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China will need to generate more than half of its power from wind and solar by 2035 to align with global climate goals, according to new research led by the University of California San Diego. The study offers timely recommendations to meet the country's forthcoming climate commitments.... Read more

Nature is brimming with animals that collaborate in large numbers. Bees stake out the best feeding spots and let others know where they are. Ants construct complex hierarchical homes built for defense. Flocks of starlings move across the sky in beautiful formations as if they were a single entity.... Read more

Growing up in Lagos, Nigeria, Emmanuel Taiwo developed a deep interest in how environmental and social issues intersect to influence lived experiences and outcomes for different communities.... Read more

Stronger cell phone signals, more accurate sensors and cleaner energy may be achieved by adding a simple step to the industrial fabrication process of certain semiconductor materials, documented in a recent study led by engineering researchers at the University of Michigan.... Read more

Grout is a mixture commonly used to fill joints between tiles in small domestic projects, and usually features a simple composition of water, cement and sand. However, this is not its only application: in structures that are designed to support heavy loads, such as bridges, grout is injected as a... Read more

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are experiencing spectacular growth thanks to the new opportunities they offer for interaction and monetization to fans, clubs and athletes in the sports industry.... Read more

A new study coordinated by scientists at Forschungszentrum Jülich and published in Nature Communications highlights how the visibility of renewable energy installations—such as wind turbines and solar panels—has an impact on their level of public acceptance and the costs of the energy transition in Germany.... Read more

The EU accused TikTok on Thursday of breaking digital rules after concluding that the Chinese-owned social media platform was not transparent enough about advertisements.... Read more

China has blasted a new U.S. rule against use of Ascend computer chips made by Huawei Technologies anywhere in the world, chafing Thursday against the limitations of a temporary truce in the trade war between the two biggest economies.... Read more

Coinbase, the largest cryptocurrency exchange based in the U.S., said Thursday that criminals had improperly obtained personal data on the exchange's customers for use in crypto-stealing scams and were demanding a $20 million payment not to publicly release the info.... Read more

Many websites for children, such as learning platforms, are free of charge; they are financed by advertising. Researchers from Radboud University in the Netherlands, the Belgian University KU Leuven and the German Ruhr University Bochum investigated the content of ads that are displayed on such websites.... Read more

Researchers at Umeå University have developed new sustainable coatings that improve the performance of solar thermal collectors—strengthening solar heat's position as a climate-smart energy source. Using nanomaterials and simple manufacturing methods, the technology can become both more efficient and more accessible.... Read more

Found in knee replacements and bone plates, aircraft components, and catalytic converters, the exceptionally strong metals known as multiple principal element alloys (MPEA) are about to get even stronger through artificial intelligence.... Read more

A data center builder and a battery startup have agreed to deploy a novel type of energy storage for the first time at a U.S. data center. It's the latest example of tech companies' search for ways to manage the soaring energy needs of artificial intelligence.... Read more

Location data is considered particularly sensitive—its misuse can have serious consequences. Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed a method that allows individuals to cryptographically prove their location—without revealing it. The foundation of this method is the so-called zero-knowledge proof with standardized floating-point numbers.... Read more