Editor’s note: A version of this article originally appeared in the author’s newsletter, Exponential View.
When people ask me to describe my work, I say I take a critical look at exponential technologies—which I define as technologies…
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Transformer Shortage Crisis: Can New Engineering Solve It?
To Nick de Vries, chief technology officer at the solar-energy developer Silicon Ranch, a transformer is like an interstate on-ramp: It boosts the voltage of the electricity that his solar plants generate to match the voltage of grid transmission…
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Graphene Interconnects to Moore’s Law’s Rescue
The semiconductor industry’s long held imperative—Moore’s Law, which dictates that transistor densities on a chip should double roughly every two years—is getting more and more difficult to maintain. The ability to shrink down
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Traces of 10,000-Year-Old Rice Beer Found in China
The Shangshan culture in ancient China’s Lower Yangzi region is central to understanding the origins of rice domestication and early alcohol fermentation. To address these issues, researchers examined artifacts from the early phase of the…
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Work satisfaction, pay are worse for those who stutter, study finds
People who stutter have lower earnings, experience underemployment and express lower job satisfaction than those who don’t stutter, a new University of Florida study finds.
Led by a UF College of Public Health and Health Professions researcher,…
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Poop of the Ocean’s Tiniest Organisms Could Combat Climate Change
Scientists are experimenting with an unconventional source to trap the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide: zooplankton poop.
Earth needs more carbon sinks. As the planet warms, many of the places that trap CO2 are now releasing it into the atmosphere,…
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Drinking Sweetened Beverages Significantly Increases Cardiovascular Disease Risk, Study Suggests
In a new study published in the journal Frontiers in Public Health, scientists investigated the associations between intake of added sugar and various sugar-sweetened foods and beverages and risk of 7 cardiovascular diseases in 69,705…
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Ferroelectric Transistors for Homomorphic Encryption
In an age where data is bought and sold as a commodity, true privacy is rare. But homomorphic encryption can protect your data completely, so no one, not even the servers used to process it, can read your information.
Here’s how it works: A…
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Leap in modelling human impact on climate may lead to early warning of climate disasters
A breakthrough in the theory of climate change science has given scientists the most robust way yet to link observed climate change to both human-made and natural causes and to spot early warning signals for potential climate disasters.
An…
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Shape-changing device helps visually impaired people perform location task as well as sighted people
A groundbreaking piece of navigation technology that uses the ability to sense information through touch can help people with visual impairment perform a location task as well as sighted people, according to new Imperial-led research.
Researchers…
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