12+ hour, 20+ min ago   (1085+ words) Researchers are designing AI-powered virtual cities to help authorities predict street-level pollution and act where it is needed most. In cities, air pollution can vary sharply from one street to the next. Fumes may linger between tall buildings, collect at…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (836+ words) Every day we like to believe we make rational, independent decisions. We think we choose what to believe, who to trust, what to buy, and how to respond based purely on logic. Yet modern neuroscience and evolutionary psychology suggest that…...

2+ week, 10+ hour ago   (1156+ words) When it comes to solar power, the ultimate dream is self-sufficiency – both on the macro level, as an island (since we have so much sunshine), and on the micro, household level. “Instead of storing [energy] for later use, they simply…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (418+ words) Dr Panayiotis C. Andreou and Dr Costas Tziouvas, Cyprus University of Technology The idea of sovereign capability through partnerships is likewise well suited to a small economy. Strategic autonomy does not require a country to build every AI model, semiconductor, cloud…...

3+ week, 16+ hour ago   (889+ words) With around 3 000 hours of sunshine a year, Malta is ideally placed to harness the sun’s energy. But its scorching summers, salty sea air and occasional Saharan dust storms also make it one of Europe’s toughest environments for solar panels. For…...