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Aug 31, 2024

Scalable graphene technology could significantly enhance battery safety and performance

Posted by in categories: energy, materials

Researchers at Swansea University, in collaboration with Wuhan University of Technology, Shenzhen University, have developed a pioneering technique for producing large-scale graphene current collectors.

This breakthrough promises to significantly enhance the safety and performance of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), addressing a critical challenge in energy storage technology.

Published in Nature Chemical Engineering, the study details the first successful protocol for fabricating defect-free foils on a commercial scale. These foils offer extraordinary thermal conductivity—up to 1,400.8 W m–1 K–1 —nearly ten times higher than traditional copper and aluminum current collectors used in LIBs.

Aug 31, 2024

The AI chip startup that could take down Nvidia

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Nvidia may have a sizable lead, but money is an excellent motivator, and tech companies old and new are striving to end its dominance of the AI chip market — or at least secure themselves a sizable slice of it.

While some of these groups, including AMD, are following Nvidia’s lead and optimizing GPUs for generative AI, others are exploring alternative chip architectures.

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Aug 31, 2024

Scientists Discovered Something Kinda Alarming: The Universe Shouldn’t Actually Exist

Posted by in category: cosmology

These models are very, very wrong.

Aug 31, 2024

The Reason Brazil Is Blocking Elon Musk’s X/Twitter

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, internet, law

ICYMI: Elon Musk’s social media platform X was instructed by a Brazilian court to name a local representative, but failed to do so.

The justice said the platform will stay suspended until it complies with his orders, and also set a daily fine of 50,000 reais ($8,900) for people or companies using…


SAO PAULO — Brazil started blocking Elon Musk’s social media platform X early Saturday, making it largely inaccessible on both the web and through its mobile app after the company refused to comply with a judge’s order.

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Aug 31, 2024

SpaceX blew a ‘catastrophic’ first-of-its-kind hole in the atmosphere with Starship

Posted by in category: space travel

A new study from scientists has claimed SpaceX’s explosion of its Starship rocket last year blew a first-of-its-kind hole in Earth’s atmosphere.

Aug 31, 2024

Writer Alarmed When Company Fires His 60-Person Team, Replaces Them All With AI

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

As the last man standing, he was tasked with fixing-up all the AI-generated articles that once would’ve been composed by dozens of writers.

Aug 31, 2024

SpaceX Falcon 9 cleared to launch by FAA; next launch: Starlink overnight

Posted by in categories: drones, internet

Three days ago, an old Falcon 9 booster crashed and exploded while landing on a drone ship during its 23rd landing.


The FAA has cleared SpaceX to launch the Falcon 9 while the investigation into Wednesday’s mishap wraps up.

Aug 31, 2024

Diagnosing traumatic brain injury with a handheld device

Posted by in categories: chemistry, nanotechnology, neuroscience

The retina and optic nerve share most of the brain’s biochemical properties – this way, they provide a ‘window’ into the biochemistry of the brain.

To address this lack of technological means for the early detection of TBI, Pola Goldberg Oppenheimer, a Professor in Micro-Engineering and Bio-Nanotechnology at the University of Birmingham, UK, has developed a groundbreaking laser-based, eye-safe device (EyeD) technology. This technology can detect molecular changes that reflect brain damage by scanning the back of the eye with a handheld device.

Aug 31, 2024

New AI Tool Captures How Proteins Behave in Context

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, robotics/AI

PINNACLE predicts protein functions in cells and tissues, can help improve drug discovery.

Aug 31, 2024

Aug 30, 2024: Large Eruption from Fuego Volcano, Guatemala

Posted by in category: futurism

Welcome to our historic 24/7 live stream of the magnificent Fuego Volcano, one of the most active volcanoes in the world! For the first time ever, experience the raw power and breathtaking beauty of Fuego live in stunning 4K resolution.


Where is this camera?

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