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AI technique makes weather forecasts for two to six weeks ahead much better
Researchers from Microsoft, MIT, the European weather centre ECMWF and other institutions are teaching a computer to recognise and correct the recurring errors of weather models. The gain is largest around the equator; in Kenya the technique is already being tested.
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Cornell cuts the first charging round of new batteries by up to 60 per cent
Every new lithium-ion battery has to be charged and discharged a few times in the factory before it is ready. Researchers at Cornell University found how this costly step can be up to about 60 per cent shorter, without making the battery any worse.
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Bismuth sulfide holds on to solar energy for longer: charge is lost about four times more slowly
Researchers at the University of Oxford have found out why bismuth sulfide captures sunlight well and also holds on to the charge for a long time. That gives a recipe for finding better, non-toxic materials for solar cells.
