Electronics & Semiconductors
A new approach could help make future AI chips smaller and more energy-efficient. A KAIST-led research team has used a single material to address one of the major obstacles facing atomically thin semiconductors: the difficulty ...
Sep 16, 2026
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Engineering
Deicing technologies often rely on heat to melt ice. But University of Texas at Dallas researchers have found that, under extreme cold, making ice even colder can weaken its grip on surfaces.
Sep 16, 2026
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Engineering
Storing energy as heat is a proven pathway to address the challenge solar power faces when it's dark or cloudy outside by enabling the capture, storage and on-demand release of thermal energy. The process, called high-temperature ...
Sep 16, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
The Canadian computer scientist Yoshua Bengio, considered one of the founders of AI, told AFP that humanity is "losing control" of the technology and that the world needs guardrails similar to nuclear arms controls.
Sep 16, 2026
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Computer Sciences
MIT researchers have created a computing platform that could be used to develop intelligent and adaptive next-generation electronics that can perform multiple functions, like computing and memory, within one extremely compact, ...
Sep 16, 2026
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Engineering
The Smart Materials research unit, coordinated by Athanassia Athanassiou, deputy scientific director of the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT-Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia) in Genoa, Italy, has developed a new method ...
Sep 16, 2026
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Computer Sciences
Researchers at Maynooth University (MU) have developed a first-of-its-kind DNA computer, described as one of the most complex and fastest molecular computers yet reported.
Sep 16, 2026
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Engineering
Western University engineers have taken a major step toward solving a long-standing challenge in nuclear power. Their study, published in Nature Communications, describes for the first time how hydrogen can combine with zirconium ...
Sep 16, 2026
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Consumer & Gadgets
AI-generated texts are increasingly perceived as human, but people can still recognize human writing as such. However, this distinction becomes much more difficult once AI is explicitly instructed to come across as human. ...
Sep 15, 2026
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Engineering
Scientists have used an X-ray detector on a sounding rocket, a type of research rocket that flies to the edge of space, then returns to Earth within minutes, to document metal dendrites—the branching structures that form ...
Sep 15, 2026
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