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31 Mar 23

The Staggering Scale of the EV Transition

Civil, Structural & Architecture

Over the past 20 or so years, contributing editor Robert N. “Bob” Charette has written about some of the thorniest issues facing the planet at large and engineers in particular. For IEEE Spectrum, he’s dug into software reliability and maintenance, the so-called STEM crisis, and the automation paradox, examining those…

31 Mar 23

When AI’s Large Language Models Shrink

Computer & Information Technology

Building ever larger language models has led to groundbreaking jumps in performance. But it’s also pushing state-of-the-art AI beyond the reach of all but the most well-resourced AI labs. That makes efforts to shrink models down to more manageable sizes more important than ever, say researchers. In 2020, researchers at…

31 Mar 23

EU countries agree to double renewable energy targets

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

The 27 nations that form the EU have reached a deal to almost double the share of energy originated by renewable technologies in the next seven years. With this agreement, the EU aims to "fast-track the deployment of renewable energies" as part of the EU's plan "to become independent from…

31 Mar 23

Camber Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Issues Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Atovaquone Oral Suspension, USP 750mg/5mL Due to Potential Bacillus Cereus Contamination in the Product

Biotechnology & Biomedical

Audience: Health Professional, Pharmacy, Consumer March 31, 2023 – Piscataway, NJ, Camber Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is voluntarily recalling lot # E220182 of Atovaquone Oral Suspension, USP 750mg/5mL to the Consumer/User level, due to the...

31 Mar 23

Functional Programming: The Biggest Change Since We Killed the Goto?

Computer & Information Technology

TranscriptStephen Cass: Welcome to Fixing the Future, an IEEE Spectrum podcast. I’m senior editor Stephen Cass, and this episode is brought to you by IEEE Explorer, your gateway to trusted engineering and technology research with nearly 6 million documents with research and abstracts. Today we are talking with Charles Scalfani,…

30 Mar 23

Lightning Eyes 10-Minute Charging for Its Motorbikes

Civil, Structural & Architecture

Lightning Motorcycles is already known for record-setting speeds. In 2011, the company’s LS-218 SuperBike set a land speed record for production electric motorcycles at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, with a 347.55 kilometer-per-hour (215.91 mile-per-hour) average run and a 351 km/h (218 mph) peak. That SuperBike topped every internal…

30 Mar 23

MIT Turbocharges Python’s Notoriously Slow Compiler

Computer & Information Technology

Python has long been one of—if not the—top programming languages in use. Yet while the high-level language’s simplified syntax makes it easy to learn and use, it can be slower compared to lower-level languages such as C or C++.Researchers from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) hope to…

30 Mar 23

UK unveils multi-million-pound green energy scheme

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

The UK has presented a new, more detailed plan for investing in affordable, clean, homegrown power to mark what has been informally dubbed 'Green Day'. The government was required to present one such scheme after a court ruling found that the country's net-zero strategy is "unlawful", as it failed to…

30 Mar 23

Rural businesses struggle with local infrastructure, transport and skills

Civil, Structural & Architecture, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

According to a survey of more than 900 SMEs from the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), 27 per cent expect their turnover to decrease over the next year, while only 30 per cent plan to increase investment in technology and R&D Almost two in three (64 per cent) believe they…

29 Mar 23

Solid-State Battery Has 2x the Energy—and No Anode

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation

A new all-solid-state lithium battery can not only store nearly twice as much energy as a standard lithium-ion battery, but it’s also not prone to catching fire like its present-day, commercial counterparts. The secret behind this novel prototype’s success? Getting rid of one of a battery’s usual electrodes, a new…