https://techxplore.com/ en-us Tech Xplore internet news portal provides the latest news on electronics, technology, and engineering. In order to stabilize global warming at less than 1.5°C in the long term, there is a need not only for a drastic reduction in greenhouse gas emissions but also for technologies to remove and store hundreds of billions of tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere. This is also the underlying basis of the scenarios set out in the latest Assessment Report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-food-beads-boost-air-capture.html Energy & Green Tech Thu, 11 Jun 2026 14:00:15 EDT news700403101 Autonomous vehicles are already a reality on some of our streets and could become a major part of future transportation systems. Safety, of course, is the main concern, as with all vehicles. To help evaluate and improve its autonomous driving technology, U.S. driverless vehicle company Waymo has created a virtual representation of human driver behavior in near-crash situations. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-waymo-unveils-virtual-driver-autonomous.html Engineering Thu, 11 Jun 2026 13:40:05 EDT news700402963 Hydrogen could be the key to a clean energy future, but a tiny problem has been holding it back: bubbles. In a paper published in Energy & Environmental Science, a multidisciplinary team of UNSW researchers, in collaboration with researchers from TotalEnergies and EPFL, has found a new way to boost the efficiency of green hydrogen production. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-porous-electrode-green-hydrogen-output.html Engineering Thu, 11 Jun 2026 13:00:01 EDT news700400941 Imagine a catalyst that can heal itself after being damaged. A POSTECH-led research team has developed an electrocatalyst that regenerates its own metallic surface after oxidation, much like how a wound heals naturally. This breakthrough addresses one of the most critical challenges in hydrogen energy technology: the irreversible degradation of catalysts during operation. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-regenerating-catalyst-key-durability-hydrogen.html Energy & Green Tech Thu, 11 Jun 2026 12:40:07 EDT news700399322 Researchers in Japan have developed quantum multi-programming auto mode, a function that automatically runs quantum programs from different users in parallel. Launched on the Center for Quantum Information and Quantum Biology (QIQB) quantum computer cloud service at the University of Osaka, the system reduces idle qubit resources, improves throughput and may help ease congestion in quantum cloud computing. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-world-cloud-full-quantum-capacity.html Computer Sciences Thu, 11 Jun 2026 11:20:03 EDT news700395243 For remotely operated underwater vehicles, cloudy and turbulent waters are often a no-go. When vehicles settle on the seafloor or dig through a sand bed, they can kick up clouds of sediment that make it tough for onboard cameras to see through. Often, the only thing to do is wait until the marine dust settles before a vehicle can safely proceed. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-sonarcamera-murky.html Robotics Thu, 11 Jun 2026 10:40:07 EDT news700392181 As robots increasingly move out of factories and into workplaces, hospitals, warehouses and public spaces, a simple challenge becomes increasingly important: helping people understand what those machines are about to do. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-robot-eyes-augmented-reality-humans.html Robotics Thu, 11 Jun 2026 09:00:03 EDT news700386002 Beijing cleaner Lin Meiqiong found her work a little easier the day she was paired with an unlikely new colleague—a tall, wheeled robot with AI-powered tidying skills. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-ai-robot-cleaners-lab-china.html Robotics Thu, 11 Jun 2026 07:00:07 EDT news700370864 With a smartphone strapped to her head, Indian housewife Nagireddy Sriramyachandra films herself slicing mangoes to train AI-powered robots to take on household jobs in the future. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-indian-workers-ai-robots-jobs.html Machine learning & AI Thu, 11 Jun 2026 06:20:02 EDT news700370734 Betting that people will soon grow more comfortable having artificial intelligence agents shop for groceries, plane tickets or diapers on their behalf, payments giant Visa said Wednesday that it has embedded its payment network inside of ChatGPT, empowering the chatbot to independently shop and complete transactions. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-visa-payment-network-chatgpt-ai.html Business Thu, 11 Jun 2026 04:23:13 EDT news700370560 A new kernel (core program) within an operating system gives researchers a cleaner view of what's happening inside a processor. Called Fractal and developed at MIT, the kernel has already surfaced previously unknown behavior in Apple's M1. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-os-kernel-uncovers-hidden-apple.html Hardware Wed, 10 Jun 2026 17:00:02 EDT news700329422 Anuja Tripathi grew up in Kanpur, India, where coal fly ash from a nearby power plant coated rooftops, windowsills and laundry hung outside to dry. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-ashes-hidden-critical-elements-emerges.html Engineering Wed, 10 Jun 2026 16:40:06 EDT news700327441 Engineers have developed a new technology that enables the direct extraction of lithium from solid salt mixtures derived from brines, offering a low-water, low-energy alternative to conventional lithium extraction methods. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-lithium-method-recovery-efficiency-brine.html Engineering Wed, 10 Jun 2026 15:00:11 EDT news700321090 KAIST researchers solved a key challenge in the commercialization of physical AI by developing a new technology that enables AI to learn human judgment criteria on its own from just a few videos. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-robots-human-judgments-key-physical.html Robotics Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:40:06 EDT news700320482 Since 2019, GPS signals across Europe, Greenland and Canada have experienced a huge spike in sudden, widespread signal blackouts. These have resulted in disruptions and degraded performance in navigation systems that airplanes and ships rely on to travel safely. