Scientists have developed new measurement methods for a specialised, state-of-the-art rheometer that will have wide applications in academic research and industry.
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Chemists improve batteries for renewable energy storage
Chemists from University of Michigan believe redox flow batteries are the best solution to store solar and wind power. Using a predictive model of molecules and their properties, the team has developed a charge-storing molecule around 1000 times more stable than current compounds.
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Australian technology investment on the decline
Political and economic uncertainty are causing a slowdown in Australia’s tech market, with only two per cent growth forecast for this year, and one per cent for 2018, according to research firm Forrester.
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CSIRO’s plan to boost Aussie innovation
Minister for Foreign Affairs, Julie Bishop, has announced plans to boost Australia’s innovation overseas by opening a CSIRO US office.
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Are Australians paying twice as much for electricity as Americans?
Liberal MP Craig Kelly has claimed that businesses and households in Australia are paying twice as much as Americans for their electricity. Is this true?
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Making big data manageable
A new technique shrinks data sets while preserving their fundamental mathematical relationships.
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Uber ordered to take self-driving cars off roads
Uber has begun trialling autonomous cars in San Francisco, but the trial has not gone without a hitch; cars were seen running red lights and the DMV has called for Uber to pull the vehicles from roads due to its lack of a permit.
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Scientists turn to AI to make safer li-ion batteries
Stanford University researchers have identified nearly two-dozen solid electrolytes that could someday replace the volatile liquids used in smartphones, laptops and other electronic devices.
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Engineers give robot human-like tactile senses
Most robots achieve grasping and tactile sensing through motorised means, which can be excessively bulky and rigid. A Cornell group has devised a way for a soft robot to feel its surroundings internally, in much the same way humans do.
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Battery breakthrough could see phones charge in seconds
A team of scientists from UCF has developed a new process for creating flexible supercapacitors that can store more energy and be recharged more than 30,000 times without degrading.
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