America Needs More Power Now: Tariffs Will Make It Harder To Build
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Tidal and wave energy could contribute £8 billion to the economy
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Orbital Marine Power’s Westray project, near the Isle of Orkney (image credit: Orbital Marine Power). Tidal and wave energy could contribute more than £8 billion to the Scottish economy by 2050 according to a new report from the University of Edinburgh’s Policy & Innovation Group. Scotland is a global leader in the development and deployment […]
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Report sets out priorities for UK to become a global leader in AI frugality and efficiency
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Government must ensure that tech companies accurately report how much energy and water their data centres are using, according to a report published on 7 February by the National Engineering Policy Centre. Data centres can and should be designed to use less water and critical raw materials, but government must set the conditions for this […]
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Three men arrested in connection with Hoads Wood illegal waste dumping
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Etchden road, Hoads Wood (image credit: Oast House Archive, CC BY-SA 2.0 license). Three men were arrested on Wednesday 5 February as part of an investigation into the large-scale, illegal tipping of waste at the Hoads Wood Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Ashford, Kent. An Environment Agency press release said two of those […]
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Germany election 2025: What the manifestos say on energy and climate change
A federal election is taking place in Germany on 23 February, following the collapse of the coalition government at the end of last year. Germans will vote to elect 630 members of the nation’s parliament. Polling suggests there will be a political shift to the right, with the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in the […]
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The Future of Sustainable Mobility: Eco Cars
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Why Eco Cars With the environment in mind, more and more people are looking for cars that emit less and consume less fuel. Green cars are designed to reduce carbon emissions, conserve fuel and lead the way to a cleaner future. So forsaking fossil fuels for a greener option means cleaner air, less greenhouse emissions […]
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Puraffinity Appoints Neal Megonnell As Chief Commercial Officer
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This article contains sponsored content. Puraffinity, a leading developer of precision technology for the removal of PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ across multiple water treatment applications, is pleased to announce the appointment of Neal Megonnell as Chief Commercial Officer (CCO), effective immediately. Neal Megonnell brings three decades of experience in various leadership, technology and sales roles […]
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Guest post: How atmospheric rivers are bringing rain to West Antarctica
“Atmospheric rivers” are bringing rain to the frozen slopes of the West Antarctic ice sheet, hitting the ice shelves that play a major role in holding back rapidly retreating glaciers. In a new study, my colleagues and I show how rain is occurring in sub-zero temperatures due to these “rivers in the sky” – long, […]
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Activated carbon: An unsung hero of industrial purification?
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Activated carbon has an incredible ability to adsorb impurities (i.e., they adhere very readily to the surface) and this makes it indispensable for engineering and manufacturing operations, suggests CPL/Puragen Activated Carbons, in an article exploring the application of such materials, and the possibilities they present What is activated carbon? It is a highly purified form […]
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From Keyword Search to OpenAI’s Deep Research: How AI is Redefining Knowledge Discovery
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The way we seek and process information has experienced a significant transformation over the past few years. Advances in artificial intelligence are fundamentally redefining knowledge discovery. The advent of AI, followed by the rise of generative AI, and now agentic AI, has allowed machines to retrieve information, synthesize and analyze it. This shift has not […]
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Neetu Pathak, Co-Founder and CEO of Skymel – Interview Series
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Neetu Pathak, Co-Founder and CEO of Skymel, leads the company in revolutionizing AI inference with its innovative NeuroSplit™ technology. Alongside CTO Sushant Tripathy, she drives Skymel’s mission to enhance AI application performance while reducing computational costs. NeuroSplit™ is an adaptive inferencing technology that dynamically distributes AI workloads between end-user devices and cloud servers. This approach […]
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Puzzling out climate change
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Shreyaa Raghavan’s journey into solving some of the world’s toughest challenges started with a simple love for puzzles. By high school, her knack for problem-solving naturally drew her to computer science. Through her participation in an entrepreneurship and leadership program, she built apps and twice made it to the semifinals of the program’s global competition. […]
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Can deep learning transform heart failure prevention?
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The ancient Greek philosopher and polymath Aristotle once concluded that the human heart is tri-chambered and that it was the single most important organ in the entire body, governing motion, sensation, and thought. Today, we know that the human heart actually has four chambers and that the brain largely controls motion, sensation, and thought. But […]
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Analysis: 95% of countries miss UN deadline to submit 2035 climate pledges
Around 95% of countries have missed a UN deadline to submit new climate pledges for 2035, Carbon Brief analysis shows. Just 10 of the 195 parties signed up to the landmark Paris Agreement have published their new emissions-cutting plans, known as “nationally determined contributions” (NDCs), by the 10 February deadline. Countries missing the deadline represent […]
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Defra delays digital waste tracking introduction suggesting more time needed to get the IT system ready
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The government has announced a delay to the introduction of mandatory digital waste tracking across the UK, moving the start date from April 2025 to April 2026. A scheme of this kind hopes to provide a comprehensive way to see what is happening to the waste produced in the UK, supporting better regulation and a […]
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10 Best AI Collaboration Tools (February 2025)
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AI-powered collaboration tools are essential for productivity today. Prior to the big AI boom, teams spent over 85% of their time each week collaborating (meetings, emails, chat, etc.), leaving little time for deep work. The following tools use artificial intelligence to streamline teamwork – from summarizing long message threads to auto-generating project plans – so […]
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Transformers and Beyond: Rethinking AI Architectures for Specialized Tasks
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In 2017, a significant change reshaped Artificial Intelligence (AI). A paper titled Attention Is All You Need introduced transformers. Initially developed to enhance language translation, these models have evolved into a robust framework that excels in sequence modeling, enabling unprecedented efficiency and versatility across various applications. Today, transformers are not just a tool for natural […]
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Creating a common language
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A lot has changed in the 15 years since Kaiming He was a PhD student. “When you are in your PhD stage, there is a high wall between different disciplines and subjects, and there was even a high wall within computer science,” He says. “The guy sitting next to me could be doing things that […]