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Fog harvester gets upgrade for improved water collection
A third of the world's population struggles with water scarcity. In many of these areas, fog holds water that could provide a lifeline—if only it could be captured.
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Zinc–iodine battery delivers double performance of lithium-ion batteries
Researchers at the University of Adelaide have developed a new dry electrode for aqueous batteries which delivers cathodes with more than double the performance of iodine and lithium-ion batteries.
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Lithium supply will fall short of growing electric vehicle demand through 2029, analysis finds
In a study published in Cell Reports Sustainability, researchers conducted the most comprehensive analysis to date on lithium supply and demand in China, Europe, and the U.S. Despite the fact that domestic lithium production ...
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Training robots without robots: Smart glasses capture first-person task demos
Over the past few decades, robots have gradually started making their way into various real-world settings, including some malls, airports and hospitals, as well as a few offices and households.
Single-material electronic skin gives robots the human touch
Scientists have developed a low-cost, durable, highly sensitive robotic "skin" that can be added to robotic hands like a glove, enabling robots to detect information about their surroundings in a way that's similar to humans. ...
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Hardware
New security flaw allows eavesdropping via laptop and smart speaker microphones
The ghostly woman's voice pipes through the speakers, covered in radio static but her message intact from beyond—"The birch canoe slid on the smooth planks."
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Hardware
Chinese researchers debut world's first AI-based processor chip design system
A team of engineers, AI specialists and chip design researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences has designed, built and tested what they are describing as the first AI-based chip design system. The group has published ...
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Novel crystal strategy yields brighter, longer-lasting all-inorganic perovskite LEDs
Perovskite has broad application prospects in solar cells, light-emitting diodes (LEDs), and detectors due to its high luminescent efficiency and low cost. However, electrons and holes in traditional perovskite materials ...
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Hardware
Photonic processor could streamline 6G wireless signal processing
As more connected devices demand an increasing amount of bandwidth for tasks like teleworking and cloud computing, it will become extremely challenging to manage the finite amount of wireless spectrum available for all users ...
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Robotics
Bio-mimetic robotic hand seamlessly integrates tactile feedback to outperform predecessors
Over the past decades, roboticists have developed increasingly advanced systems that can emulate some human capabilities and effectively tackle various real-world tasks. To reliably grasp, manipulate and utilize objects in ...
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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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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Energy & Green Tech
From plastic waste to clean hydrogen: A scalable solar-powered solution
A team of Korean scientists has developed an innovative green technology that transforms plastic waste into clean hydrogen fuel using only sunlight and water.
Jun 11, 2025
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Consumer & Gadgets
Happy to hand over the keys to a robot? Augmented reality might help
Would you trust a driverless car? A 2024 global survey involving nearly 8,000 participants suggests most people are wary of handing over the steering wheel to sensors, cameras and computer algorithms.
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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Hardware
'Optical neural engine' can solve partial differential equations
Partial differential equations (PDEs) are a class of mathematical problems that represent the interplay of multiple variables, and therefore have predictive power when it comes to complex physical systems. Solving these equations ...
Jun 10, 2025
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Engineering
Mushrooms' microscopic filaments provide a blueprint for better materials
Fungi have been around for many millions of years, with the incremental process of evolution honing and improving their survival skills through the millennia.
Jun 10, 2025
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