Once the bodies of water have receded, construction dryers in flood plains spring into action. Not only do they consume a lot of power, they also make a lot of noise. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics (IBP) in Stuttgart have now solved both problems. FastDry doesn’t just run silently, so it can … Read more
Researcher Almira Osmanovic Thunström of the University of Gothenburg initially did not believe what she saw. After opening her Open AI account one rainy afternoon and seeing the line “Write a 500 word academic paper on GPT-3 and include scientific references and citations!” typed GPT-3 into the input field of the AI algorithm, the AI … Read more
The ticket for 9 euros expires on August 31. What was mainly intended to reduce the financial burden on citizens, also made an important contribution to the climate balance in the transport sector. At least that is the conclusion of the final balance of the carriers. 1.8 million less CO2 emissions According to an estimate … Read more
New devices are intended to digitize hobby gardening. But the stakeholder group is small. There are few trends in gardening. New plants cannot always arise. Garden development is generally considered slow. However, with the internet, this is accelerated. In 2021 Smart Garden was a big topic. How does gardening continue with connected devices? Digital garden … Read more
Surgeons from the Center for Musculoskeletal Medicine of the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität (WWU) Münster have succeeded in performing fully robot-assisted microsurgical procedures. This is the world’s first use of this new surgical method, which is a great success for medical digitization. Working with the robot on the smallest anatomical structures The team around private tutor Dr. … Read more
In some areas the way to the train station is long, which is why many people there don’t even use Zug. Tracks in many rural areas are empty or little used because heavy train traffic is not worth it. A project will soon be launched in France to close this gap: the mini-train Flexy takes … Read more
One thing cannot be taken from human skin: aging. No matter how hard we try to nurture and care for them, or even tighten them through surgery, wrinkles are almost inevitable. And if you avoid them, you won’t end up looking like your youthful self, but like… forget it! The only really worthwhile option would … Read more
The American space agency NASA wants to test a new technology that allows smaller payloads to go into space with much less energy consumption. The method was developed by the Californian company SpinLaunch. It is a catapult, a small rocket that holds the cargo in the hold. Accelerated to hypersonic speeds and accelerated into space. … Read more
Deutsche Bahn is currently testing a battery train in Baden-Württemberg. In the medium term, such towing vehicles can be an alternative to diesel trains on routes without overhead wires. Climate neutral: a challenge for rail Deutsche Bahn aims to be climate neutral by 2040. Already today, approximately 90 percent of transport services, both in passenger … Read more
There are many areas on this planet where water is present, but also full of dangerous and harmful microbes. Inexpensive, reliable water filters can help ensure the drinking water supply of the population. Reactive oxygen species filter water Researchers at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland have developed such an experimental water … Read more