Engineering
A bio-inspired robotic bird capable of mimicking the key movements of kestrels is helping researchers unravel the mysteries behind the species' exceptional hovering capabilities.
Jun 29, 2026
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Engineering
A team of engineers at Rice University and Kyung Hee University has developed a soft, shape-shifting mechanical surface that can respond to touch, sense its own movements and visually communicate changes in real time—an advance ...
Jun 29, 2026
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Robotics
Scientists from NTU Singapore and Waseda University have developed a flexible "diving suit" for cyborg cockroaches, enabling the insects to survive and move underwater and in low-oxygen environments for up to three hours. ...
Jun 29, 2026
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Security
Humans have been successfully trained to spot AI-generated faces in a study led by researchers at the Australian National University (ANU) Emotions and Faces Lab. The study, "Training Humans to Detect AI-generated Faces," ...
Jun 29, 2026
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Electronics & Semiconductors
In the race between the U.S. and China to develop artificial intelligence, the battle over hardware and computing power is heating up as Chinese companies like Huawei overtake global industry leaders like Nvidia in their ...
Jun 29, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
Working with car companies, battery developers and policymakers, University of Michigan researchers have developed a framework to help stakeholders navigate toward a future with better, more affordable and more sustainable ...
Jun 29, 2026
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Telecom
Preventing adversaries from interfering with communications is crucial to national security. Tactical satellite communications (SATCOM) focus on securing reliable communications channels against adversaries in contested environments. ...
Jun 29, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
Data centers, whose expansion is being fueled dramatically by the artificial intelligence boom, have a far bigger carbon footprint than previously estimated, a study said Tuesday.
Jun 30, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
One of our biggest "to-dos" on the path to net-zero is transportation. Electric vehicles are replacing internal combustion engines; public transit is expected to grow, while private vehicle use is likely to decrease. Buses ...
Jun 30, 2026
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Consumer & Gadgets
Two-wheeled vehicles with conventional stability-control systems must lean to change direction, making it difficult for rider-assistance systems to determine whether a rider is intentionally cornering or experiencing instability ...
Jun 30, 2026
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Engineering
Today's antipersonnel land mines are small and often have plastic casings that standard metal detectors cannot register. Geophysical techniques such as ground-penetrating radar, magnetometry and electromagnetic induction ...
Jun 30, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
Researchers at The University of Texas at El Paso have developed a way to 3D-print an essential battery component in nearly any shape. Their innovation could free engineers from the constraints of standard rechargeable battery ...
Jun 30, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
The key to making longer-lasting electric vehicle batteries may not be specialized materials or new chemistry, but simple physical pressure, according to new research.
Jun 30, 2026
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Engineering
Researchers have developed a new LiDAR approach that makes it possible to image small objects with much greater precision and accuracy than conventional LiDAR. The method could be useful for acquiring noncontact measurements ...
Jun 30, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
Solar energy is becoming increasingly popular in industries seeking alternatives to the conventional market, with its price fluctuations. In agriculture, solar panel installations are very common on farms, and in recent years, ...
Jul 1, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
Inside a second-floor lab at CU Boulder, Jack Manning and Jed Brubaker are resurrecting the dead. As the researchers look on, study volunteers log in to Zoom and chat with AI-generated representations of lost grandparents, ...
Jul 1, 2026
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Engineering
Most prosthetic hands today still struggle with a fundamental problem: No two amputees are the same, yet most devices are designed as if they are. That mismatch makes natural, intuitive control difficult, often turning what ...
Jul 1, 2026
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Robotics
Their metallic frames covered in supple, lifelike skin, a posse of new Chinese robots meant for companionship can offer users AI-generated conversation or a hand to hold, complete with manicured nails.
Jul 1, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
A Berlin-based team from HZB and Center for the Science of Materials Berlin (CSMB) at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin has set a new record for a tandem solar cell. Using a combination of a CIGS semiconductor layer and perovskite, ...
