Energy & Green Tech
When using electric vehicles or smartphones, users often experience inconvenience from long charging times and gradually shortening battery life. To increase charging speed and extend usage time, next-generation batteries ...
Nov 9, 2026
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Internet
Nearly a third of adults in the U.S. do not get enough sleep. A recent surge in attention to this issue raises serious concerns about its long-term health implications, and new research suggests that it can lead to hazardous ...
Nov 9, 2026
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Consumer & Gadgets
As the engines of artificial intelligence, large data centers can consume as much power as medium-sized cities, straining grids and prompting expensive upgrades to U.S. energy infrastructure. New research finds that residents, ...
Nov 9, 2026
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Researchers have demonstrated a new password authentication technique for use in virtual reality (VR) settings, which allows users to choose directions rather than numbers. The approach supports the same number of possible ...
Nov 9, 2026
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Engineering
Topology optimization is a computer design method that can help engineers design beams using reduced amounts of concrete and steel. But those intricate shapes produced from the tool are often too complex or expensive to pour ...
Nov 9, 2026
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Robotics
Humans are intuitive by nature. We can sense meaning beyond the literal words that we encounter. Now, a new artificial intelligence–assisted learning platform developed by MIT engineers is enabling robots to read larger meaning ...
Nov 9, 2026
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Engineering
Today, a scientist who wants to simulate a physical process must pick the right tool for that one job, such as a solver built for flowing water or another designed to model the way a protein folds. Each one is hand-coded ...
Nov 9, 2026
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Robotics
In recent months, artificial intelligence agents that can reason, plan and use external tools to accomplish multistep tasks have already reshaped computer coding, online shopping, dinner reservations and cyberattacks.
Nov 9, 2026
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Security
Researchers have demonstrated three new techniques to prevent so-called "backdoor attacks," which induce malicious or undesirable behavior in AI models. The researchers have also proposed a concept that would repurpose backdoor ...
Nov 6, 2026
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Engineering
The growth of artificial intelligence has increased demand for more efficient data storage. Instead of adding bulk to satiate this appetite, researchers at Washington University in St. Louis are working to increase memory ...
Nov 6, 2026
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