Novel electrocatalyst boosts synthesis of urea from CO2 and N2
A research team led by Prof. Zhang Guangjin from the Institute of Process Engineering (IPE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has fabricated a novel InOOH electrocatalyst with unique frustrated Lewis pairs (FLPs) for efficient urea synthesis at ambi.....»»
High-valence metal-doped amorphous IrOx as stable electrocatalyst for acidic oxygen evolution reaction
Hydrogen has been regarded as a potential energy carrier instead of fossil fuels, addressing energy demand and environmental issues. Proton exchange membrane water electrolysis (PEMWE), with its high energy density, elevated hydrogen purity, and rapi.....»»
From toy to tool: DALL-E 3 is a wake-up call for visual artists—and the rest of us
AI image synthesis is getting more capable at executing ideas, and it's not slowing down. Enlarge / A composite of three DALL-E 3 AI art generations: an oil painting of Hercules fighting a shark, a photo of the queen of the unive.....»»
Qi2 wireless charging spec is here, offering speed boosts and magnets
Many devices will get their first taste of MagSafe-like sticky alignment soon. Enlarge / Anker's latest MagGo portable charger, already Qi2 equipped, will soon be able to charge iPhones, Androids, and other devices at 15 W. (cred.....»»
SiriusXM boosts mobile app in a bid for users beyond the driver"s seat
A spiffed-up mobile app that can be used in cars via mirroring products such as Apple CarPlay, along with other changes including new branding, are part of a push for younger users, a population SiriusXM said makes up 25 percent of the available list.....»»
SUSE boosts cloud native portfolio to enhance customer productivity
SUSE released Rancher Prime 2.0, enhancing customers’ ability to manage heterogeneous, multi-cloud Kubernetes deployments securely and at scale. SUSE also revealed updates to Rancher community edition, SLE Micro 5.5 and the future of SUSE Edge......»»
Rivian boosts production forecast, reports better vehicle margins in upbeat Q3 report
The EV maker forecasts 2023 production at 54,000 units, a 2,000-unit increase. The company narrowed its Q3 net loss to $1.37 billion from a net loss of $1.72 billion a year earlier......»»
TrueCar reduces losses, boosts revenue in Q3
New-vehicle inventory helped the vehicle listings company, but high prices and climbing interest rates remained challenges......»»
How a "Foveated" display boosts Apple Vision Pro headset refresh rates
Apple Vision Pro and later headsets can offer high refresh rates in their screens, Apple proposes, by using a 'foveated display' to optimize rendering to focus only where the user is actively looking.Apple Vision Pro lensesOne of the key elements of.....»»
Nonunion Toyota boosts hourly wages 9.2%, cuts progression time as UAW votes await
Toyota Motor North America told its nonunion production workers Tuesday that the company was boosting hourly wages in its plants, distribution and logistics centers to $34.80, effective Jan. 1, marking the third increase in less than a year. The late.....»»
UAW ‘home run" carries big price
A deal that boosts top wages to more than $41 an hour by 2027 and restores much of what the UAW gave up over the past two decades will increase labor costs by $850 to $900 per vehicle, Ford said......»»
Agronomists find green way to mitigate the effects of soil salinity
Most crops are sensitive to soil salinity. Excess salts cause salt stress—plants lack water, photosynthesis is suppressed, respiration worsens, chlorophyll breaks down, and potassium ions leak. Water-soluble toxic salts stimulate the synthesis of r.....»»
China"s "Great Green Wall" boosts carbon sink, study finds
Since 1978, China has been building a "Great Green Wall" of trees and shrubs across its arid and semi-arid regions to combat desertification and improve the environment. Known as the Three-North Afforestation Program (TNAP), it is the largest ecologi.....»»
NetSPI boosts phishing resilience with enhanced social engineering penetration testing
NetSPI unveiled enhancements to its social engineering penetration testing solutions to help organizations build resilience to modern-day phishing attacks. The updates bring a customized, contextual approach to social engineering testing and go beyon.....»»
Modulation of protein stability: A new approach to studying cosolvent effects
Controlling the process of destabilization is important when manipulating the unfolding and refolding of proteins in vitro (outside their native environment). To this end, urea and alcohol are used as cosolvents, substances added in small amounts alo.....»»
New noble-metal-free electrocatalyst decreases the energy required to generate hydrogen gas from water
As a combustible fuel, the burning of hydrogen gas does not contribute to global warming. Today, the majority of hydrogen gas is generated from fossil fuels, however, and this process releases greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Generating hydrogen.....»»
Mauritius is the latest nation to decriminalize same-sex relations in a divided continent
The Mauritius Supreme Court has declared unconstitutional a law that criminalizes consensual same-sex acts between adult men. The decision boosts the trend in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region towards decriminalization. Now, a.....»»
Local chemical pressure experimentally sensed by optical probe
The practical application of high-pressure metastable materials is hindered by severe synthesis condition, poor yield, and mostly vanishing phase and phenomena after decompressing. The scaled-up capture of these metastable states to ambient pressure.....»»
Cleaner snow boosts future snowpack predictions
Less pollution settling into snow should help cut the decline of snowpack in the Northern Hemisphere later this century. Though the snowpack will still diminish due to rising temperatures, the outlook is less dire when the cleaner snow of the future.....»»
Machine learning reveals how to dissolve polymeric materials in organic solvents
Dissolving polymers with organic solvents is the essential process in the research and development of polymeric materials, including polymer synthesis, refining, painting, and coating. Now more than ever recycling plastic waste is a particularly impe.....»»
Not the usual suspects: New interactive lineup boosts eyewitness accuracy
Allowing eyewitnesses to dynamically explore digital faces using a new interactive procedure can significantly improve identification accuracy compared to the video lineup and photo array procedures used by police worldwide, a new study reveals......»»