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Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 05, 2024
Drawing inspiration from the collective behavior seen in natural phenomena such as beehives, ant colonies, and schools of fish, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have developed "smart swarms" of minuscule robots. These tiny machines are designed to work together as a unified group, enhancing their ability to perform tasks through coordinated action, an advancement that far exceeds

New York (AFP) April 7, 2024
Despite the recent cancellation of a next-generation US nuclear plant, backers of the carbon-free power source remain hopeful new projects will come on line by the end of the decade. Late last year, the US energy company NuScale announced it was pulling the plug on a small modular reactor (SMR) project in the western state of Idaho. The project - the sole SMR design yet to be approved b

Berlin (AFP) April 8, 2024
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will travel to China on Saturday for a three-day visit that will include talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, at a time when both economic giants are struggling. Scholz will meet Xi and Chinese Premier Li Qiang in Beijing at the end of his trip on April 16, the chancellor's spokesman Steffen Hebestreit said at a press conference on Monday. He will also trav

Beijing (AFP) April 8, 2024
From her down-to-earth demeanour to chopstick skills, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has been under scrutiny on her China visit, where she delivered a serious message - a call to action to avoid the pitfalls of excess factory capacity. Washington and others are worried that overcapacity, fuelled by Chinese government support, could unleash a surge of Chinese exports at artificially low

Paris (AFP) April 8, 2024
A unit of France's national development bank said on Monday it had teamed up with an operator of electric vehicle rechargers to finance the deployment of nearly 10,000 points at businesses switching their fleets of vehicles. The Banque des Territoires, a subsidiary of France's Caisse des Depots, said it would create a joint venture with Bump that would receive 100 million euros ($108 million

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 09, 2024
SATLANTIS and a subsidiary of Encino Environmental Services ("Encino"), leaders in methane leak detection and quantification, have furthered their groundbreaking partnership by sealing one of the largest contracts within the SmallSat industry. This alliance aims to monitor infrastructure for high resolution visual applications and methane emission detection through satellite technology. Un

Paris, France (SPX) Apr 09, 2024
Researchers at ICFO have fabricated a new four-terminal organic solar cell with a tandem configuration with a 16.94% power conversion efficiency (PCE). The new device is composed by a highly transparent front cell that incorporates a transparent ultrathin silver (Ag) electrode of only 7nm, which ensures its efficient operation. Two-terminal tandem organic solar cells (OSCs) represent one o