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Penn Engineers’ self-healing liquid metal electrode extends life of Li-ion battery alternative
Penn Engineers’ self-healing liquid metal electrode extends life of Li-ion battery alternative
In the researchers’ new anode design, gallium repeatedly melts and solidifies, “healing” the cracks that would otherwise gradually decrease the battery’s ability to hold a charge.
A simpler approach for creating quantum materials
A simpler approach for creating quantum materials
New research details how properties found in flat-band physics, similar to twisted bilayer graphene, can be obtained in just a single layer.
Penn Innovations Title Here
Penn Innovations Title Here
Researchers provide imagination and creativity. Penn provides the resources and infrastructure. This leads to what President Amy Gutmann calls “perfect impact.”
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France 24
Climate scientists flee Twitter as hostility surges following Musk’s takeover
Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences believes that the rise in climate misinformation from trolls and bots is organized and orchestrated by opponents of climate reform.
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Salon.com
This controversial sci-fi blockbuster about climate change still polarizes scientists today
Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says that the film “The Day After Tomorrow” trivializes concerns about the climate crisis because it represents a caricature of the science.
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The New York Times
The optimist’s guide to artificial intelligence and work
A study from researchers at Penn and OpenAI concluded that at least 10 percent of tasks could be automated using AI tools for about 80 percent of jobs.
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Business Insider
Study: Heat-temperature marine bacteria help detoxify asbestos
Ileana Perez-Rodriguez of the School of Arts & Sciences says that iron has been identified as a major component driving the toxicity of asbestos minerals.
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Fox News
What does Congress need to do amid AI boom?
At a congressional hearing, Chris Callison-Burch of the School of Engineering and Applied Science testified on the capabilities and transformative impact of generative AI technology.
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WCTI-TV
NewsChannel 12 investigates: Artificial intelligence part three
Chris Callison-Burch of the School of Engineering and Applied Science and his students are proving that AI is still catching up to how human brains work.
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Bloomberg
Why natural disasters seem worse than our direst predictions
Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says that some climate change impacts are playing out faster and with a greater magnitude than predicted.
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CNBC
House holds hearing to examine the intersection of generative AI and copyright law
At a congressional hearing, Chris Callison-Burch of the School of Engineering and Applied Science testified on the capabilities and transformative impact of generative AI technology.
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Associated Press
The likelihood that Earth briefly hits key warming threshold grows bigger and closer, UN forecasts
Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says that reports on climate thresholds put too much emphasis on global surface temperature, which varies with the El Niño cycle, even though it is climbing upward in the long term.
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The Wall Street Journal
How AI will change the workplace
Peter Cappelli, Sonny Tambe, and Kartik Hosanagar of the Wharton School discuss how the worlds of work and artificial intelligence will intersect in the future.
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