Jul 1, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
Researchers from North Carolina State University and Rice University have created a nontoxic, stretchable battery that operates by extracting moisture from the ambient environment—even in climates as dry as the desert. The ...
Jul 1, 2026
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Engineering
Like a delicate fabric that becomes damaged during drying, a promising next-generation battery material has faced an unexpected challenge: Removing water to improve performance can actually shorten battery life. Now, a Korean ...
Jul 1, 2026
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Engineering
A new manufacturing technique developed by Concordia researchers could make small wind turbines lighter, less expensive and easier to produce. Using a process known as 4D printing of composites, Ph.D. candidate Emad Fakhimi ...
Jul 2, 2026
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Hardware
Solving complex optimization problems is central to many modern technologies, from logistics and financial modeling to chip design, communications and artificial intelligence (AI). However, as these problems grow in size, ...
Jul 2, 2026
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Business
Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have produced a new analysis of underground natural gas storage sites around the country. The analysis can help guide future expansion of natural gas storage capacity, optimize ...
Jul 2, 2026
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Engineering
Additive manufacturing, such as 3D printing, provides an excellent opportunity to design metamaterials: materials with an engineered structure that leads to desired properties such as, for instance, resistance to vibrations. ...
Jul 2, 2026
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Engineering
Rowan University researchers have demonstrated a new method for repairing damage in advanced composite materials, offering a faster, more effective alternative to conventional repair techniques used in industries such as ...
Jul 2, 2026
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Robotics
Imagine you're running and you sprain your ankle. The pain makes you gingerly limp the rest of the way home. This is a great example of how nature adapts to failures in a system. The pain tells you: "If you continue running ...
Jul 2, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
The expansion of renewable energy is a cornerstone of climate policy. While wind energy is widely supported in principle, people living near wind turbines often experience the local consequences of the energy transition directly. ...
Jul 2, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries combine the abundance and affordability of sulfur with an energy storage capability far beyond that of current lithium-ion technologies. Practical deployment, however, has been slowed by a ...
Jul 3, 2026
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Robotics
Engineers at Queen Mary University of London have built a new color-changing tactile sensor, which allows robots to "see" and touch in real-time. The novel idea was invented by Giacomo Sasso, a postdoctoral researcher at ...
Jul 3, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
Recently, it has been argued that a rapid transition is unjust—particularly because of concerns about mining critical minerals, including for EVs. Specific concerns have been raised about deaths among artisanal and small-scale ...
Jul 3, 2026
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Internet
In the last year or so, artificial intelligence companies have rolled out a spate of web browsers equipped with AI agents. A user might ask one of these agents to plan a vacation, and it will open browser tabs to research ...
Jul 3, 2026
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Automotive
Indian officials said Friday they had taken down two smartphone apps following reports that some e-rickshaws could be remotely shut down, exploiting a security gap in the budget vehicles.
Jul 3, 2026
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Business
Google and Amazon this week reported sharp increases in greenhouse gas emissions, driven by the frantic construction of artificial intelligence infrastructure that is pushing the tech giants further from their carbon-neutrality ...
Jul 3, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
Thirty seconds before kick-off, humanoid robot footballers in red and blue jerseys await the referee's signal in the South Korean port city of Incheon.
Jul 3, 2026
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Superconductivity, a phenomenon in which electricity flows without resistance, is considered the core of quantum computers and next-generation power technologies. However, the exact states electrons undergo before superconductivity ...
Jul 4, 2026
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Consumer & Gadgets
AI tools used to generate, edit or contextualize social media posts can introduce hidden biases that spread through online networks and shape public opinion, according to new research from the Oxford Internet Institute (OII) ...
Jul 5, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
A research team led by Jihee Yoon of the Advanced Materials Research Division (Korea Institute of Materials Science; KIMS), in collaboration with a team led by Insung Hwang of Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI), ...
Jul 5, 2026
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