As the demand for electricity rises in the age of artificial intelligence (AI), global tech companies are focusing on small nuclear reactors as a sustainable energy solution. A new remote monitoring technology using advanced AI is capable of detecting potential hazards...
Vehicles fueled by diesel lead to substantial carbon emissions that are challenging to decarbonize. In 2022, diesel fuel use made up about one-fourth of total U.S. transportation carbon dioxide emissions and about one-tenth of total energy-related carbon dioxide emissions, according to...
The deluge of goodbye messages from people leaving X began shortly after Donald Trump’s election victory last week. In explaining their decision, many in the exodus cited the same thing: The huge support Elon Musk, the social media service’s owner, gave...
Citigroup Inc. cut its short-term outlook for copper prices by 11% as likely hikes in US trade tariffs under a Trump presidency and weaker-than-expected China stimulus would weigh on demand.
“Former President Donald Trump’s election for a second term marks a clear turning point in global trade tariff policy,” analysts...
Suspected Russian hackers were caught exploiting a recently patched Windows vulnerability as a zero-day in ongoing attacks targeting Ukrainian entities.
The security flaw (CVE-2024-43451) is an NTLM Hash Disclosure spoofing vulnerability reported by ClearSky security researchers, which can be exploited to steal the logged-in user's NTLMv2 hash by forcing connections...
A team of Rice University researchers has developed an innovative electrochemical reactor to extract lithium from natural brine solutions, offering a promising approach to address the growing demand for lithium used in rechargeable batteries. This breakthrough, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , holds significant...
The password manager NordPass has once again released its annual list of the world’s most popular passwords — and the lack of creativity is just a little disheartening. For the second year in a row, “123456” has been crowned the most common password.
The same numbers topped the chart five out of...
Barely nine months after the last cut, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory will again reduce its workforce. On Wednesday, the lab will lay 325 employees off, representing about 5 percent of the workforce at the California-based laboratory that leads the development of robotic space probes for NASA.
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Western Green Energy Hub, a proposed renewable energy plant to be constructed in Australia, has undergone a capacity upgrade and will now produce 70 GW of power instead of the previously planned 50 GW. When ready, the project will be spread out over an area larger than the countries...
UC Santa Barbara materials faculty members Raphaële Clément and Ram Seshadri will work with colleagues across the U.S. in one of two U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Energy Innovation Hub teams funded by a five-year, $125 million grant, “to seed and accelerate next-generation technologies beyond today’s generation of lithium (Li)-ion batteries,” the DOE stated.
The multi-institution...
