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Computer Sciences
Biocomputer can explore multiple solutions at once as bacteria multiply in tiny, interconnected channels
A McGill-led research team has developed a bacteria-based biocomputer that can solve large, complex problems using a small fraction of the memory and resources required by standard ("solid-state") computers. Possible applications ...
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Security
Devilray exposes blind spots in fake cell tower detection
Governments use them to track phones. Criminals drive them through city streets and send texts that look like they came from your bank. For 20 years, researchers have been building tools to catch these fake cell towers. They ...
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New VR method turns touch information into visual cues for better collaboration
What if you could see how rough an object feels, even without touching it? A KAIST research team has developed a technique that makes the roughness of virtual objects visible through changes in the outline of a virtual hand. ...
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New flexible drone can withstand collisions without sacrificing speed or agility
For more than a hundred years, quadcopters have been built according to the same basic principle. Four arms, each with a propeller, extend from a rigid central body. This design is ideal for precise, agile flight, but it ...
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Your social media posts could fuel the next AI scam
Picture this: You post photos online from a trip to Brazil. The next day, an email arrives from the hotel where you stayed, thanking you for your visit and offering a special discount on your next stay. The email references ...
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Engineering
Exploring sodium batteries down to the atom
Understanding how battery components work at the molecular or atomic levels can help scientists create faster-charging, more powerful, longer-lived storage devices. But the electron microscopes powerful enough to give this ...
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Computer Sciences
Targeted data selection could roughly triple AI fine-tuning speed
Can AI fine-tuning that once took 10 hours be completed in just three hours? KAIST researchers have developed a technology that selects the most useful training data and distributes it evenly across multiple GPUs.
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Energy & Green Tech
Redesigning batteries for ultrafast-charging EVs
It's hard to ignore the difference: You can fill a car's tank with gas in mere minutes. Charging the battery of an electric vehicle (EV) can take 30 minutes or more.
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Robotics
Humanoid AI connects walking and object handling without demonstrations of complete task sequences
A humanoid AI system has been developed that learns jointly from separately collected locomotion and object-manipulation data to perform multiple stages of a task in sequence.
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Business
Future-proof security system protects Bitcoin Lightning Network from quantum attacks
Nearly all personal information is stored electronically in our digital age. This sensitive data is protected by digital keys unique to each device that would take today's computers billions of years to crack through brute-force ...
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Energy & Green Tech
New coating approach aligns molecules upright to boost organic solar cell efficiency
Solar cells, devices that can convert sunlight into electricity, are now widely used in many countries worldwide. While most cells on the market today are primarily made of silicon, energy engineers have been exploring the ...
Internet
Tracing the online networks behind AI-generated nude images
As Domestic Violence Awareness Month comes to a close this week, one University of Florida researcher is examining the roots of nudification apps, online platforms that use AI to turn images of clothed people—easily and convincingly—into ...
Nov 2, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
Robot platform combines AI and rapid imaging to improve perovskite solar cell fabrication
Solar cells generate electricity by absorbing sunlight in a thin layer of perovskite, a light-absorbing material. This layer is made with a liquid solution that dries and crystallizes into a solid film, but small changes ...
Nov 2, 2026
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Robotics
Laden with eggs, robots race up sacred Chinese mountain
Dozens of robots took on more than 3,000 steps up one of China's most famous peaks Monday, carrying eggs and watermelons in a race organizers billed as a test of real-world machine endurance, state media showed.
Nov 2, 2026
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Internet
How to prepare your online life for your death
What happens to all of your online accounts—credit cards, merchants, news subscriptions, social media, streaming services—after you die? How will your heirs know how to access these accounts or understand what you want done ...
Nov 2, 2026
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Engineering
Infrared-transparent aerogel boosts performance of subambient daytime radiative cooling materials by up to 5.2°C
As global warming continues, people tend to switch on fans or air conditioners during hot weather. But the more we use electrical appliances, the more energy we consume and carbon dioxide we produce. With continuous breakthroughs ...
Nov 2, 2026
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Engineering
Heated mirror reveals hidden 3D patterns in rising air near a wall
Heat transfer from a heated surface depends partly on the thin layer of air that warms and rises beside it. As this natural convection boundary layer develops, its flow can change from orderly patterns to turbulence, influencing ...
Nov 2, 2026
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