Kaif Shaikh

1 day ago | interestingengineering.com | Kaif Shaikh

Simulations can accurately predict the melting point of lithium chloride by modeling the liquid form as a gas of ions and the solid form as a lattice of interconnected springs. Credit: Luke Gibson/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of EnergyOak Ridge National Laboratory scientists have used artificial intelligence to predict the behavior of molten lithium chloride with an accuracy normally reserved for high-end quantum calculations, yet in a fraction of the time.

2 days ago | interestingengineering.com | Kaif Shaikh

A team at the University of Tartu’s Institute of Computer Science has shown that obsolete mobile phones can be wired together to do the sort of heavy data processing normally reserved for expensive server farms while keeping thousands of handsets out of landfills. Led by associate professor of pervasive computing Huber Flores, the engineers stripped the batteries from four discarded Google Nexus devices, fitted them with 3-D-printed holders, and powered them from an external source.

3 days ago | interestingengineering.com | Kaif Shaikh

Toshiba pilots battery-swap tech in Bangkok as SCiB drives the next wave of EVs.ToshibaToshiba Corporation will put its fast-charging SCiB™ lithium-ion battery at the centre stage during Asia Sustainable Energy Week 2025 (ASEW 2025), which runs 2–4 July at Bangkok’s Queen Sirikit National Convention Center.

6 days ago | interestingengineering.com | Kaif Shaikh

Sleepwalking, or somnambulism, belongs to a family of sleep disorders called parasomnias, behaviors that hover on the boundary between sleeping and waking. Most parasomnias are tied to specific points in the sleep cycle, and sleepwalking occurs during deep, non-rapid-eye-movement (NREM) sleep, usually in stage 3, the period devoted to the body’s heaviest restoration.

1 week ago | interestingengineering.com | Kaif Shaikh

The Trump administration has privately warned the British government that allowing Chinese manufacturer Mingyang Smart Energy to build a wind-turbine plant in Scotland could endanger national security, the Financial Times reports.