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Hardware
Reconfigurable MEMS switches could hide chip package wiring from X-ray reverse engineering
I spend my days looking inside chip packages to find out why they failed. With X-ray tomography or an acoustic microscope, I can see through a finished package without opening it: every solder bump, every copper trace, every ...
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Researchers solve a physics puzzle about radiation that could lead to tougher electronics
Researchers have solved a longstanding physics puzzle, explaining why electronic devices can fail catastrophically when exposed to radiation. Their findings may hold the key to engineering new electronics that can better ...
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Hand gestures and vibrating belt enable drone control without visual feedback in early tests
Operating a drone manually requires pilots to watch a screen while coordinating controls. This divides attention between the aircraft and its surroundings. Researchers are exploring ways to make drone operation more intuitive ...
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AI improves cosmic particle scans to locate hidden objects more accurately in simulations
Researchers at the University of Tartu Institute of Computer Science are working with the Estonian technology company GScan to develop AI-based methods that use measurement data collected with the help of cosmic particles ...
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Electric fields can change how semiconductors dissipate heat
As electronic devices become smaller and more powerful, keeping them from overheating is an increasingly difficult engineering challenge. Now, Cornell researchers have developed a computational method, backed by the first ...
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Energy & Green Tech
Radio waves pave the way for better wireless EV charging
Imagine parking your electric vehicle (EV) and charging it without plugging in a cable. Wireless charging makes this possible, but efficient charging requires precise alignment between the vehicle's receiver coil and the ...
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Engineering
Study links cement particle shape and construction costs
Engineers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have developed a low-cost test that could help the construction industry save money. The new technique uses a $500 microscope-based framework to measure cement particle ...
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Technology news
Hi Tech & Innovation
Aircraft simulations scale new heights with supercomputer
High-accuracy aerodynamic simulations are essential to designing commercial aircraft that are safer, faster and more fuel efficient. But the physics of airflow is so complex that the aerospace industry needs more computing ...
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Engineering
Researchers map how electrode protrusions guide current paths in resistive memory
Researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) used three-dimensional imaging to map a nanoscale current pathway inside a capacitor for a resistive random-access memory (RRAM) device. They found ...
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Consumer & Gadgets
Ultrasound and AI turn off-the-shelf smartwatch into full-body tracker without cameras
For the first time, researchers can track the movement of a person's entire body with ultrasonic sound waves, using just an off-the-shelf smartwatch and a lightweight artificial intelligence model—all while ensuring privacy ...
Nov 11, 2026
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Engineers challenge 90-year limitation in digital audio sensing
What does a faint heartbeat have in common with a thunderous concert? Both present a challenge for digital technology: capturing the quietest details without losing the loudest sounds.
Nov 11, 2026
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Engineering
Inspired by networks found in nature, engineers design stronger, more resilient 'metamaterials'
Order has long been the rule in the design of synthetic "metamaterials," which have internal structures that give the whole material exceptional properties not found in nature.
Nov 11, 2026
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Engineering
3D-printed robotic frog swims using six artificial muscles powered by light
A small robotic frog developed at Aarhus University can swim using six artificial muscles activated by light. Behind the achievement is a systematic approach that could help researchers develop muscles for the next generation ...
Nov 11, 2026
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Engineering
AI toolbox accelerates bioreactor simulations by up to 10,000 times
The control of large-scale industrial bioreactors is one of the most complex tasks in the process industry. In the often huge plants, the smallest differences in temperature, pH value or oxygen content determine the success ...
Nov 11, 2026
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Engineering
Shape-shifting rubber blades could make tidal power cheaper
Fitting tidal turbines with flexible rubber blades could enable the machines to generate cheaper power by making them simpler and tougher, a study published in the journal Nature suggests.
Nov 11, 2026
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Robotics
PRISM helps robots move better by learning how forces and motion interact
A new neural network component, developed at University of Michigan Engineering, challenges a common assumption in robot learning: that the same general-purpose neural networks used for image recognition are equally suited ...
Nov 11, 2026
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Robotics
Robots gain 'muscle memory' for planning their next moves in milliseconds
If "to err is human," you could say robots are superhuman. They're more error-prone than we are, even when tasked with things like home and factory chores, which we might consider easy. One reason for these mistakes is that ...
Nov 11, 2026
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