AI driving up innovation investment: UN
Artificial intelligence is fueling a rebound in investment in innovation, with corporate research and development spending reaching record highs, the United Nations said Tuesday.
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Strategically placed sensors reveal shifting hot-cold boundary inside industrial heat storage tanks
Industrial processes generate large amounts of heat that often cannot be used immediately. One reason is that the supply of heat and demand for it often occur at different times. Thermal energy storage systems can bridge ...
Sep 29, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
AI often leaves out minority languages—but some communities are turning it into a lifeline
There's plenty of warranted anxiety about the effect artificial intelligence (AI) will have on social and economic inequality.
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Energy & Green Tech
Gravity as guardian: The power of passive safety in advanced nuclear reactors
When a nuclear power plant shuts down, the heat from the reactor doesn't disappear right away. Even after the chain reaction stops, the fuel continues to give off what scientists call decay heat. In the event of an unplanned ...
Sep 29, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
Research provides evidence-based practical tools to reduce ultra-low temperature freezer energy costs
A cross-functional team comprised of researchers, supply chain management, and facilities leadership, at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), has developed and tested a practical approach to help research institutions ...
Sep 29, 2026
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Security
Nvidia unveils security platform to stop AI agents from going rogue
Nvidia on Monday unveiled a new security platform designed to stop artificial intelligence agents from going rogue, saying it sets "boundaries" that could have stopped previous breaches.
Sep 28, 2026
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Consumer & Gadgets
Misleading AI-generated summaries can distort human memory
AI-generated summaries are becoming increasingly prevalent—from news article previews to workplace meeting transcriptions to high-stakes settings like police body camera footage—despite studies showing that AI can generate ...
Sep 28, 2026
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Self-powered artificial synapse combines sensing and memory in flexible electronics
Neuromorphic devices, which are designed to emulate aspects of biological neural networks, are promising candidates for low-power, intelligent sensing technologies, including wearable applications.
Sep 28, 2026
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Internet
AI chatbots give us a narrow slice of knowledge: Researchers warn of 'knowledge collapse'
For many of us, "Let me just ask the chatbot" has become an everyday phrase. Where we used to turn to Google to find information, AI chatbots have become a common way to get answers to everything from what to make for dinner ...
Sep 28, 2026
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Engineering
Saltwater sensor turns touch into electrical signals like skin, with prosthetic potential
You pick up a fragile glass from the table. Without thinking about it, you feel its surface against your fingertips and continuously adjust your grip. You hold it firmly enough to keep it from slipping out of your hand, but ...
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