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21 Aug 23

This Universal Charger Could Simplify the EV Landscape

Civil, Structural & Architecture

This article is part of our exclusive IEEE Journal Watch series in partnership with IEEE Xplore.Battery technology for electric vehicles is rapidly evolving, which is great news for both improving EVs and addressing climate change. However, the constant evolution of the tech has made it challenging to create infrastructure that…

18 Aug 23

Solar-Powered Electric Motors for EVs That Never Plug In

Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

This article is part of our exclusive IEEE Journal Watch series in partnership with IEEE Xplore. Researchers from Odisha University of Technology and Research in India have developed a model for a direct-current electric motor powered by a photovoltaic array. The system relies on AI to optimize the solar array’s…

17 Aug 23

Tape Storage Might Be Computing’s Climate Savior

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

This article is part of our exclusive IEEE Journal Watch series in partnership with IEEE Xplore. Data storage has long contributed a significant portion of the computing industry’s carbon footprint, even representing as much as 1.8 percent of the United States’ total electricity consumption in 2014, according to a report…

25 Jul 23

Climate Monitoring Could Be a Concern in 6G Era

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation

This article is part of our exclusive IEEE Journal Watch series in partnership with IEEE Xplore.The electromagnetic spectrum is getting crowded, as more and more technologies tap into frequencies in the gigahertz and tens of gigahertz range. This means that future wireless technologies such as 6G may need to operate…

21 Jul 23

Where There’s Smoke, There’s Wiggly Solar Output

Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

This article is part of our exclusive IEEE Journal Watch series in partnership with IEEE Xplore. Last month, as smoke from wildfires burning in Canada smothered the U.S. Northeast, it turned skies red and the air unhealthy to breathe. The hazy skies also dimmed solar power output. Solar farms in…

14 Jul 23

Digital Twins Give Hydrogen a Greener Path to Growth

Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

This article is part of our exclusive IEEE Journal Watch series in partnership with IEEE Xplore. Hydrogen has great promise as a low-emission fuel source. It burns clean, generating only water as a by-product, and when it’s produced through electrolysis by splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen, the entire life…

13 Jul 23

New Biosensor Offers Real-Time Dialysis Feedback

Computer & Information Technology

This article is part of our exclusive IEEE Journal Watch series in partnership with IEEE Xplore.Hemodialysis is a lifesaving procedure for people with kidney failure, in which a machine can substitute for a patient’s kidneys in filtering their blood, but it involves a lot of clinic visits and laboratory tests.…

10 Jul 23

Spatial Data Makes AI Crop-Yield Predictions Better

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

This article is part of our exclusive IEEE Journal Watch series in partnership with IEEE Xplore. Researchers from Zhejiang University and risk-management company Tongdun Technology, both based in Hangzhou, China, have improved crop-yield predictions using deep-learning techniques. It’s a promising method that can account for the way crop yield is…

10 Jul 23

This Drone Can Fly, Float, and Roll to Get Around

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

This article is part of our exclusive IEEE Journal Watch series in partnership with IEEE Xplore. Instead of one autonomous robot to fly, another to drive on land and one more to navigate on water, a new hybrid drone can do all three. To carry out complex missions, scientists are…

30 Jun 23

Waterwave Could Quench AIs’ Thirst for GPU Memory

Computer & Information Technology

This article is part of our exclusive IEEE Journal Watch series in partnership with IEEE Xplore.One of the (many) ways in which AI is making waves is in its ability to analyze immense datasets. But training these AI programs is becoming increasingly computationally intensive, underscoring the need to more efficient…