kang’s robot, composed of a simple, flexible mechanical arm, is capable of frying 100 chickens in two hours. In fried-chicken-obsessed South Korea, restaurants serving the nation’s favorite fast-food dish dot every…
Farmers are famously self-reliant. Why not use farm dams as mini-hydro plants?
Credit: Shutterstock/Olga Kashubin Farmers often pride themselves on their self-reliance. When you live far from the cities, it makes sense to do as much as possible yourself. Australia’s sheer size…
US takes on Google in landmark antitrust trial
Over ten weeks of testimony involving more than hundred witnesses, Google will try to persuade a federal judge that the landmark case brought by the US Department of Justice is…
The Dream Dance: Decoding REM’s Mystical Nightly Show in Our Brains
Summary: REM sleep, marked by rapid eye movement, is one of the most mysterious stages of our nightly rest, known for vivid dreams. This phase, repeating every 90 to 120…
