Electronics & Semiconductors
In recent years, many engineers have been trying to develop hardware components that could emulate the functions of various biological systems, including synapses, the human skin and nerves. These bio-inspired systems include ...
Mar 24, 2025
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Robotics
A joint research team has successfully developed a next-generation soft robot based on liquid. The research was published in Science Advances.
Mar 24, 2025
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Business
A team of computer scientists and financial specialists at University College London has developed a tool to track the coordination efforts of pump-and-dump crypto coin scheme manipulators. They have published a paper on ...
Mar 24, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
A research team has developed a technology that can significantly increase the efficiency of eco-friendly solar cells. The solar cells they developed showed increased power conversion efficiency of up to 8.26%, compared with ...
Mar 24, 2025
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Robotics
How many robots does it take to screw in a lightbulb? The answer is more complicated than you might think. New research from Northeastern University upends the riddle by making a robot that is both flexible and sensitive ...
Mar 24, 2025
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Engineering
A team of engineers, chemists and materials scientists in China and the U.S. has found a material that can be used to dramatically speed up charging time for lithium batteries without loss of capacity. In their study published ...
Mar 24, 2025
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Engineering
As the world makes more use of renewable energy sources, new battery technology is needed to store electricity for the times when the sun isn't shining, and the wind isn't blowing.
Mar 24, 2025
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Robotics
Imagine a robot that can walk, without electronics, and only with the addition of a cartridge of compressed gas, right off the 3D-printer. It can also be printed in one go, from one material.
Mar 25, 2025
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Electronics & Semiconductors
A research team has developed the world's first smartphone-type OLED panel that can freely transform its shape while simultaneously functioning as a speaker—all without sacrificing its ultra-thin, flexible properties.
Mar 25, 2025
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Business
Tesla sales plunged in the European Union in the first two months of the year, auto industry figures showed Tuesday, as Elon Musk's politics and aging models may be turning consumers away.
Mar 25, 2025
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Consumer & Gadgets
From virtual reality to rehabilitation and communication, haptic technology has revolutionized the way humans interact with the digital world. While early haptic devices focused on single-sensory cues like vibration-based ...
Mar 25, 2025
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Engineering
By using new geometric shapes in shock-absorbing material, researchers at the Universities of Gothenburg and Isfahan have developed a bicycle helmet that provides better protection against head injuries. The material absorbs ...
Mar 25, 2025
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Engineering
More than 40,000 bridges in the United States are deemed structurally deficient, and as many as 221,000 are deemed in need of repair, according to the American Road & Transportation Builders Association. Florida International ...
Mar 25, 2025
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Engineering
The beginning of 2025 saw wildfires sweep through Los Angeles—leaving a trail of devastation, destroying thousands of homes and displacing many more LA residents. According to reports as of early February 2025, more than ...
Mar 25, 2025
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Security
In an era where data privacy concerns loom large, a new approach in artificial intelligence (AI) could reshape how sensitive information is processed.
Mar 26, 2025
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Consumer & Gadgets
Imagine an automated delivery vehicle rushing to complete a grocery drop-off while you are hurrying to meet friends for a long-awaited dinner. At a busy intersection, you both arrive at the same time. Do you slow down to ...
Mar 26, 2025
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Hardware
More than seven years ago, cybersecurity researchers were thoroughly rattled by the discovery of Meltdown and Spectre, two major security vulnerabilities uncovered in the microprocessors found in virtually every computer ...
Mar 26, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
Artificial Intelligence (AI) can perform complex calculations and analyze data faster than any human, but to do so requires enormous amounts of energy. The human brain is also an incredibly powerful computer, yet it consumes ...
Mar 26, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
Sometimes cell phones die sooner than expected or electric vehicles don't have enough charge to reach their destination. The rechargeable lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries in these and other devices typically last hours or days ...
Mar 26, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
Chibueze Amanchukwu wants to fix batteries that haven't been built yet. Demand for batteries is on the rise for EVs and the grid-level energy storage needed to transition Earth off fossil fuels. But more batteries will mean ...
Mar 26, 2025
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Security
Large Language Models (LLMs) have rapidly become an integral part of our digital landscape, powering everything from chatbots to code generators. However, as these AI systems increasingly rely on proprietary, cloud-hosted ...
