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To reduce corporate emissions, CEOs need to be bold risk takers

May 25, 2022

Climate change is widely recognized as one of the most profound challenges ever to face the human race and life on Earth. Among the different factors identified by climate scientists, greenhouse gas emissions — which have […]

B.C. floods reveal fragile food supply chains — 4 ways to manage the crisis now and in the future

December 10, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has taught the world that our supply chains are fragile and vulnerable to disruptions. Panic-buying and product hoarding, like the irrational run on toilet paper in the early stages of pandemic, cause shortages, […]

Worker shortage? Or poor work conditions? Here’s what’s really vexing Canadian restaurants

October 14, 2021

Restaurant operators across Canada are struggling to find enough staff to run their operations. This labour crisis has been highly publicized by Canadian media as a “labour shortage.” A recent survey by Restaurants Canada found that 80 per […]

New chip uses AI to shrink large language models’ energy footprint by 50%

May 8, 2025

Oregon State University College of Engineering researchers have developed a more efficient chip as an antidote to the vast amounts [...]
New chip tests cooling solutions for stacked microelectronics

April 29, 2025

As demand grows for more powerful and efficient microelectronics systems, industry is turning to 3D integration—stacking chips on top of [...]
Dual scalable annealing processors overcome capacity and precision limits

April 28, 2025

Combinatorial optimization problems (COPs) arise in various fields such as shift scheduling, traffic routing, and drug development. However, they are [...]
Skia technique decodes ‘shadow branches’ to boost data center efficiency

April 28, 2025

What happens when trailblazing engineers and industry professionals team up? The answer may transform the future of computing efficiency for [...]
A shortcut to AI computation: In-memory computing overcomes data transfer bottlenecks

April 25, 2025

As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to advance, researchers at POSTECH (Pohang University of Science and Technology) have identified a breakthrough [...]
Ferroelectric RAM performs calculations within memory

April 24, 2025

In a new Nature Communications study, researchers have developed an in-memory ferroelectric differentiator capable of performing calculations directly in the [...]
Novel out-of-core mechanism introduced for large-scale graph neural network training

April 23, 2025

A research team has introduced a new out-of-core mechanism, Capsule, for large-scale GNN training, which can achieve up to a [...]
Researchers develop smaller, more efficient space-tolerant computer chips

April 17, 2025

Space is a highly volatile environment. Factors like radiation, extreme temperatures, and debris make outer space a challenging environment for [...]
Programmable photonic chip uses light to accelerate AI training and cut energy use

April 15, 2025

Penn Engineers have developed the first programmable chip that can train nonlinear neural networks using light—a breakthrough that could dramatically [...]
Leveraging silicon photonics for scalable and sustainable AI hardware

April 10, 2025

The emergence of AI has profoundly transformed numerous industries. Driven by deep learning technology and Big Data, AI requires significant [...]
Photonic chips boost computing speed and efficiency to address growing demand

April 9, 2025

Computer chips that combine the use of light and electricity are shown to increase computational performance, while reducing energy consumption, [...]

Physical cloaking works like a disappearing act for structural defects

May 5, 2025

Whether designing a window in an airliner or a cable conduit for an engine, manufacturers devote a lot of effort [...]
Plants you can wear: Hydrogel material weaves seeds into textiles

May 5, 2025

Humans’ relationships with plants is largely utilitarian, serving our needs. We generally either eat them or make things out of [...]
UAE schools to teach AI from kindergarten up

May 5, 2025

The United Arab Emirates will introduce artificial intelligence lessons for schoolchildren of all ages, officials said, in its latest initiative [...]
Deafblind people to understand live conversations thanks to e-textiles technology

April 30, 2025

Thousands of people who are born deafblind will understand live conversations for the first time thanks to new research into [...]
Synchrotron in a closet: Bringing powerful 3D X-ray microscopy to smaller labs

April 29, 2025

For the first time, researchers can study the microstructures inside metals, ceramics and rocks with X-rays in a standard laboratory [...]

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