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Environment Jun 6, 2018

Artificial intelligence—a game changer for climate change and the environment

As the planet continues to warm, climate change impacts are worsening. In 2016, there were 772 weather and disaster events, triple the number that occurred in 1980. Twenty percent of species currently face extinction, and ...

Internet Jun 6, 2018

China's Huawei says it hasn't collected Facebook user data (Update)

Chinese phone maker Huawei said Wednesday it has never collected or stored Facebook user data, after the social media giant acknowledged it shared such data with Huawei and other manufacturers.

Internet Jun 6, 2018

Facebook says Chinese phone makers got access to data (Update)

Facebook on Tuesday confirmed that a Chinese phone maker deemed a national security threat by the US was among companies given access to data on users.

Internet Jun 4, 2018

Facebook 'not aware of any abuse' of data by phone makers

Facebook said Monday that it does not know of any privacy abuse by cellphone makers who years ago were able to gain access to personal data on users and their friends.

Internet Jun 4, 2018

Facebook under scrutiny over data sharing after NYT report

Facebook is pushing back against a media report saying that it provided extensive information about its users and their friends to third parties like phone makers.

Materials Science May 30, 2018

Novel hydrogel harnesses air moisture for practical applications

High humidity causes discomfort and makes hot days feel more unbearable. A team of researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has invented a novel gel-like material that not only effectively dehumidifies ...

Nanophysics May 23, 2018

Understanding the generation of light-induced electrical current in atomically thin nanomaterials

Scientists at the Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN)—a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science User Facility at Brookhaven National Laboratory—have used an optoelectronic imaging technique to study the ...

Energy & Green Tech May 21, 2018

Flexible, highly efficient multimodal energy harvesting

A 10-fold increase in the ability to harvest mechanical and thermal energy over standard piezoelectric composites may be possible using a piezoelectric ceramic foam supported by a flexible polymer support, according to Penn ...

Quantum Âé¶¹ÒùÔºics May 21, 2018

Quantum effects observed in photosynthesis

Molecules that are involved in photosynthesis exhibit the same quantum effects as non-living matter, concludes an international team of scientists including University of Groningen theoretical physicist Thomas la Cour Jansen. ...

Nanomaterials May 18, 2018

A soft solution to the hard problem of energy storage

It's great in the lab, but will it actually work? That's the million-dollar question perpetually leveled at engineering researchers. For a family of layered nanomaterials, developed and studied at Drexel University—and ...

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