Mar 26, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
Photovoltaic (PV) solutions, which are designed to convert sunlight into electrical energy, are becoming increasingly widespread worldwide. Over the past decades, engineers specialized in energy solutions have been trying ...
Mar 27, 2025
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Imagine navigating a virtual reality with contact lenses or operating your smartphone underwater: This and more could soon be a reality thanks to innovative e-skins.
Mar 27, 2025
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Hardware
A smaller, lighter and more energy-efficient computer, demonstrated at the University of Michigan, could help save weight and power for autonomous drones and rovers, with implications for autonomous vehicles more broadly.
Mar 27, 2025
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Machine learning & AI
Hype is growing from leaders of major AI companies that "strong" computer intelligence will imminently outstrip humans, but many researchers in the field see the claims as marketing spin.
Mar 27, 2025
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Robotics
Scientists from TU Delft and EPFL have created a quadruped robot capable of running like a dog without the need for motors. This achievement, a product of combining innovative mechanics with data-driven technology, was published ...
Mar 27, 2025
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Computer Sciences
Most computers run on microchips, but what if we've been overlooking a simpler, more elegant computational tool all this time? In fact, what if we were the computational tool?
Mar 27, 2025
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Engineering
When it comes to haptic feedback, most technologies are limited to simple vibrations. But our skin is loaded with tiny sensors that detect pressure, vibration, stretching and more. Now, Northwestern University engineers have ...
Mar 27, 2025
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Consumer & Gadgets
A new study published in Frontiers in Computer Science investigated if placing smartphones just out of our reach while we're at work influenced device use for activities not related to work.
Mar 28, 2025
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have demonstrated that a single, standard silicon transistor, the fundamental building block of microchips used in computers, smartphones and almost every electronic ...
Mar 28, 2025
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Software
South Korean game publisher Krafton released early access to its life simulation game "InZOI" Friday, hoping its powerful lifelike graphics will unseat the decades-long dominance of "The Sims" hit franchise.
Mar 28, 2025
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Anyone who develops an AI solution sometimes goes on a journey into the unknown. At least at the beginning, researchers and designers do not always know whether their algorithms and AI models will work as expected or whether ...
Mar 28, 2025
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Engineering
Hydrogen is increasingly gaining attention as a promising energy source for a cleaner, more sustainable future. Using hydrogen to meet the energy demands for large-scale applications such as utility infrastructure will require ...
Mar 28, 2025
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Automotive
Self-driving vehicles are becoming more commonplace on our roads but the traffic legislation keeping them in check is not up to speed, according to new research led by Charles Darwin University (CDU).
Mar 28, 2025
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Business
Chinese tech titan Tencent is set to invest $1.25 billion in French video game maker Ubisoft, in exchange for a 25% stake in a new subsidiary of the "Assassin's Creed" publisher.
Mar 28, 2025
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Consumer & Gadgets
Amazon has disabled two key privacy features in its Alexa smart speakers, in a push to introduce artificial intelligence-powered "agentic capabilities" and turn a profit from the popular devices.
Mar 29, 2025
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Researchers at Columbia Engineering have for the first time used DNA to help create 3D electronically operational devices with nanometer-size features.
Mar 29, 2025
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Business
Elon Musk has sold social media site X to his own xAI artificial intelligence company in a $33 billion all-stock deal, the billionaire announced on Friday.
Mar 29, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
In a northern Tunisian olive grove, Yassine Khelifi's small workshop hums as a large machine turns olive waste into a valuable energy source in a country heavily reliant on imported fuel.
Mar 29, 2025
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Engineering
In a potential step toward sending small spacecraft to the stars, researchers have developed an ultra-thin, ultra-reflective membrane designed to ride a column of laser light to incredible speeds.
Mar 30, 2025
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Robotics
Many of the robotic systems developed in the past decades are inspired by four-legged (i.e., quadruped) animals, such as dogs, cheetahs and horses. By replicating the agile movements of these animals, quadruped robots could ...
Mar 30, 2025
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Business
Has Apple, the biggest company in the world, bungled its generative artificial intelligence strategy?
Mar 30, 2025
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