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Semiconductors and Chips

GM Raises Forecast, Says Chip Shortage not as Bad as Feared

ELE Times Research Desk - June 4, 2021

General Motors Co. says efforts to manage the global computer chip shortage have worked better than expected, so its financial results will improve over...

Amsterdam Tests Out Electric Autonomous Boats on its Canals

ELE Times Research Desk - June 4, 2021

Amsterdam didn't have to look very far when searching for a way to ease traffic on its congested streets. The Dutch capital's canals were...

Consumer

Microsoft to Unveil Next Generation of Windows on June 24

ELE Times Bureau - June 4, 2021

Microsoft will reveal later this month what PC users can expect from the future of its Windows operating system. The company sent out invites Wednesday to a...

Renewable Energy

Major Advance in Fabrication of Low-Cost Solar Cells also Locks up Greenhouse Gases

ELE Times Research Desk - June 3, 2021

Perovskite solar cells have progressed in recent years with rapid increases in power conversion efficiency (from 3% in 2006 to 25.5% today), making them...

Renewable Energy

Bringing Order to Hydrogen Energy Devices

ELE Times Research Desk - June 3, 2021

Researchers at Kyoto University's Institute for Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS) have developed a new approach to speed up hydrogen atoms moving through a crystal lattice...

Artificial Intelligence

New Mathematical Models and Algorithms for Intelligent Image Processing

ELE Times Research Desk - June 3, 2021

Using the visual cortex as a model in the human brain, the research group led by ERC-award-winner Thomas Pock has developed new mathematical models...

Artificial Intelligence

Researchers Fine-Tune Control Over AI Image Generation

ELE Times Research Desk - June 2, 2021

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new state-of-the-art method for controlling how artificial intelligence (AI) systems create images. The work has...

A New Soft Electronic Material for Human-Machine Interfacing

ELE Times Research Desk - June 2, 2021

Researchers at DTU Health Tech have developed a new material that can facilitate a near-perfect merger between machines and the human body for diagnostics...

Artificial Intelligence

Trust the Machine—It Knows What It is Doing

ELE Times Research Desk - June 2, 2021

Machine learning, when used in climate science builds an actual understanding of the climate system. This means we can trust machine learning and further...

Semiconductors and Chips

Intel Reiterates Chip Supply Shortages Could Last Several Years

ELE Times Research Desk - June 1, 2021

Intel Corp’s CEO said it could take several years for a global shortage of semiconductors to be resolved, a problem that has shuttered some...

Battery and Energy Storage

Hybrid Redox-Flow Battery with a Long Cycle Life

ELE Times Research Desk - June 1, 2021

Redox‑flow batteries store electrical energy in chemical compounds that are dissolved in an electrolyte. They are a particularly promising alternative to lithium‑ion batteries as...

Technology

Unique Technology Gives Humans a Leg Up on Walking

ELE Times Research Desk - June 1, 2021

An exoskeleton designed by Queen's Engineering researchers that improves walking efficiency is the subject of a new study featured in the leading academic journal Science. The...

Consumer