What are dolphins saying to each other? Google's new AI model attempts to understand the hidden language of dolphins, so humans can try to talk back. Earlier this month, Google announced a new AI model called DolphinGemma, developed in partnership with the Georgia Institute of Technology and the Wild Dolphin Project, a nonprofit. DolphinGemma is the
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Scientists say they have created a methodology that could replace two diesel engines powering a ferry boat with pneumatic propellers. The two air motors replacing the diesel engines, according to the scientists, generated 250 kW each and provided enough power to take the ferry back and forth on a predetermined route
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Harnessing moisture from air, Northwestern University chemists have developed a simple new method for breaking down plastic waste. The non-toxic, environmentally friendly, solvent-free process first uses an inexpensive catalyst to break apart the bonds in polyethylene terephthalate (PET), the most common plastic in the polyester family. Then, the researchers merely expose
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Underwater sound waves can be used to make surface waves more powerful to unlock their energy potential, say Cardiff University researchers. The power in ocean waves offers immense potential as a source of renewable energy and immense threat through tsunamis. However, harnessing this energy and converting into a useful form has
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Harnessing moisture from the air, researchers at Northwestern University have unveiled a groundbreaking approach to tackling the persistent issue of plastic waste, specifically focusing on polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastics, a primary contributor to global plastic pollution. Through a novel, non-toxic process, the team has developed a method that not only
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Partners in the LOWNOISER project aim to “address the critical environmental challenge of underwater noise pollution from shipping”. Underwater radiated noise from shipping is a significant source of continuous underwater noise pollution. It has been found to impact marine species that rely on sound for survival such as whales, disrupting their
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The Thematic Lead for Oil and Gas at the Nigeria Economic Summit Group (NESG), Kelvin Ayebaefie Emmanuel, has urged the federal and state governments to invest in the country’s eastern maritime corridor. He highlighted the Ibom deep seaport as a transformative infrastructure that can benefit both the oil, gas, and non-oil
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Water desalination plants could replace expensive chemicals with new carbon cloth electrodes that remove boron from seawater, an important step of turning seawater into safe drinking water. Boron is a natural component of seawater that becomes a toxic contaminant in drinking water when it sneaks through conventional filters for removing salts. Seawater's boron levels are
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Most people take boiling water for granted. For Associate Professor Matteo Bucci, uncovering the physics behind boiling has been a decade-long journey filled with unexpected challenges and new insights. The seemingly simple phenomenon is extremely hard to study in complex systems like nuclear reactors, and yet it sits at the core
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In response to the millions of tons of marine litter, mostly plastics, floating on the oceans, the need to manage this waste effectively is more urgent than ever. Faced with this reality, the UPV/EHU's Materials + Technologies research group decided to take a first step. "We assessed a practical approach: the
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