The best tumble dryers for efficient clothes drying
Do you need a tumble dryer? They’re an essential appliance in busy households. Anyone who always seems to have three washing loads on the go at once will understand just how useful they are. And with winter drawing in, you need a means of dryin.....»»
Domestic cats" noses may function like highly efficient gas chromatographs
Scientists have found the secret to felines' finesse at sniffing out food, friends and foes. A complex collection of tightly coiled bony airway structures gets the credit, according to the first detailed analysis of the domestic cat's nasal airway......»»
GeForce RTX 4060 review: Not thrilling, but a super-efficient $299 workhorse
60-class GPUs are Nvidia's most popular; the 4060 don't fix what ain't broke. Enlarge / PNY's take on the basic $299 version of the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060. (credit: Andrew Cunningham) Nvidia's GeForce 1060, 2060, and.....»»
Researchers use light to make spins more efficient, easier to manipulate
Electronic devices run on the fundamental property that electrons' charge helps them to move and generate current. Now imagine another property—this one in the quantum realm—that can help electrons behave more energy-efficiently. Spintronics make.....»»
Researchers explain the performance of the most efficient and stable solar cells
Juan Luis Delgado, Ikerbasque researcher at POLYMAT and the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) in collaboration with researchers from the University of Oxford (U.K.), has published an article in the Journal of the American Chemical Society th.....»»
Revopoint’s POP 3 brings 3D scanning to the masses
Are you interested in 3D scanning? Maybe you want a quick way to create 3D models for a project and you want a cost-efficient way to do so. If that’s the case, the Revopoint POP 3 3D scanner could be worth taking a look at. When you think.....»»
Here’s why PCIe 7 will be a major upgrade when it comes to your PC
PCIe 7 will be far faster than any PCIe technology that's come before. Sky high bandwidth and power efficient? Sign us up! Here's what we know so far......»»
Ecological doom-loops: Why ecosystem collapses may occur much sooner than expected
Around the world, rainforests are becoming savanna or farmland, savanna is drying out and turning into desert, and icy tundra is thawing. Indeed, scientific studies have now recorded "regime shifts" like these in more than 20 different types of ecosy.....»»
Sustainability at center of British polar science strategy
With research stations shifting to renewable energy and artificial intelligence mapping out fuel-efficient marine routes, the British Antarctic Survey is putting sustainability at the heart of its new 10-year plan......»»
Fusion simulations reveal the multi-scale nature of tokamak turbulence
Creating efficient, self-sustaining fusion power requires good confinement of the heat in the plasma. Plasma confinement is limited by particle and energy losses due to turbulence. A new analysis has used a powerful supercomputer to study this turbul.....»»
Electron acceleration efficiency during the impulsive phase of a solar flare: X-ray and microwave observations
Solar flares are known to be prolific electron accelerators, yet identifying the mechanism(s) for such efficient electron acceleration in magnetic reconnection events at the sun (and similar astrophysical settings) presents a major challenge in astro.....»»
Computational advance can help researchers model climate with higher fidelity
Increased computational power has dramatically improved climate modeling over the past several years, allowing scientists to better forecast long term climate evolution. Despite the computers becoming faster and more efficient, cloud modeling was sti.....»»
Hyundai aims for double-digit EV profit margins by 2030 with new platform
Hyundai's new EV strategy aims to rapidly ramp up volume, efficient manufacturing and flexible product engineering to drive down costs as the automaker seeks profit margins of 10 percent on the coming line of EVs riding on its new platform......»»
Synology DS120j NAS review: easy, affordable starter storage
The Synology DS120j offers fast and efficient file serving on a budget, making it a great starter storage appliance for your home network.The Synology DS120j ($125) is an inexpensive Network-Attached Storage (NAS) single-bay device enclosure, one you.....»»
An efficient strategy to promote novel products on Cu-based catalysts
The electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) to high-value-added products with two or more carbons (C2+ products) provides a viable strategy to close the anthropogenic carbon cycle and increase economic efficiency. Cu is generally considered to.....»»
Emergency relief: More efficient supply chains mean more help for every euro donated
When it comes to delivering humanitarian aid, 75 percent of the costs involved stem from supply chain management. Consequently, if focused savings measures were implemented throughout the supply chain, more of the money donated, and therefore more ur.....»»
Foldable phased-array transmitters developed for lightweight, smaller, and cost-efficient satellites
A newly designed foldable phased-array transmitter can help make satellites lightweight, smaller, and cost-efficient to launch, report scientists at Tokyo Tech. The transmitter is made of stacked layers of liquid crystal polymer and incorporates flex.....»»
Newly revealed Toyota EV plans include batteries with 900-plus miles of range
Toyota is readying a slew of new batteries for a wave of next-generation electric vehicles and completely overhauling its vaunted production system for even more efficient manufacturing......»»
A scalable method to create ferroelectric FETs based on AlScN and 2D semiconductors
A key objective in the electronics engineering field is to develop transistors and other electronic components that are increasingly compact and efficient, utilizing readily available processes and materials. Among the transistors that have been foun.....»»
The future of industrial chemicals: Engineers seek more efficient processes
A study by a team of University of Oklahoma researchers has been featured in Cell Reports Physical Science, an open-access journal highlighting cutting-edge research in the physical sciences......»»
Novel ferroelectrics for more efficient microelectronics
When we communicate with others over wireless networks, information is sent to data centers where it is collected, stored, processed, and distributed. As computational energy usage continues to grow, it is on pace to potentially become the leading so.....»»