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By 2020, demand for lithium-ion batteries from the automotive sector is expected to overtake that of consumer electronics. By far the biggest…
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Just one atom thick but stronger than diamond, graphene’s mix of mechanical and electrical properties have seen it heralded as…
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A new drone surveillance system can spot when someone in a crowd is acting violently. It uses artificial intelligence and is going…
As Brexit looms, it’s clear the tech to solve the Irish border problem is either untested or imaginary
When Britain leaves the European Union in 2019, the border between the north and the south of Ireland will be…
In China, Alibaba’s data-hungry AI is controlling (and watching) cities
In the future, our cities could be controlled by artificial intelligence. At least, this is what Chinese retail giant Alibaba is hoping.…
How China can help London fix its air pollution crisis. No, seriously
Air pollution causes respiratory and cardiovascular disease, strokes, lung cancer and other astute breathing problems – and the air in…
The Hunt for Quark Stars
The search is on for a strange object somewhere in between a neutron star and a black hole. Buy this…
DeepMind has trained an AI to unlock the mysteries of your brain
hey can beat any human at the Chinese game ‘Go’ without any human help, and match thousands of faces on photographs…
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