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Xiaomi Smart Band 9 review: Is this the best cheap fitness tracker?

Xiaomi Smart Band 9 review: Is this the best cheap fitness tracker?

Albert Wagner

Xiaomi knows a thing or two about budget-friendly fitness trackers, as we can readily attest. We previously reviewed the Xiaomi ...

Thermochemical tech shows promising path for building heat

Thermochemical tech shows promising path for building heat

Albert Wagner

Energy stored in thermochemical materials can effectively heat indoor spaces, particularly in humid regions, according to researchers with the U.S. ...

Donald Trump’s pick for energy secretary says ‘there is no climate crisis’

Donald Trump’s pick for energy secretary says ‘there is no climate crisis’

Albert Wagner

President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Energy is fossil fuel executive Chris Wright — who has misleadingly ...

Amazon and SpaceX attack US labor watchdog in court

Amazon and SpaceX attack US labor watchdog in court

Albert Wagner

Amazon and SpaceX are seeking to hamstring the National Labor Relations Board, asking a court to declare its processes for ...

Scientists Establish the Best Algorithm for Traversing a Map

Scientists Establish the Best Algorithm for Traversing a Map

Albert Wagner

“It’s a great algorithm,” said Erik Demaine, a computer scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. “It’s very fast, simple, ...

Liberty Energy stock jumps after Trump picks CEO Chris Wright as energy secretary

Liberty Energy stock jumps after Trump picks CEO Chris Wright as energy secretary

Albert Wagner

Liberty Oilfield Services CEO Chris Wright on Jan. 17, 2018. Andy Cross | Denver Post | Getty Images Shares of ...

Monster 4,400-qubit quantum processor is ‘25,000 times faster’ than its predecessor

Monster 4,400-qubit quantum processor is ‘25,000 times faster’ than its predecessor

Albert Wagner

D-Wave has completed calibrating and benchmarking its latest processor — a 4,400-plus-qubit behemoth that it claims is 25,000 times faster ...

Thermochemical tech shows promising path for building heat

Decline in West African coastal fish stocks threatens food security and livelihoods

Albert Wagner

Fish stocks along the West African coast have declined significantly over the past five decades, threatening food security and the ...

Can the US triple its nuclear energy capacity?

Can the US triple its nuclear energy capacity?

Albert Wagner

The US has a new roadmap for massively ramping up how much electricity it gets from nuclear reactors. The Biden ...

These Rats Learned to Drive—and They Love It

These Rats Learned to Drive—and They Love It

Albert Wagner

THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. We crafted our first rodent car from a ...