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Scientists Invent Fast Way To Make Solar Modules Greener

"If we can build a perovskite module that lasts 30 years, we could bring down the cost of electricity below 2 cents per kilowatt-hour"

Another Win For Senolytics: Fighting Aging At The Cellular Level

Aging triggers a type of immune cells to pump out CD38, a nasty chemical from immune cells that eats up NAD. But why? More importantly, how can we stop it?

Will The Coronavirus Evolve To Be Less Deadly?

Regular boosters may be necessary as the virus cycles, not because the virus is rapidly evolving, but because human immunity may wane.

90% Of The Global Power Capacity Added In 2020 Was Renewables

"The future looks even brighter with new capacity additions on course to set fresh records this year and next."

Emissive Brings VR Expeditions To Museums

Virtual expeditions are also timely given current restrictions around global travel.

NASA Provides $370 Million For Breakthrough Space Technologies

NASA provided $370 million in funding for space technologies that are at a tipping point.

Alphabet's New Project Uses AI To Try To Diagnose Depression From Brain Waves

EEGs have been widely used to study swallowing, classify mental states, and diagnose neuropsychiatric disorders such as neurogenic pain and epilepsy, as well as to classify emotions.

New Display Could Paint Stunning VR Worlds

They're looking beyond headsets too, writing, "An ultrahigh density of 10,000 pixels per inch readily meets the requirements for the next-generation microdisplays that can be fabricated on glasses or contact lenses."

Giving Robots A Hybrid, Human-Like ‘Brain’ Can Make Them Smarter

The robot the researchers have built is small and rudimentary, and the algorithms being run on the analog circuit are fairly basic. But the principle is a promising one, and there is currently a huge amount of R&D going into neuromorphic and memristor-based analog computing hardware.

Using AI To Analyze Drinking Water For Safety And Quality Control

Water analytics startup Ketos has announced it raised $18 million in funding. It is part of a growing effort to use progress in AI to automate important parts of our lives, such as drinking water safety.

Developing A Virtual Environment To Spur Development Of Helpful Home Robots

"Our ultimate goal is to build AI agents that can work with real humans. Our platform opens up exciting directions of future work, such as online goal inference and direct communication between agents," the researchers wrote

Research Aims To Develop AI Can Learn Common Sense From Animals

A prerequisite for training agents to use common sense will be 3D-simulated worlds with realistic physics.