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Hardware
Researchers discover hidden chip threats and a way to stop them
Every day, billions of people trust computer chips to protect their most sensitive information, ranging from banking passwords to national security secrets. But what if those chips were secretly compromised before they even ...
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Hardware
Self-testing quantum chip generates certified random numbers while checking its hardware in real time
Randomness forms a crucial backbone of modern society, where every encryption key, secure transaction and digital signature depends on random numbers that no adversary can predict. But every random number generator ever deployed, ...
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Monolayer WSe₂ unlocks high-performance p-type transistors that could change how future chips balance speed and power
Transistors, small devices that can amplify or switch electrical signals, are central components of all modern computer chips and digital devices. There are two main types of transistors, known as n-type and p-type transistors.
MIT researchers channel AI to turn hand gestures into robot training data
Humanoid robots struggling with tasks like grasping a cup have a new teacher—a person wearing an ultrasound wristband that captures the movement of muscles, tendons and ligaments beneath the skin.
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Artificial eyes could bring human-like sight to self-driving cars and robots
Although self-driving cars and sophisticated robots use advanced cameras, computer algorithms and artificial intelligence to perceive their surroundings, these artificial eyes struggle to remain reliable in mixed lighting ...
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Asynchronous AI cuts computing energy by orders of magnitude while learning continuously
As artificial intelligence systems grow larger and more powerful, their energy demands are rising dramatically. But recent research from the University of Massachusetts Amherst published in Nature Communications suggests ...
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Organic transistor unites memory, signal processing and light emission below 3.5 V
Seoul National University researchers have developed an ultra-low-voltage electrochemical organic light-emitting transistor that can simultaneously perform signal processing, memory and light emission within a single semiconductor ...
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Energy & Green Tech
What shapes your power bill? Explainable AI outlines forecasts behind grid and price decisions
Artificial intelligence increasingly helps providers make their grids more robust, improve forecasts of electricity prices and make energy use more efficient. In critical infrastructure such as the energy system, AI should ...
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Engineering
Inclined kirigami cuts unlock twist when stretched, opening path to soft robots
Kirigami is a variation on the Japanese art of origami, or paper folding, in which cuts are used to create three-dimensional structures—for example, pop-up cards created from a sheet of paper. Kirigami also has applications ...
Jun 8, 2026
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Hardware
Ultra-thin MoS₂ computer packs 1,400 transistors onto one chip
The rapid advancement and diffusion of artificial intelligence (AI) systems, such as the machine learning models underpinning the functioning of ChatGPT, Gemini and similar platforms, have posed new demands on the electronics ...
Security
From Verizon to Apple, a hidden texting flaw has finally been patched
A major security vulnerability that allows attackers to easily fake their identity in smartphone text conversations has been fixed in the United States thanks to a team of computer scientists at the University of California ...
Jun 8, 2026
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Computer Sciences
AI worldview convergence claim weakens as high-dimensional math skews similarity scores
Two years ago, researchers at MIT proposed a provocative idea: As AI models become more powerful, they begin to see the world in the same way. But not everyone was convinced, and now EPFL scientists have shown that the picture ...
Jun 8, 2026
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Robotics
Autonomous drone can deliver life jackets to people that fall overboard
It's a race against the clock when someone falls overboard: People's chances of being found before they drown from exhaustion or freeze to death dwindle by the minute. Rescue efforts are often hampered by the time it takes ...
Jun 8, 2026
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Robotics
Robotic arm inspired by octopus uses tactile sensors in suction cups for autonomous underwater grasping
The oceans hide some of the most sophisticated solutions nature has ever developed and are an inexhaustible source of inspiration for the robotics of the future. The Bioinspired Soft Robotics research unit, coordinated by ...
Jun 8, 2026
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Ultrathin diamond layer boosts performance of high-power electronics
The silicon that forms the foundation of most computer chips has fundamental limits to how much power it can manage, which constrains the speed and energy-efficiency of wireless communication systems. A promising solution ...
Jun 8, 2026
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Human–AI jam session shapes live music with swarm intelligence
Have you ever seen birds flying across the sky in shifting, mesmerizing patterns? Or ants using their own bodies to form a living bridge that other ants can walk across?
Jun 8, 2026
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Multinex: An ultra lightweight AI model advancing low light image enhancement
A University of Manchester student has developed a powerful new ultra-lightweight tool that can turn dark, noisy footage into clear, detailed and usable images. Multinex, a new model for low-light image enhancement (LLIE), ...
Jun 8, 2026
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