This New Solar Power Technology Generates A Massive Amount of Heat, No Fossil Fuels Required MJ Banias·May 17, 2024Researchers can harness solar energy at temperatures exceeding 1,000°C and could maybe revolutionize high-temperature industrial processes.
Your Smartphone Needs Rare Earth Elements and China Holds The Monopoly Access to Rare Earth Elements Could Lead to a Trade War Candy Chan·July 7, 2021Your iPhone may cause a global conflict as China holds a monopoly on the rare earth supply, and no other country is close to catching up.
Can Google Teach Me French? Tech Giant Takes Aim at Language Learning with Tivoli Learning Languages Using Google's AI Could Kill Other Language Learning Apps. Candy Chan·June 24, 2021Users will soon be able to turn to Google Search to learn foreign languages using a robust AI system called 'Tivoli.' Goodbye Duolingo?
“Programmable Matter” Can Change Color With a Simple Flash of Light Christopher Plain·June 3, 2021Researchers from MIT have developed a way to alter the color of objects coated with "programmable matter" using only a simple flash of light.