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-russian-satellites-linked-mysterious-gps.html Telecom Wed, 10 Jun 2026 13:30:01 EDT news700314890 How do software developers respond when they come across code they do not intuitively understand? Neuropsychologists have now explored this question by recording brain activity alongside eye movements. A team of psycholinguists then compared the findings with established patterns from natural language processing and identified some surprising parallels. The interdisciplinary team from Saarland University and Chemnitz University of Technology has now published its study in Scientific Reports. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-code-brain-eye-tracking-reveal.html Software Wed, 10 Jun 2026 13:20:47 EDT news700315981 Workshopping, an iterative process in which creators share ideas, test what works and refine what doesn't through collective feedback, is at the heart of any writers group. This collaborative dynamic inspired George Mason University Ph.D. student Shiwei Hong to explore whether artificial intelligence (AI) could benefit from a similar approach. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-ai-comedians-workshop-reshape-machines.html Computer Sciences Wed, 10 Jun 2026 12:20:03 EDT news700311121 Can we make artificial intelligence impervious to adversaries who want to twist the technology to nefarious ends? Though AI is among the newest of technologies, the answer to that question is nearly a century old. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-mathematical-proof-reveals-ai-guardrails.html Security Wed, 10 Jun 2026 12:00:08 EDT news700310461 Researchers at UNSW Sydney have harnessed the power of ultrasonic sound waves to make espresso-strength coffee with room-temperature water, cutting energy use by up to 75%. That morning coffee kick from a shot of espresso needs boiling water and high pressure—equaling plenty of energy consumption, right? https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-espresso-coffee-world.html Consumer & Gadgets Wed, 10 Jun 2026 11:23:22 EDT news700309384 Even though retired lithium-ion batteries often retain up to 80% of their capacity, significant economic value and climate benefits are currently being lost. A new article in Nature Reviews Clean Technology, involving researchers from Chalmers University of Technology, shows that the lack of reliable battery data is the main barrier to efficient battery reuse and recycling. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-ev-batteries-ai.html Energy & Green Tech Wed, 10 Jun 2026 10:40:02 EDT news700305962 It's no secret that the last few years have seen a massive explosion in the use of artificial intelligence for general information-gathering. An even more recent trend, though, is how large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini are increasingly being used for verifying and consuming news. Reports from the Pew Research Center over the last year found that 1 in 5 U.S. teens regularly use LLMs to get their news, while 1 in 4 young adults have reported using them for that purpose at least once. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-consequences-ai-accurate-news.html Consumer & Gadgets Wed, 10 Jun 2026 10:03:53 EDT news700304501 A bicycle robot from the Robotics and AI Institute (RAI) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has become the first to perform an unassisted acrobatic front flip. RAI calls the bicycle robot an ultra-mobility vehicle (UMV). It can reach a height of 3 feet (0.9 meters) and can jump from the floor onto a platform. The contributions of a Georgia Tech Ph.D. student helped make these feats possible through a robot control policy he developed. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-bike-robot-unassisted-front-flip.html Robotics Wed, 10 Jun 2026 09:00:05 EDT news700300381 Anthropic, maker of the Claude artificial intelligence (AI) models, made the most powerful version of its technology available to the general public on Tuesday while restricting its use in sensitive areas. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-anthropic-powerful-ai-safeguards.html Machine learning & AI Wed, 10 Jun 2026 04:10:06 EDT news700282159 Cornell researchers are investigating the potential for using artificial intelligence to give robots social intelligence—the ability to read facial cues, anticipate the needs of those around them, and function within society. The new study tested the ability of vision language models (VLMs)—AI systems that can interpret and generate both visual information and language—to predict whether a tense scenario in a short video would end well or badly, such as a toddler carrying an overly full mug of coffee. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-robots-chaos-human.html Robotics Tue, 09 Jun 2026 17:00:07 EDT news700241101 Can pure water store electrical energy? A research team led by Dr. Vasily Artemov within the Cluster of Excellence "BlueMat—Water-Driven Materials" at Hamburg University of Technology has now shown that it can. By confining water within nanometer-sized channels in clay minerals, the researchers created a supercapacitor capable of efficiently storing and transporting electrical charge. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-nanometer-channels-enable-safer-energy.html Energy & Green Tech Tue, 09 Jun 2026 16:40:01 EDT news700240141 The critical minerals that power lithium-ion batteries are in high demand and short supply, especially for the U.S., which must rely on importing resources such as nickel and cobalt to manufacture the technology. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-battery-spent-lithium-ion-cells.html Energy & Green Tech Tue, 09 Jun 2026 16:20:03 EDT news700231907 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 left the factory? https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-hidden-chip-threats.html Hardware Tue, 09 Jun 2026 14:40:03 EDT news700233961 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, classical or quantum, has asked its users to take the hardware's honesty on faith. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-quantum-chip-generates-certified-random.html Hardware Tue, 09 Jun 2026 13:40:06 EDT news700231004 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. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-mit-channel-ai-gestures-robot.html Robotics Tue, 09 Jun 2026 13:03:10 EDT news700228929 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. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-monolayer-wse-high-p-transistors.html Electronics & Semiconductors Tue, 09 Jun 2026 12:07:44 EDT news700225592