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Energy & Green Tech
Three-mode smart window cut indoor temperature by 27°C and eliminate urban glare
In the building sector, which accounts for approximately 40% of global energy consumption, heat ingress through windows has been identified as a primary cause of wasted heating and cooling energy.
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Energy & Green Tech
Photosynthetic living material uses bacteria to capture CO₂ in two different ways
Researchers are developing a living material that actively extracts carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Photosynthetic cyanobacteria grow inside it, forming biomass and solid minerals and thus binding CO2 in two different ...
Jun 19, 2025
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Customizable soft robot modules allow for new haptic interactions
EPFL researchers have developed a customizable soft robotic system that uses compressed air to produce shape changes, vibrations, and other haptic, or tactile, feedback in a variety of configurations. The device holds significant ...
Jun 19, 2025
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Waymo looks to test its self-driving cars in New York
Google-owned Waymo on Wednesday said it has applied for a permit to start testing its self-driving cars in New York City, a first for the Big Apple.
Jun 19, 2025
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Humanoid robot achieves controlled flight using jet engines and AI-powered systems
The Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) has reached a milestone in humanoid robotics by demonstrating the first flight of iRonCub3, the world's first jet-powered flying humanoid robot specifically designed to operate in ...
Jun 18, 2025
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Tiny gallium nitride transistors boost chip speed and efficiency in new 3D design
The advanced semiconductor material gallium nitride will likely be key for the next generation of high-speed communication systems and the power electronics needed for state-of-the-art data centers.
Jun 18, 2025
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Perovskite-based image sensors promise higher sensitivity and resolution than silicon
Image sensors are built into every smartphone and every digital camera. They distinguish colors in a similar way to the human eye. In our retinas, individual cone cells recognize red, green and blue (RGB). In image sensors, ...
Jun 18, 2025
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Amazon hopes to deliver 10,000 robotaxis annually with new factory, challenging Waymo
Amazon is gearing up to make as many as 10,000 robotaxis annually at a sprawling plant near Silicon Valley as it prepares to challenge self-driving cab leader Waymo. Tesla CEO Elon Musk is also vying to join the autonomous ...
Jun 18, 2025
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Superconducting circuit could one day replace semiconductor components in quantum computing systems
In 2023, about 4.4% (176 terawatt-hours) of total energy consumption in the United States was by data centers that are essential for processing large quantities of information. Of that 176 TWh, approximately 100 TWh (57%) ...
Jun 17, 2025
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Engineering
Researchers simulate earthquakes to stress test a 3D-printed concrete house
Scientists at the University of Bristol have used the UK's largest shaking table to mimic conditions of a medium-magnitude earthquake to assess the potential damage to a 3D-printed building.
Jun 16, 2025
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Hi Tech & Innovation
AI technology reconstructs 3D hand-object interactions from video, even when elements are obscured
Researchers at UNIST have developed an AI technology capable of reconstructing three-dimensional (3D) representations of unfamiliar objects manipulated with both hands, as well as simulated surgical scenes involving intertwined ...
Jun 13, 2025
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Innovative detection method makes AI smarter by cleaning up bad data before it learns
In the world of machine learning and artificial intelligence, clean data is everything. Even a small number of mislabeled examples known as label noise can derail the performance of a model, especially those like support ...
Jun 12, 2025
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Kirigami-inspired design enables uniform 200% stretch in multi-pixel display arrays
A research team at POSTECH (Pohang University of Science and Technology) has successfully developed the world's first technology that enables uniform and even stretching across multiple pixels in a stretchable display. This ...
Jun 12, 2025
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Software
A foundation for physical AI: Battery-free RFID sensing system offers real-time, reliable data
What if the same RFID "smart barcode" tags used to track packages and retail inventory could also detect changes in the real world—like temperature, pressure or weight—without batteries or added hardware?
Jun 12, 2025
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Telecom
The transatlantic race to create the television
Number 1519 Connecticut Avenue lies just north of Dupont Circle, just over a 20-minute walk from the White House in Washington DC. In 1921, the inventor Charles Francis Jenkins set up his laboratory and offices there, upstairs ...
Jun 12, 2025
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Electronics & Semiconductors
World's first non-silicon 2D computer developed
Silicon is king in the semiconductor technology that underpins smartphones, computers, electric vehicles and more, but its crown may be slipping, according to a team led by researchers at Penn State.
Jun 11, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
Window-sized device taps the air for safe drinking water
Today, 2.2 billion people in the world lack access to safe drinking water. In the United States, more than 46 million people experience water insecurity, living with either no running water or water that is unsafe to drink. ...
Jun 11, 2025
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Have a damaged painting? Restore it in just hours with an AI-generated 'mask'
Art restoration takes steady hands and a discerning eye. For centuries, conservators have restored paintings by identifying areas needing repair, then mixing an exact shade to fill in one area at a time. Often, a painting ...
Jun 11, 2025
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Uber to launch driverless taxis in London next year
Ride-hailing firm Uber will launch self-driving taxis in London next year when England trials new driverless services, the firm and the UK government said on Tuesday.
Jun 10, 2025
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Robotics
Light and AI drive precise motion in soft robotic arm
Researchers at Rice University have developed a soft robotic arm capable of performing complex tasks such as navigating around an obstacle or hitting a ball, guided and powered remotely by laser beams without any onboard ...
Jun 9, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
Real-time carbon dioxide monitoring without batteries or external power
A research team has developed a self-powered wireless carbon dioxide (CO2) monitoring system. This innovative system harvests minute vibrational energy from its surroundings to periodically measure CO2 concentrations.
Jun 9, 2025
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Engineering
An active optical intensity interferometry scheme enables synthetic aperture imaging from over a kilometer away
Intensity interferometry is a promising technique that enables the precise measurement of spatial properties (i.e., distances, shapes and light properties) by probing fluctuations in the intensity (i.e., brightness) of light, ...
Hi Tech & Innovation
Film festival showcases what artificial intelligence can do on the big screen
Artificial intelligence 's use in movie making is exploding. And a young film festival, now in its junior year, is showcasing what this technology can do on screen today.
Jun 6, 2025
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Engineering
Physicists test scientific approach to unidentified anomalous phenomena research
A team of physicists from the University at Albany has proposed scientifically rigorous methods for documenting and analyzing Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) building upon the work of numerous past and present researchers ...
Jun 5, 2025
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Engineering
Wearable device helps blind people detect obstacles
Researchers from the São Paulo State University (UNESP) and the Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES) in Brazil have developed a wearable device to help visually impaired people move around. The technology has tactile ...
Jun 5, 2025
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