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Engineering
Three holographic layers steer red, green and blue light for brighter AR displays
Researchers have developed a full-color near-eye display that uses three stacked holographic gratings, each engineered to direct red, green or blue light. The new design could help advance compact, energy-efficient augmented ...
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Computer Sciences
Today's downloads predict tomorrow's scientific impact—up to five years out
The trail of likes, shares and downloads we leave across the internet could help predict successful innovations years in advance, Cornell researchers showed by curating two datasets that allowed them to compare early engagement ...
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Should people marry AI agents?
The widespread use of conversational platforms such as ChatGPT and Gemini is raising important new ethical, anthropological and legal questions regarding the potential risks, misuses and shortcomings of artificial intelligence ...
Neutral salt layer could address one of perovskite solar cells' biggest drawbacks
One of the most promising technologies is perovskite solar cells. They are highly efficient at converting sunlight into electricity, can be manufactured as thin and flexible devices, and require less energy and lower production ...
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With a feel for physics, AI models simulate a wider range of real-world scenarios
Artificial intelligence models are jacks of many trades, including writing, generating images, and creating 3D models. But they aren't as helpful when it comes to testing robots or designs for vehicles in diverse environments, ...
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Energy & Green Tech
How scandium can improve the durability of sodium-ion battery electrodes
Sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) are increasingly popular alternatives to lithium-ion batteries. Sodium (Na) is much more abundant in Earth's crust than lithium, creating an opportunity for lower costs. In addition, SIBs offer ...
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Engineering
Blade-coating strategy advances scalable production of high-efficiency perovskite solar cells
Chinese scientists have developed a method that could facilitate the large-scale production of high-efficiency perovskite solar cells. The method employs a multidentate anchoring molecule-assisted co-deposition strategy to ...
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Engineering
New AI method reconstructs architectural lineages to guide heritage conservation
Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) College of Design and Engineering (CDE), led by Professor Heng Chye Kiang (NUS Department of Architecture), have developed a computational framework for reconstructing ...
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Graphene-powered soft lens could pave the way for smarter glasses, cameras and medical devices
The ability to change focus instantly is something most people take for granted. Every day, our eyes effortlessly switch between reading a book, recognizing a face across the room or watching a bird fly overhead. Replicating ...
Aug 10, 2026
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Engineering
New engineering studies aim to slow battery aging while idle
Most batteries spend more than 70% of their lifetime at rest. Yet few studies have examined calendar aging, which is how a battery degrades when it is neither charging nor being used.
Aug 10, 2026
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Hardware
How malicious SIM cards can hijack smartphones, EV chargers and connected devices
Subscriber Identity Modules (SIMs), secure elements used to connect devices to a mobile network, can pose severe security risks when compromised. A malicious SIM could allow attackers to gather information about a device, ...
Aug 10, 2026
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Hi Tech & Innovation
AI model captures how humans read, paving the way to personalized text and better augmented reality
Researchers at Aalto University, together with international partners, have developed the most accurate model yet of how humans read. The new model uses reinforcement learning, a type of AI used in robotics, to explain—and ...
Aug 10, 2026
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Security
Peering inside LLM-based multi-agent systems could expose stealthy attacks
Large language models (LLMs), the models that underpin platforms such as ChatGPT and Gemini, are now used daily by more than a billion people worldwide. Some computer scientists have also been combining several of these models ...
Robotics
Electronic skin enables tunable touch and proximity sensing for robots and prosthetics
Recent advances in miniaturized and portable electronics, particularly wearable and flexible devices, have increased the demand for self-powered sensing technologies. Among these, triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) have ...
Aug 10, 2026
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Computer Sciences
Why do we labor when reading some words but not others? AI offers a partial answer
Why do we breeze through some sentences in a book or article but have to reread others to comprehend their meaning? A team of linguists and data scientists has found a partial answer in AI—some of this processing parallels ...
Aug 10, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
AI and electrolyte engineering open new paths for better batteries
Cornell researchers are using artificial intelligence to speed the search for better battery materials while using a creative approach to chemistry to expand the design space for electrolytes, unlocking new possibilities ...
Aug 10, 2026
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Hardware
New coding technique skips needless calculations, speeding some GPU tasks nearly fourfold
The multiplication of matrices and higher-dimensional arrays called tensors lies at the heart of modern computing. Matrix or tensor multiplication is, in fact, the most common operation carried out in artificial intelligence ...
Aug 10, 2026
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