Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Could digital humans—realistic virtual representations of humans that communicate through text-to-speech and speech-to-text interfaces—provide online training that is as effective as that provided by real humans?…
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Are high-purity cathode materials truly necessary? An alternative to reduce secondary battery costs
Managing the level of magnesium impurity purification emerges as a pivotal process in regulating secondary battery cathode material productivity, longevity, and eco-friendliness. Credit: POSTECH Manufacturers of secondary battery cells (LG…
Using a 2D perovskite oxide as a photoactive high-κ gate dielectric
Preparation and characterization of SNO nanosheets. a, Schematic illustration of the preparation and device fabrication processes. b, AFM image of SNO nanosheets. Inset: cross-sectional height profile along the white dashed…
South Africa’s new energy plan needs a mix of nuclear, gas, renewables and coal, says expert
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain South Africa’s economy has been hard hit by 15 years of loadshedding (rolling blackouts). The country’s coal-fired power plants have a maintenance backlog and frequently experience…
After the Baltimore bridge collapse, we need clear-eyed assessments of the risks to key infrastructure
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Catastrophic collapses of major bridges are thankfully rare. Notable examples in the last couple of decades include the failure of the I35-W in Minneapolis in August…
Gmail revolutionized email 20 years ago. People thought it was Google’s April Fool’s Day joke
An ad for Google’s Gmail appears on the side of a bus on Sept. 17, 2012, in Lagos, Nigeria. Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin unveiled Gmail 20 years…
Simultaneous performance improvement and energy savings with an innovative algorithm for 6G vision services
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Professor Jeongho Kwak’s from the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at DGIST has developed a learning model and resource optimization technology that combines accuracy…
The Power of Music on Cognitive Arousal
Summary: A new study explores the influence of personalized music on cognitive arousal and performance, drawing on the Yerkes-Dodson law’s inverted-U theory. The study used participants’ physiological and behavioral signals…
Failure of Francis Scott Key Bridge provides future engineers a chance to learn how to better protect the public
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The cargo ship collision that destroyed the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore on March 26, 2024, is raising questions about just how much engineers can…
