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Development of high-performance, high-tension wearable displacement sensors

a Strain sensing mechanism. b Sensor property design with kirigami...

Engineering

Construction waste is costly: What’s causing it on South African building sites?

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The construction industry contributes significantly to...

Financial Services Cloud Data Model

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Leveraging the Power of Financial Services Cloud Data Model for Better Decision-Making

Making the right decisions can mean the difference between success...

Health/Life Sciences

Seattle mental health startup Alongside raises $5.5M, aims to test app with schools

Alongside CEO Jay Goyal. (Alongside Photo) A new startup is...

Impact Series

‘It’s just astronomical’: Soaring fentanyl deaths help spur tech solutions for combating the opioid

PNNL researcher Ashley Bradley practices her lab work using a...

Computing

How To Configure Windows To Auto Restart After a Power Failure

Other than malware and hacking, nothing has the potential to...

Internet

Apple Unveils New Muscular MacBooks, Refreshes AirPods, Adds $5 Music Service

Apple refreshed its MacBook Pro line of laptop computers and...

Energy & Green Tech

Greening global economy brings dependence on critical minerals

Global demand for these critical metals may quadruple by 2040....

Engineering

Bifacial monolithic all-perovskite tandem solar cells form new architecture

Schematic illustration (left) and cross-sectional scanning electron microscopy image (right)...

Energy & Green Tech

New, efficient phase change microcapsules for storing solar energy

Synthesis of the microcapsules. Credit: Energy Storage and Saving (2022)....

Energy & Green Tech

Green chemistry transforms facemasks into Ethernet cables

a) Photograph of a section of face mask material used...

Health/Life Sciences

Seattle biotech company is the first to receive approval to test B cell gene therapy in humans

Immusoft’s steps to delivering a treatment using engineered B cells....

Sustainability

Why this Microsoft vet quit and launched an EV smart charging startup

Some of the FlexCharging team convened for a meeting in...

Engineering

How drones could determine the direction of gravity without accelerometers

Flapping-wing robot controlling its attitude using this new principle. It...

Operations

The Weekly Closeout: Petco partners with Nationwide for pet insurance and Shopify plans on becoming profitable

It’s been another week with far more retail news than...

Impact Series

Jeff Bezos’ Montessori-inspired free preschools will expand to Texas and Florida

(Bezos Academy Photo) With five Bezos Academy preschools up and...

Sustainability

Microsoft’s outgoing environmental chief reflects on bold actions and navigating ‘hiccups’

Lucas Joppa, center, at the Cascadia Vision 2050 conference in...

Energy & Green Tech

Improved cathode material for electric vehicle batteries packs up to 25% more energy for longer drives

Scanning electron microscopy images at different magnifications reveal the spherelike...

Engineering

Simple machine may pave the way for more powerful cell phones and WiFi

This simple machine that uses the surface tension of water...

Engineering

Seeing electron movement at fastest speed ever could help unlock next-level quantum computing

Mackillo Kira, professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and...

Hardware

An ultralow power artificial synapse for next-generation AI systems

Illustration of the device structure of the phase-change artificial synapse....

Internet

Foundries and Arduino Team To Patch IoT Devices

Foundries.io and Arduino are becoming a member of forces to...

Sustainability

Bill Gates-backed TerraPower announces feasibility study to explore sites for 5 new nuclear reactors

TerraPower’s lab tests the equipment and processes for next-generation nuclear...

Impact Series

Bill Gates ‘amazed at how far we’ve come’ as he opens inaugural climate tech summit in Seattle

Bill Gates and Rodi Guidero, executive director of Breakthrough Energy,...

Engineering

Ad-block this: Space advertisers ready to display commercials in the sky

Image. Artist’s impression of a space ad seen from the...

Energy & Green Tech

India-led alliance bats for diverse solar energy market

A solar panel installation sits in Ruicheng County in central...

What is an eSIM? Important Things You Need to Know about SIM and eSIM

Hardware

What is an eSIM? Important Things You Need to Know about SIM and eSIM

For a phone or tablet to connect to a network,...

Engineering

Watching lithium in real time could improve performance of EV battery materials

Graphical abstract. Credit: Joule (2022). DOI: 10.1016/j.joule.2022.09.008 Researchers have found...

Impact Series

This nonprofit is showing how rigorous data analysis can dramatically curb youth homelessness

The Anchor Community Initiative team with A Way Home Washington...

Impact Series

Bezos Earth Fund awards $443M in grants, focus is on climate justice, saving and restoring nature

Jeff Bezos, fourth from left, and Lauren Sánchez, next to...

Computing

Nasuni Founder Andres Rodriguez: Object Storage Offers More Cloud Benefits, Lower Cost

Object storage within the cloud is among the important choices...

Sustainability

5 climate technologies you’ve probably never heard of – but could someday be on investor radars

Hawaii is one of the places where researchers are working...