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Machine learning & AI
Beating the AI bottleneck: Communications innovation could markedly improve AI training process
Artificial intelligence (AI) is infamous for its resource-heavy training, but a new study may have found a solution in a novel communications system, called ZEN, that markedly improves the way large language models (LLMs) ...
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Researcher develops generative learning model to predict falls
In a study published in the journal Information Systems Research, Texas Tech University's Shuo Yu and his collaborators developed a generative machine learning model to detect instability before a fall occurs. The hope is ...
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Animal-inspired AI robot learns to navigate unfamiliar terrain
Researchers have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) system that enables a four-legged robot to adapt its gait to different, unfamiliar terrain, just like a real animal, in what is believed to be a world first. The ...
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Filters inspired by nose hair and nasal mucus promise cleaner air
One of the problems of conventional filters used in homes, businesses and public spaces is their poor performance. They rely on weak van der Waals forces to capture particles like dust and pollen, meaning they let a lot of ...
Energy & Green Tech
Enhanced geothermal systems: An underground tech surfaces as a serious clean energy contender
A once-overlooked technology that taps into the Earth's heat to generate electricity could supply up to 20% of the electricity in the United States by 2050, according to a new Princeton analysis.
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Electronics & Semiconductors
3D printing method turns biodegradable polymers into conductive electronic components
From touch-sensitive smartphone screens to fitness wearables and wireless earbuds, electronics are becoming ever more integrated into our daily lives—and smaller, lighter, and more flexible in the process. But as the demand ...
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Energy & Green Tech
Sunlight-powered technology transforms dissolved ocean carbon into industrial feedstock
The ocean serves as Earth's largest dynamic carbon sink, absorbing 400 million tons of carbon dioxide (CO₂) annually through continuous exchange with the atmosphere. Researchers at Yale have now developed an efficient system ...
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Computer Sciences
Tool devised for detecting AI that scores high on accuracy, low on false accusations
Detecting writing via artificial intelligence is a tricky dance: Doing it right means being effective at identifying it while being careful not to falsely accuse a human of employing it. And few tools strike the right balance.
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Energy & Green Tech
Nanosheet material stores heat below 100°C using dual water adsorption modes
Efficiently capturing and storing excess heat, particularly below 200°C, is paramount to achieving a carbon-neutral society. Every year, factories and homes produce excess heat, much of which gets wasted. Likewise, as the ...
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Researchers develop eco-friendly method of creating semiconductor materials for electronics
A Virginia Commonwealth University researcher has developed an alternative method of producing semiconductor materials that is environmentally friendly.
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Energy & Green Tech
Ultrathin clay membrane layers offer low-cost alternative for extracting lithium from water
Lithium, the lightest metal on the periodic table, plays a pivotal role in modern life. Its low weight and high energy density make it ideal for electric vehicles, cellphones, laptops and military technologies where every ...
Jul 10, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
In Indonesia, a start-up captures coolants to stop global warming
In the basement of a Jakarta housing complex, surrounded by the silver piping of the air-conditioning system, Indonesian technician Ari Sobaruddin is doing his part to tackle climate change.
Jul 10, 2025
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Robotics
Autonomous gallbladder removal: Robot performs first realistic surgery without human help
A robot trained on videos of surgeries performed a lengthy phase of a gallbladder removal without human help. The robot operated for the first time on a lifelike patient, and during the operation, responded to and learned ...
Jul 9, 2025
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Robotics
Deep-learning system teaches soft, bio-inspired robots to move using only a single camera
Conventional robots, like those used in industry and hazardous environments, are easy to model and control, but are too rigid to operate in confined spaces and uneven terrain. Soft, bio-inspired robots are far better at adapting ...
Engineering
New concrete blend absorbs more carbon dioxide while using less cement
From the mud, straw, and gypsum mixtures of ancient Egypt's monumental pyramids to the sophisticated underwater material employed by Roman engineers in iconic structures like the Pantheon, concrete has long symbolized civilization's ...
Jul 9, 2025
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Robotics
Formal guidelines can enable AI to precisely maneuver and position medical needles
Imagine a physician attempting to reach a cancerous nodule deep within a patient's lung—a target the size of a pea, hidden behind a maze of critical blood vessels and airways that shift with every breath. Straying one millimeter ...
Jul 9, 2025
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