https://techxplore.com/ en-us Tech Xplore internet news portal provides the latest news on electronics, technology, and engineering. An international research team has demonstrated a new approach to 4D-printed shape-morphing implants that opens the door to increasingly personalized health care. The findings, outlined in the journal Additive Manufacturing, highlight how material degradation can be used to trigger controlled shape change of implanted material. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-02-harnessing-degradation-pave-precise-responsive.html Engineering Mon, 09 Feb 2026 17:50:05 EST news689862219 Soft robots made out of flexible, biocompatible materials are in high demand in industries from health care to manufacturing, but precisely designing and controlling such robots for specific purposes is a perennial challenge. What if you could 3D print a soft robot with predictable shape-morphing capabilities already built in? Harvard 3D printing experts have shown it's possible. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-02-rotating-nozzle-3d-air-powered.html Robotics Mon, 09 Feb 2026 15:40:51 EST news689874001 Researchers at Monash University and the University of Melbourne have developed a quantum-inspired approach to optical wireless communication that promises to make 6G networks faster, more reliable and energy-efficient. As the world moves toward 6G, devices and networks will need to handle more data, faster, and in smaller spaces than ever before. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-02-quantum-wireless-technology-tackle-6g.html Telecom Mon, 02 Feb 2026 08:04:41 EST news689241841 Power sources used in devices found in or around biological tissue must be flexible and nontoxic, while still powerful enough to support demanding technologies such as medical devices or soft robotics. To achieve this balance, researchers at Penn State are taking inspiration from a "shocking" place—electric eels. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-01-electric-eel-biology-powerful-gel.html Energy & Green Tech Wed, 28 Jan 2026 15:15:33 EST news688835702 Britain's competition watchdog said Wednesday that Google should give news sites and content creators the choice to opt out of having their online content scraped to feed its AI overviews. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-01-uk-google-publishers-opt-ai.html Internet Wed, 28 Jan 2026 09:52:58 EST news688816338 When Daniel Graham, an associate professor in the University of Virginia School of Data Science, talks about the future of intelligent systems, he does not begin with the usual vocabulary of cybersecurity or threat mitigation. Instead, he focuses on quality assurance and on how to build digital and physical systems we can trust. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-01-future-ai-safety-quality.html Security Tue, 27 Jan 2026 19:00:01 EST news688737150 Gemstones like precious opal are beautiful to look at and deceivingly complex. As you look at such gems from different angles, you'll see a variety of tints glisten, causing you to question what color the rock actually is. It's iridescent thanks to something called structural color—microscopic structures that reflect light to produce radiant hues. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-01-morphochrome-pairs-software-handheld-device.html Software Tue, 20 Jan 2026 17:15:29 EST news688151702 A UCLA-led, multi-institution research team has discovered a metallic material with the highest thermal conductivity measured among metals, challenging long-standing assumptions about the limits of heat transport in metallic materials. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-01-newly-metallic-material-thermal-upends.html Engineering Tue, 20 Jan 2026 16:00:04 EST news688146714 The key to future technologies can sometimes be found in the past. What Ravi Kishore is working to perfect, for example, has its origins in the 19th century imaginations of Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-01-thermomagnetic-generator-harvests-ocean-temperature.html Engineering Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:00:04 EST news688143016 A new material provides high-performance conversion of heat into electricity, offering a way to make electronic devices more efficient. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-01-p-thin-power.html Electronics & Semiconductors Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:56:22 EST news688143361 A research team affiliated with UNIST has introduced a novel, high-performance, and thermally stable polymer-based non-volatile analog switch. This next-generation device is as thin and flexible as vinyl, yet capable of withstanding high temperatures. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-01-durable-polymer-based-flexible-rf.html Electronics & Semiconductors Tue, 20 Jan 2026 09:55:25 EST news688125301 Researchers at UNSW have developed a new type of motor that spins, not with rigid components, but with a droplet of liquid metal. The breakthrough could transform soft robotics, flexible electronics, and medical devices. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-01-liquid-metal-powers-kind-motor.html Electronics & Semiconductors Mon, 19 Jan 2026 10:04:37 EST news688039360 A team of engineers has made major strides in generating the tiniest earthquakes imaginable. The team's device, known as a surface acoustic wave phonon laser, could one day help scientists make more sophisticated versions of chips in cellphones and other wireless devices—potentially making those tools smaller, faster and more efficient. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-01-earthquake-chip-tech-smartphones-smaller.html Engineering Wed, 14 Jan 2026 11:00:14 EST news687521343 A research team led by Professor Su-Il In of the Department of Energy Science & Engineering at DGIST has achieved a breakthrough improvement in the performance of the radiation absorber, a key component of perovskite-based betavoltaic batteries, by applying additive engineering and antisolvent process control techniques. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-01-perovskite-based-betavoltaic-battery-high.html Engineering Tue, 13 Jan 2026 21:20:01 EST news687540001 Meta Platforms Inc. is beginning to cut more than 1,000 jobs from the company's Reality Labs division, part of a plan to redirect resources from virtual reality and metaverse products toward AI wearables and phone features. