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'Brainless' robot can navigate complex obstacles      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Researchers who created a soft robot that could navigate simple mazes without human or computer direction have now built on that work, creating a 'brainless' soft robot that can navigate more complex and dynamic environments.

Computer Science: General Mathematics: General Offbeat: Computers and Math Offbeat: General Offbeat: Plants and Animals
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What do neurons, fireflies and dancing the Nutbush have in common?      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Synchronicity is all around us, but it is poorly understood. Computer scientists have now developed new tools to understand how human and natural networks fall in and out of sync.

Energy: Alternative Fuels Energy: Batteries Energy: Technology Geoscience: Environmental Issues
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Scientists develop new method to recover high-purity silicon from expired solar panels for upcycling into lithium-ion batteries      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Scientists have devised an efficient method of recovering high-purity silicon from expired solar panels to produce lithium-ion batteries that could help meet the increasing global demand to power electric vehicles.

Energy: Alternative Fuels Energy: Batteries Environmental: Water
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New battery holds promise for green energy      (via sciencedaily.com) 

A chemist envisions a future where every house is powered by renewable energy stored in batteries. He has created a new battery that could have profound implications for the large-scale energy storage needed by wind and solar farms.

Chemistry: General Chemistry: Organic Chemistry Energy: Alternative Fuels Energy: Batteries Engineering: Graphene Geoscience: Environmental Issues Geoscience: Geochemistry
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Efficient and mild: Recycling of used lithium-ion batteries      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) provide our portable devices like tablets and mobiles -- and increasingly also vehicles -- with power. As the share of volatile renewable energy needing electricity storage increases, more and more LIBs are needed, lithium prices rise, resources dwindle, and the amount of depleted batteries that contain toxic substances increases. Researchers introduce a novel approach for the recovery of lithium from used LIBs.

Energy: Batteries Energy: Technology
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Scientists develop an energy-efficient wireless power and information transfer system      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT)-aided nonorthogonal multiple access (NOMA) system, used for communication in the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoTs), suffers from significant energy loss with transmission distance. Now, researchers have developed an energy-efficient framework by applying SWIPT-NOMA to a distributed antenna system. This technology is expected to pave the way for more efficient and optimized IoT environments.

Computer Science: General Offbeat: Computers and Math Offbeat: General
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Breathe! The shape-shifting ball that supports mental health      (via sciencedaily.com) 

A soft ball designed to support mental health by 'personifying' breath has been invented by a computer science student.

Computer Science: Artificial Intelligence (AI) Engineering: Robotics Research Offbeat: Computers and Math
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Tiny, shape-shifting robot can squish itself into tight spaces      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Imagine a robot that can wedge itself through the cracks in rubble to search for survivors trapped in the wreckage of a collapsed building. Engineers are working toward to that goal with CLARI, short for Compliant Legged Articulated Robotic Insect.

Computer Science: Quantum Computers Offbeat: Computers and Math Physics: General Physics: Quantum Computing Physics: Quantum Physics
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Paving the way for advanced quantum sensors      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Quantum physics has allowed for the creation of sensors far surpassing the precision of classical devices. Now, several new studies show that the precision of these quantum sensors can be significantly improved using entanglement produced by finite-range interactions. Researchers were able to demonstrate this enhancement using entangled ion-chains with up to 51 particles.

Energy: Batteries
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Thin-film batteries rechargable in just one minute      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Engineers aim to revolutionize rechargeable batteries: Their thin-film batteries are not only safer and longer-lasting than conventional lithium-ion batteries, they are also much more environmentally friendly to manufacture and can be charged in just one minute. For now, the battery is very small, but the founders have big plans for it.

Computer Science: Artificial Intelligence (AI) Computer Science: General Engineering: Robotics Research Offbeat: Computers and Math
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AI helps robots manipulate objects with their whole bodies      (via sciencedaily.com) 

A new AI technique enables a robot to develop complex plans for manipulating an object using its entire hand, not just fingertips. This model can generate effective plans in about a minute using a standard laptop.

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Scientists invent micrometers-thin battery charged by saline solution that could power smart contact lenses      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Scientists have developed a flexible battery as thin as a human cornea, which stores electricity when it is immersed in saline solution, and which could one day power smart contact lenses.

Energy: Batteries Energy: Technology Engineering: Graphene
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New study finds ways to suppress lithium plating in automotive batteries for faster charging electric vehicles      (via sciencedaily.com) 

A new study has found a way to prevent lithium plating in electric vehicle batteries, which could lead to faster charging times.

Energy: Batteries Geoscience: Environmental Issues
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Towards better batteries and fuel cells with dispersibility estimation for carbon electrode slurries      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Carbon slurries, which consist of a suspension of carbon particles in a solvent, are used to mass-produce battery electrodes. However, there are no adequate methods to evaluate whether the particles are uniformly dispersed in the slurry during the manufacturing process. In a recent study, researchers used an innovative approach, combining viscosity and electrochemical impedance measurements, to accurately assess the dispersibility of slurries, opening doors to enhanced electric vehicles and fuel cell batteries.

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Do measurements produce the reality they show us?      (via sciencedaily.com) 

The measurement values determined in sufficiently precise measurements of physical systems will vary based on the relation between the past and the future of a system determined by its interactions with the meter. This finding may explain why quantum experiments often produce paradoxical results that can contradict our common-sense idea of physical reality.

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How artificial intelligence gave a paralyzed woman her voice back      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Researchers have developed a brain-computer interface (BCI) that has enabled a woman with severe paralysis from a brainstem stroke to speak through a digital avatar.

Energy: Batteries
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New platform could boost development of carbon-capturing batteries      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Efficient and cheap batteries that can also capture harmful emissions could be right around the corner, thanks to a new system that speeds up the development of catalysts for lithium-CO2 (Li-CO2) batteries.

Energy: Batteries Energy: Technology
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Move over lithium-ion: Zinc-air batteries a cheaper and safer alternative      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Zinc-air batteries have emerged as a better alternative to lithium in a recent study into the advancement of sustainable battery systems.

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Chloride ions from seawater eyed as possible lithium replacement in batteries of the future      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Sodium, Potassium and zinc have all been promising contenders for lithium's place in rechargeable batteries of the future, but researchers have added an unusual and more abundant competitor to the mix: chloride, the richest negatively charged ions in seawater. Xiaowei Teng, the James H. Manning professor of Chemical Engineering at WPI, has discovered a new redox chemistry empowered by chloride ions for the development of seawater green batteries.