Sustainability : Artificial Leaf Makes Petrol Alternative

University of Cambridge researchers have developed an ‘artificial leaf’ that uses sunlight to convert water and carbon dioxide into ethanol and propanol that could be used as a low-emissions petrol alternative to power car engines.  Inspired By Photosynthesis  The ‘leaf,’ made from thin-film metal oxides and materials known as perovskites and including multiple layers including […]

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Tech Insight: New AI That Generates 3-D Models From Text

The Shap-E AI system from OpenAI (creators of ChatGPT) and available for open-source download, can create 3D models from text.  What Is It?  According to the Cornell University researchers behind the system, Shap-E is “a conditional generative model for 3D assets” which, unlike other 3D generative models “generates the parameters of implicit functions that can be rendered as

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Sustainability : Low-Cost Underground Heating For 4,000 Cornish Homes

£22 million of the UK government’s £91 million Green Heat Network Fund will be used to build a geothermal heating network that could provide low-cost heating for nearly 4,000 homes in Cornwall.  Drilling Near Truro  The government-funded project by Geothermal Engineering Ltd (GEL), “The Langarth,” at Langarth Garden Village (near Truro), Cornwall, will involves drilling

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