Technology

China’s Advancements in Unmanned Aerial Systems As China makes significant advancements in unmanned aerial systems (UAS), the nation is facing a transformative shift in low-altitude airspace management. The integration of a growing number of unmanned aircraft into the national airspace poses unique challenges and opportunities for regulation, technology, and industry practices. The digital, networked, and

The development of a sensing technology that can evaluate the quality of components has the potential to revolutionize the manufacturing sector in the U.K. Researchers from the University of Bristol have made a significant breakthrough by deriving a formula that can set the design boundaries for a component’s geometry and material microstructure, as published in

The step size, also known as the learning rate, is a critical factor in optimizing the efficiency of the stochastic gradient descent (SGD) algorithm. Various strategies have emerged recently to enhance the performance of SGD by adjusting the step size. However, one significant challenge that arises with these strategies is the probability distribution of the

The recent decision by the US House of Representatives to approve a bill targeting TikTok has sparked controversy and raised concerns about the future of the popular social media app. The bill aims to force TikTok to divest from its Chinese parent company ByteDance, citing national security and privacy concerns. With bipartisan support and the

In a groundbreaking development, Volkswagen workers in Tennessee have voted decisively to become a union shop, a significant win for organized labor at a foreign-owned auto plant in the American South. With an impressive 73 percent in favor, employees at the Chattanooga plant have chosen representation by the United Auto Workers, marking a historic moment

The implications of climate change are far-reaching, impacting various aspects of our lives, including the value of residential rooftop solar panels. A recent study led by the University of Michigan suggests that the future value of solar panels across the United States could increase by up to 19% by the end of the century. This

A groundbreaking new robotic suction cup technology has been developed by a team of scientists at the University of Bristol. Drawing inspiration from the incredible adaptive suction abilities of octopus biological suckers, the researchers have created a game-changing innovation that can grasp rough, curved, and heavy objects with ease. This new technology has the potential

Off-road autonomous driving has always posed challenges due to the presence of extraneous substances such as dust, mud, snow, and rain. However, a groundbreaking development in Korea has brought forth innovative technologies for recognizing and removing these substances in real-time during off-road driving. Led by Senior Researcher Han-Min Lee, a research team at the Korea

In the ever-evolving world of energy technologies, bipolar membranes play a crucial role in the development of various applications such as electrolyzers and hydrogen fuel cells. While these membranes have been utilized for over six decades, there is still much to learn about their underlying working principles and ion solvation kinetics. The key to enhancing

Upon analyzing a recent study on global energy consumption and emissions, it is evident that manufacturing nations in the Global North are contributing to energy inequity by outsourcing energy-intensive industrial processes to countries in the Global South. This practice has led to a ‘false decoupling’ of energy consumption from economic growth, as Global North countries