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Electronics & Semiconductors
Quantum machine learning improves semiconductor manufacturing for first time
Semiconductor processing is notoriously challenging. It is one of the most intricate feats of modern engineering due to the extreme precision required and the hundreds of steps involved, such as etching and layering, to make ...
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Engineering
ReSURF: Stretchable, self-healing water quality sensor enables ultrafast surveillance
Clean, safe water is vital for human health and well-being. It also plays a critical role in our food security, supports high-tech industries, and enables sustainable urbanization. However, detecting contamination quickly ...
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Space-based experiments show wax-filled heat sinks keep electronics cooler for longer
An interdisciplinary research team including mechanical science and engineering professor Mickey Clemon from the Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is investigating cooling methods ...
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Young children outperform state-of-the-art AI in visual object recognition
As artificial intelligence (AI) rapidly grows—a recent UN Trade and Development report projects the global AI market soaring to $4.8 trillion by 2033—the technology seems equipped to handle any task. Driving cars. Analyzing ...
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Motor safety: AI-powered warning system enhances capability to uncover hidden faults
A study, led by Dr. Wentao Huang, overcame a critical gap in five-phase permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) diagnostics: conventional methods fail to assess inter-turn short-circuit (ITSC) severity. The method integrates ...
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Consumer & Gadgets
Longer suspensions on platforms like Roblox could help curb bad behavior, new research finds
Social platforms are constantly trying to strike a balance when it comes to managing bad behavior. How do you crack down on harassment and cyberbullying without slipping into censorship that drives people off your platform?
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Engineering
Tough fuel cell can stabilize power grid by making and storing energy in extreme industrial conditions
To build a modern-day electrical grid with the flexibility and resilience to handle ebbing and flowing energy sources like solar and wind power, West Virginia University engineers have designed and successfully tested a fuel ...
Jul 2, 2025
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Computer Sciences
Centaur: AI that thinks like us—and could help explain how we think
Researchers at Helmholtz Munich have developed an artificial intelligence model that can simulate human behavior with remarkable accuracy. The language model, called Centaur, was trained on more than ten million decisions ...
Jul 2, 2025
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Robotics
Robots could one day crawl across the moon, and undergrads are laying the groundwork
The future of moon exploration may be rolling around a nondescript office on the CU Boulder campus. Here, a robot about as wide as a large pizza scoots forward on three wheels. It uses an arm with a claw at one end to pick ...
Jul 2, 2025
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Machine learning & AI
Striking parallels between biological brains and AI during social interaction suggest fundamental principles
UCLA researchers have made a significant discovery showing that biological brains and artificial intelligence systems develop remarkably similar neural patterns during social interaction. This first-of-its-kind study reveals ...
Jul 2, 2025
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Engineering
Cheaper energy bills: AI-created materials could cool cities and spacecraft
New materials developed using machine learning and artificial intelligence could, among other things, keep your house cooler and reduce energy bills.
Jul 2, 2025
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Engineering
Spongy material and the sun's power remove salt from seawater
Most of Earth's water is in the oceans and too salty to drink. Desalination plants can make seawater drinkable, but they require large amounts of energy. Now, researchers reporting in ACS Energy Letters have developed a sponge-like ...
Jul 2, 2025
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Automotive
Shifting UK car exhausts to the right could dramatically cut roadside air pollution
Harmful air pollutants on U.K. pavements generated by diesel cars could be slashed by a third if car exhausts were positioned on the right, according to a new study published in ACS ES&T Air.
Jul 2, 2025
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Engineering
Faster topology optimization: An emerging industrial design technique gets a speed boost
With the rise of 3D printing and other advanced manufacturing methods, engineers can now build structures that were once impossible to fabricate. An emerging design strategy that takes full advantage of these new capabilities ...
Jul 2, 2025
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Innovative ternary alloy films pave the way for ultra-low-power memory devices
A recent study reports (Al,Ga,Sc)N thin films with record-high scandium levels, with exciting potential for ultra-low-power memory devices, as reported by researchers from Institute of Science Tokyo (Science Tokyo). Using ...
Jul 2, 2025
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Robotics
New system allows acoustic robots to co-operatively transport objects
While so far robots have predominantly been deployed individually, as teams, they can tackle a wider range of complex missions with remarkable speed and efficiency. For instance, they could help to rapidly transport objects ...
Security
RisingAttacK: New technique can make AI 'see' whatever you want
Researchers have demonstrated a new way of attacking artificial intelligence computer vision systems, allowing them to control what the AI "sees." The research shows that the new technique, called RisingAttacK, is effective ...
Jul 1, 2025
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