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-01-meta-job-shifts-metaverse-ai.html Business Tue, 13 Jan 2026 20:10:03 EST news687540074 Organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) are widely used in smartphones and TVs thanks to their excellent color reproduction and thin, flexible planar structure. However, internal light loss has limited further improvements in brightness. KAIST researchers have now developed a technology that more than doubles OLED light-emission efficiency while maintaining the flat structure that is a key advantage of OLED displays. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-01-oled-screen-brightness-flat-display.html Engineering Mon, 12 Jan 2026 11:46:44 EST news687440761 As devices from toys to cars get smarter at the Consumer Electronics Show, gadget makers are grappling with a shortage of memory needed for them to work. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-01-ai-gobbling-memory-chips-essential.html Electronics & Semiconductors Fri, 09 Jan 2026 05:00:11 EST news687156624 Assistive devices that enable those who can no longer move their bodies to control wheelchairs or communicate by moving only their eyes function by using eye-tracking technologies, but these technologies often have limitations due to their size and weight. https://techxplore.com/news/2025-12-powered-eye-tracker-harnesses-energy.html Engineering Wed, 07 Jan 2026 11:00:10 EST news686207958 An ultrathin ferroelectric capacitor, designed by researchers from Japan, demonstrates strong electric polarization despite being just 30 nm thick including top and bottom electrodes—making it suitable for high-density electronics. Using a scandium-doped aluminum nitride film as the ferroelectric layer, the team achieved high remanent polarization even at reduced thicknesses. This breakthrough demonstrates good compatibility with semiconductor devices combining logic circuits and memory, paving the way for compact and efficient on-chip memory for future technologies. https://techxplore.com/news/2025-12-ultrathin-ferroelectric-capacitors-compact-memory.html Hardware Mon, 29 Dec 2025 08:40:04 EST news686216132 Single-phase power factor correction (PFC) circuits—a kind of front-end AC/DC converters—are ubiquitous in a variety of consumer electronic devices, including laptop adapters, LED driver power supplies, and portable chargers. They enhance the current quality drawn from the source, delivering stable DC voltage with high efficiency. https://techxplore.com/news/2025-12-power-factor-sensorless-enable-smaller.html Consumer & Gadgets Thu, 18 Dec 2025 13:17:14 EST news685286221 Metal halide perovskites are promising for next-generation high-efficiency photovoltaic and optoelectronic devices due to excellent tunable properties and solution processability. Recent fabrication techniques (such as spin coating, blade coating, and slot-die coating) have boosted perovskite solar cell power conversion efficiency (PCE) to record levels but face limitations in large-area manufacturing, deposition on complex or curved surfaces, and in-situ fabrication. https://techxplore.com/news/2025-12-confined-crystallization-strategy-spray-coated.html Electronics & Semiconductors Wed, 17 Dec 2025 08:59:29 EST news685184341 What many engineers once saw as a flaw in organic electronics could actually make these devices more stable and reliable, according to new research from the University of Surrey and Joanneum Research Materials. https://techxplore.com/news/2025-12-transistor-limitation-scientists.html Engineering Thu, 11 Dec 2025 14:52:28 EST news684687122 MIT researchers have developed a new fabrication method that could enable the production of more energy efficient electronics by stacking multiple functional components on top of one existing circuit. https://techxplore.com/news/2025-12-materials-boost-energy-efficiency-microelectronics.html Hardware Thu, 11 Dec 2025 11:00:01 EST news684672666 Amazon.com Inc.'s new Kindle Scribe Colorsoft is the company's most serious effort yet to turn its e-reader into a productivity tool. But with a starting price of $630—making it the priciest Kindle yet—Amazon will need to persuade even its most loyal readers that the upgrade is worth it. https://techxplore.com/news/2025-12-amazon-ai-priciest-kindle-date.html Consumer & Gadgets Thu, 11 Dec 2025 07:21:00 EST news684660028 Smart gadgets collect vast amounts of our personal data through their apps. It's usually unclear why the manufacturers need this information or what they do with it. And I don't just mean smartphones. All kinds of devices are quietly mining us, and few people have any idea it's happening. https://techxplore.com/news/2025-12-air-fryers-tvs-personal-gadgets.html Security Tue, 09 Dec 2025 18:10:04 EST news684510114 A new doctoral dissertation from the University of Vaasa, Finland, argues that health care cybersecurity will remain fragile unless technology, humans and organizational processes are treated as a single unified system. According to doctoral researcher Pius Ewoh, the health care sector needs socio-technical solutions rather than purely technical defenses to protect patient data and maintain trust. https://techxplore.com/news/2025-12-people-software-pose-bigger-health.html Software Mon, 08 Dec 2025 14:32:25 EST news684426722 A research team at the Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS) has developed a high-performance heat-dissipating composite material that achieves both eco-friendliness and low-cost processing. https://techxplore.com/news/2025-12-strong-material-egg-whites-cool.html Electronics & Semiconductors Fri, 05 Dec 2025 09:56:11 EST news684150905 Vanderbilt researchers have developed a lightweight wearable device that shifts body armor weight off the shoulders and back of soldiers, helping reduce pain and injury risk. https://techxplore.com/news/2025-12-wearable-device-offloads-body-armor.html Engineering Fri, 05 Dec 2025 08:39:11 EST news684146341 EPFL scientists have integrated discarded crustacean shells into robotic devices, leveraging the strength and flexibility of natural materials for robotic applications. https://techxplore.com/news/2025-12-bio-hybrid-robots-food-functional.html Robotics Thu, 04 Dec 2025 07:51:29 EST news684057061 A new device uses focused sound cues to keep users grounded amid digital distractions, with possible benefits for anxiety and ADHD as well. https://techxplore.com/news/2025-12-audio-augmented-wearable-aims-mindfulness.html Consumer & Gadgets Wed, 03 Dec 2025 14:35:20 EST news683994901