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Energy & Green Tech
Standalone 'leaf' produces liquid fuel from sun, water and COâ‚‚ with record efficiency
A Yale-led research team has developed the first standalone device that produces the liquid fuel methanol using only sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide as the ingredients. The artificial "leaf," like its namesake in nature, ...
Jun 4, 2026
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Engineering
Looping lasers whisk molten metals together during 3D printing, opening new alloy design route
Like modern-day alchemists, metallurgists are constantly discovering and perfecting recipes for better alloys. A crucial step in those recipes is to get different metals to mix evenly. Unveiling a new utensil for the metallurgical ...
Jun 4, 2026
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Battleship-trained AI learns to ask sharper questions, boosting win rate from 8% to 82%
In 2026, the hype for artificial intelligence agents is louder than ever before. These semi-autonomous programs can "think" and execute well-defined tasks in areas like customer service and software development, typically ...
Jun 4, 2026
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From waste wood to load-bearing feature, a simple calculation could change the way we use 'misfit wood'
Urging industry to make better use of wood that is wasted or burned for energy, researchers have released the first structural tests of non-straight, forked, and double-curved roundwood logs used as columns. In his mission ...
Jun 4, 2026
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Next-generation computing relies on extremely thin semiconductors—now there's a better way to make them
The ability to develop extremely thin semiconductors is key to advancing the fields of electronics and computing. But so far, there's been a trade-off between the quality of these semiconductors and the ability to make them ...
Jun 3, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
From tough plant waste to everyday products, this light-powered advance opens a path to greener plastics
A pioneering technology capable of converting lignin, one of the world's most abundant organic compounds, into vanillin and biodegradable materials has been unveiled by the University of Alicante (UA), in collaboration with ...
Jun 3, 2026
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Hardware
Real-time X-ray compression shrinks file size by 8,000 times
Researchers led by Takaki Hatsui at the RIKEN SPring-8 Center (RSC) in Japan and collaborators have developed a new approach to compressing X-ray imaging data in real time, reducing the size of data files by more than 8,000 ...
Jun 3, 2026
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Engineering
'Baked' yeast-based materials power 3D-printed architectural materials
Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have developed a new, entirely bio-based material from a somewhat unexpected ingredient: yeast. The material is 3D printed and customized for use in architectural ...
Jun 3, 2026
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Ultra-thin semiconductors overcome performance limits with localized thick-contact design
As semiconductor chips become increasingly thinner, the components inside chips are locked in a fierce race to achieve the ultimate ultra-thin state. However, this has presented a structural limitation: the thinner the device, ...
Jun 2, 2026
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Hi Tech & Innovation
AI brings object-level vision prosthetics closer to reality
EPFL researchers are developing AI models that could one day enable vision prosthetics able to restore meaningful, object-level sight for the blind. The research, from the NeuroAI Lab of Martin Schrimpf, part of EPFL's Schools ...
Jun 2, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
Liquid metal unlocks hydrogel that stretches 900% and resists freezing when other electrolytes fail
A research group led by Prof. Sungjune Park from the Department of Chemical Engineering has developed an ultra-stretchable, anti-freezing hydrogel electrolyte using liquid metal particles. The material can stretch up to nine ...
Jun 2, 2026
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Hi Tech & Innovation
New 3D gaze forecasting could help AR devices render scenes before users look
Augmented reality (AR) devices like smart glasses may soon be able to predict where a user will look and provide an enhanced interactive experience.
Jun 1, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
Smart building skins and eco-friendly hydrogen production technology
The JC STEM Lab of Circular Bio-economy (the Lab) at City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) has recently achieved a breakthrough in the field of sustainable development technologies. A research team led by Professor Lee Duu-Jong, ...
Jun 1, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
Wood bark-based coating delivers pilot run for paper packaging
In the COCOBIN project, coordinated by the University of Oulu, coating materials are being developed from suberin, a natural compound found, for example, in birch bark. In plants, suberin acts as a protective layer and prevents ...
Jun 1, 2026
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Consumer & Gadgets
Your phone screen doesn't have the same color range as the human eye, and AI widens the gap
A peacock feather in sunlight shifts from blue to green to bronze as you turn it. Photograph it, and this shimmer collapses into one angle, one exposure, one compromise.
Jun 1, 2026
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Engineering
Bridges may get round-the-clock crack tracking from new 32-channel acoustic system
In its 2022 condition assessment, the German Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport (BMDV) classified 8,000 highway bridges as requiring rehabilitation. In other words, it is time to start continuously monitoring Germany's ...
Jun 1, 2026
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Extraction method of pop music singing beats identification based on audio features
A study in the International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology has developed an improved way to determine the underlying beat, or tempo, in recorded music. It addresses persistent issues in analyzing modern popular ...
Jun 1, 2026
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Engineering
Efficiently cooling satellite components in space
Space is a vacuum. Heat therefore cannot be transferred to the surroundings by thermal conduction. This poses a problem for any type of space-capable electronics, which can quickly overheat under these conditions. The only ...
Jun 1, 2026
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Engineering
Wafer-thin silicon with millions of patterns redirects vibrations along predefined paths
Metamaterials—the term may sound esoteric to the layman. In science and engineering, however, this is an interesting field of research that has developed at a highly dynamic pace, particularly since the 1990s.
May 31, 2026
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Engineering
Single-layer zigzag-type metallic glass film enables precisely tunable emissivity for infrared camouflage
A new study from National Taiwan University reports a single-layer zigzag-type metallic glass film with precisely tunable emissivity for thermal infrared camouflage technology. A glancing-angle deposition method was used ...
May 31, 2026
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Tabletop 3D printer cuts semiconductor 3D patterning from days to minutes
Faculty in the Cockrell School of Engineering have developed a rare printer as part of a larger project to speed up production and lower costs of manufacturing semiconductors critical to modern electronics.
May 30, 2026
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Computer Sciences
Computer scientists clear a path to stream 3D 'volumetric' video
New research by Brown University computer scientists may be a key step in bringing volumetric video—video that can be viewed from virtually any perspective in a 3D scene—to computers and smart televisions.
May 30, 2026
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Engineering
Underground acoustic signals reveal hidden tunnels
For decades, engineers have searched for underground tunnels by sending signals from the surface downward—an approach that can miss what lies below. By reversing that approach, researchers at the Department of Energy's (DOE) ...
May 29, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
Quantum computing could transform energy grid optimization and security
Modern power systems are rapidly evolving into highly digitized smart grids, increasing their complexity at an unprecedented pace. Renewables, batteries, electric vehicles, power electronics, sensors and real-time control ...
May 29, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
Abandoned oil and gas wells could help cut emissions, study suggests
Repurposing old oil and gas wells for geothermal power could significantly reduce environmental harm and unlock cleaner energy from existing infrastructure, but new research shows the approach will need targeted support to ...
May 29, 2026
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