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Consumer & Gadgets
Spy-device detector users miss nearly 60% of hidden gadgets
Consumer detectors sold to help people find hidden surveillance devices are often too difficult for typical users to interpret, potentially giving a false sense of security to those most at risk such as domestic abuse survivors, ...
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Engineering
Concrete's natural absorption of CO₂ does little to offset emissions from cement production, study finds
Concrete slowly absorbs small amounts of carbon dioxide from the air over its lifetime, a natural process sometimes proposed as a solution to the cement industry's heavy carbon footprint. But a new UCLA-led study finds that ...
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Scalable semitransparent organic PV modules could turn windows into power generators
Organic solar modules score points for their flexibility, transparency, and a particularly good environmental footprint. Wavelength-dependent transparency, in particular, is a major strength of organic photovoltaics. Researchers ...
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Who does AI consider an expert? New benchmark shows bias across 22 LLMs
AI chatbots powered by large language models (LLMs) are widely used as recommender systems. While accelerating access to information, AI can also give factually incorrect responses or propagate societal biases.
9 hours ago
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Attackers bypass Windows security without physical access
Experts have shown that the most powerful security defenses in Windows 11 can be dismantled by an attacker who never touches the target computer.
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Engineering
Green methanol from thin air? Model finds water and CO₂ could be captured together
Persistent heat waves and below-average rainfall in spring and summer 2026 are causing drought conditions, falling groundwater levels and low river levels, including in the Rhine in Germany and elsewhere across Europe. At ...
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Computer Sciences
From X-ray speckles to solar magnetic fields, AI shrinks data while keeping crucial details
Next-generation science experiments will collect more data than ever—so much so that they'll surpass the capabilities of current data storage and analysis methods. To help, researchers at the Department of Energy's SLAC National ...
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Engineering
Purple fabric beats the heat, reflecting 87.6% of sunlight and cooling simulated skin
A new purple cooling fabric developed by Chinese and Australian researchers could help people stay cooler during scorching summer days without having to resort to wearing white.
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Consumer & Gadgets
Smartphone navigation app guides blind and low-vision users around obstacles
For people who are blind or have low vision, moving around independently is a daily challenge. Harvard researchers have developed a new tool that could help people navigate more quickly and safely with nothing more than a ...
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Engineering
Better metals, with help from a small square with billions of holes
Despite significant advances in technology, knowing the atomic arrangement of metals in their microstructure—which defines their strength, deformability and other properties—is still tricky. In a new study, Yale researchers ...
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Engineering
Tailored surface vibrations to improve aerodynamic performance in passenger jets
A passenger jet soars across the sky at 640 mph (1,030 kilometers per hour), its wings pummeled with wind and boundary-layer turbulence, challenging the plane's operation and efficiency. Advancing research from Mahmoud I. ...
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Engineering
Copper tubes gain 5.5-fold condensation heat-transfer boost from water-shedding coating
A technology that boosts condensation heat transfer performance by up to 5.5 times that of conventional copper surfaces has been developed by helping water droplets form more readily and detach more quickly. It is expected ...
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Energy & Green Tech
Mechanical engineers identify route to faster-charging, longer-lasting EV batteries
Can electric vehicles charge quickly without sacrificing battery longevity? A KAIST research team has identified a potential solution using a three-dimensional digital twin—a virtual model that recreates the internal microstructure ...
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Computer Sciences
Fruit fly-inspired algorithm classifies odors from only a few samples
In the animal kingdom, energy conservation is essential for survival. That's why our brains have evolved to be extremely energy- and resource-efficient at storing and processing information. Since the 1980s, computational ...
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Electronics & Semiconductors
A silicon carbide transistor that operates at 600°C
For more than two decades, silicon carbide (SiC) has been promoted as the key to developing extreme-environment electronics. Yet despite its promise, the field has remained stuck at the stage of basic research, failing to ...
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Robotics
Chinese humanoid robots smash human records in 100m sprint and high jump at Beijing robot games
Chinese humanoid robots broke records set by humans, including beating Usain Bolt's 100-meter sprint world record, on the opening day of the Olympics-like World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing on Saturday.
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Energy & Green Tech
Cartilage-inspired lithium battery coating cushions cathodes against cracks during repeated charging
Lithium-ion batteries (LiBs) power electric vehicles and most existing electronics, ranging from laptops to smartphones, tablets, smart appliances and wearable devices. These batteries charge and discharge by moving lithium ...
