South Korean auto giant Hyundai Motor Group has entered into a long-term partnership with its US-based robotics subsidiary Boston Dynamics Inc. The collaboration would entail the automaker helping the engineering and robotics design company grow…
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Massive amount of nuclear waste reaches Germany, triggers uproar
A massive amount of highly radioactive nuclear waste has reached the northern German port of Nordenham, Lower Saxony. The waste that came via a specialist nuclear transport vessel triggered uproar in the region.
The waste is result of…
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Sun-powered hydrosponge harvests water from air with 40% less energy
Scientists in Shanghai have developed a unique material that combines the best features of a hydrogen and a sponge. This unique ‘hydrosponge’ can extract water from air in a far more energy-efficient way than existing methods.
While…
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China’s next-gen radar offers 100% hit rate against missiles: Report
Demonstrating its ever increasing military capabilities, China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) fired up to 16 ballistic missiles at a single target in the Gobi Desert to test a next-generation radar system designed to counter saturation…
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4,400-year-old settlement unearthed, rewrites history of ’empty land’
A groundbreaking excavation has revealed what is believed to be the first Bronze Age settlement in the Maghreb region of North Africa, an area historically overlooked in studies of this era. The significant discovery holds major implications for…
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US model unlocks lithium failure secrets
A researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has developed a groundbreaking computational model that provides new insights into the causes of lithium-ion battery failure.
“Fast-charging lithium-ion batteries are ubiquitous, powering…
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2,500-year-old temple reveals ancient lost school ‘House of Life’
New archaeological discoveries at the renowned Ramesseum Temple in Luxor, Egypt, have unveiled a remarkable new understanding of this ancient religious center, including the unprecedented finding of a mysterious school.
A recent investigative…
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Spatial monitoring of open caissons via computer vision approach
Basic principles
A strategy was introduced to utilize an RGB-D camera for determining the 3D coordinates and sinking details of the open caisson during construction. The RGB-D camera provides both depth and RGB images, acquired through a depth…
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EBG-backed ultrawideband circularly polarized Archimedean spiral antenna scheme for IoT applications
Evolution of the EBG-backed Archimedean spiral antenna
Figure 7 shows the four evolutionary stages of the Archimedean spiral antenna with a circular EBG reflector. Figure 7a depicts an Archimedean spiral antenna without a tapered balun or EBG…
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Gas adsorption analysis of pore structure differences and influencing factors in coal with varying metamorphic grades
Characterization of the joint pore structure of coal samples
Nitrogen adsorption and desorption curves
The low-temperature liquid nitrogen adsorption experimental results, as shown in Fig. 1, reveal that the nitrogen adsorption curves of all coal…
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