Engineering
For weeks, the whiteboard in the lab was crowded with scribbles, diagrams, and chemical formulas. A research team across the Olivetti Group and the MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub (CSHub) was working intensely on a key problem: ...
Jun 2, 2025
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Electronics & Semiconductors
As artificial intelligence and smart devices continue to evolve, machine vision is taking an increasingly pivotal role as a key enabler of modern technologies. Unfortunately, despite much progress, machine vision systems ...
Jun 2, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
An emerging technology to make lithium-ion batteries safer and more powerful involves using solid rather than liquid electrolytes, the materials that make it possible for ions to move through the device to generate power.
Jun 2, 2025
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Business
To meet Europe's demand for green hydrogen, governments and the private sector have high hopes for production in Africa. A study led by the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and published in Nature Energy has now shown ...
Jun 2, 2025
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Engineering
Researchers have created dynamic structures that leap into the air on a predetermined schedule without intervention from computers or external stimuli. Precisely when these "metashells" jump, and how high they jump, is engineered ...
Jun 2, 2025
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Internet
Free access to information online is a vital component of democratic societies. However, something that is taken for granted in this country is by no means possible everywhere.
Jun 2, 2025
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Your home's thermostat relies on a sensor to determine when to switch the heat or air conditioning on or off. These wireless sensors are at the core of the so-called "Internet of Things," enabling smart devices to collect ...
Jun 2, 2025
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Recent technological advances have enabled the development of a wide range of increasingly sophisticated wearable and implantable devices, which can be used to monitor physiological signals or intervene with high precision ...
Jun 3, 2025
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Engineering
Hydrogen has the potential to be a climate-friendly fuel since it doesn't release carbon dioxide when used as an energy source. Currently, however, most methods for producing hydrogen involve fossil fuels, making hydrogen ...
Jun 3, 2025
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Perovskite solar cells are gaining attention as the next generation of solar technology due to their high efficiency, flexibility, and potential for printing. Although lead-based perovskite has been used in high-efficiency ...
Jun 3, 2025
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Computer Sciences
When you're trying to communicate or understand ideas, words don't always do the trick. Sometimes the more efficient approach is to do a simple sketch of that concept—for example, diagramming a circuit might help make sense ...
Jun 3, 2025
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Business
An international research collaboration has recently uncovered a potential privacy abuse involving Meta and the Russian tech giant Yandex. They found that native Android apps—including Facebook, Instagram, and several Yandex ...
Jun 3, 2025
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Between upgrades and breakdowns to cellphones, tablets, laptops, and appliances, so many electronics are getting tossed in the trash that they've taken on a name of their own: e-waste.
Jun 3, 2025
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Security
Will quantum computers crack cryptographic codes and cause a global security disaster? You might certainly get that impression from a lot of news coverage, the latest of which reports new estimates that it might be 20 times ...
Jun 3, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
IMDEA Materials researchers have made an important breakthrough in improving the safety of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), powering everything from smartphones to electric vehicles.
Jun 4, 2025
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Computer Sciences
A trio of AI researchers at KAIST AI, in Korea, has developed what they call a Chain-of-Zoom framework that allows the generation of extreme super-resolution imagery using existing super-resolution models without the need ...
Jun 4, 2025
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Computer Sciences
Even with all its training and computer power, an artificial intelligence (AI) tool like ChatGPT can't represent the concept of a flower the way a human does, according to a new study.
Jun 4, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
A new study finds that machine learning can help reduce textile manufacturing waste by more accurately mapping how colors will change during the dyeing process.
Jun 4, 2025
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Machine learning & AI
Whether you're streaming a show, paying bills online or sending an email, each of these actions relies on computer programs that run behind the scenes. The process of writing computer programs is known as coding. Until recently, ...
Jun 4, 2025
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Engineering
One-pot recipes make preparing meals quick and easy. And one-pot 3D-printing could do the same for additive manufacturing.
Jun 4, 2025
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Engineering
Engineers at RMIT University in Australia have converted low-grade clay into a high-performance cement supplement, opening a potential new market in sustainable construction materials.
Jun 4, 2025
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Hardware
Researchers at the University of Tartu Institute of Computer Science introduce a novel approach to reducing electronic waste and advancing sustainable data processing: turning old smartphones into tiny data centers.
Jun 5, 2025
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Internet
Connectivity is no longer a luxury—it is the backbone of how we live, work and move through the world. From smart homes to wearable tech, we rely on strong, seamless wireless networks. But with traditional radio frequency ...
Jun 5, 2025
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Engineering
Harnessing just 2% of the energy potential from tidal and offshore solar sources could make a significant dent in global CO2 emissions, new research has found.
Jun 5, 2025
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Robotics
Ready for that long-awaited summer vacation? First, you'll need to pack all items required for your trip into a suitcase, making sure everything fits securely without crushing anything fragile.
Jun 5, 2025
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Automotive
The idea of the front brake light has been around for some time, but no vehicle manufacturer has as yet implemented it. A research team led by Ernst Tomasch from the Institute of Vehicle Safety at Graz University of Technology ...
Jun 5, 2025
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Engineering
A team of physicists from the University at Albany has proposed scientifically rigorous methods for documenting and analyzing Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) building upon the work of numerous past and present researchers ...
Jun 5, 2025
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Machine learning & AI
Given the recent explosion of large language models (LLMs) that can make convincingly human-like statements, it makes sense that there's been a deepened focus on developing the models to be able to explain how they make decisions. ...
Jun 5, 2025
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Engineering
Oregon State University researchers are gaining a more detailed understanding of emissions from wood-burning stoves and developing technologies that allow stoves to operate much more cleanly and safely, potentially limiting ...
Jun 6, 2025
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Engineering
Intensity interferometry is a promising technique that enables the precise measurement of spatial properties (i.e., distances, shapes and light properties) by probing fluctuations in the intensity (i.e., brightness) of light, ...
Jun 6, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
The photovoltaic industry has witnessed a remarkable breakthrough with the advent of lead halide perovskite solar cells (LHPSCs), which have achieved outstanding power conversion efficiencies (PCEs); 25% in single-junction ...
Jun 6, 2025
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Business
EU countries have backed a plan to allow airlines to incur longer flight delays before having to compensate passengers—a contested move intended to be offset by several new passenger rights.
Jun 6, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
The head of submarine mining pioneer The Metals Company told AFP he had "no doubt" the Canadian firm would be the first to extract coveted minerals from the deep seas, with help from Donald Trump.
Jun 6, 2025
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Artificial intelligence 's use in movie making is exploding. And a young film festival, now in its junior year, is showcasing what this technology can do on screen today.
Jun 6, 2025
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Business
Amazon has agreed to clamp down on fake online reviews of products advertised on its UK site, Britain's competition regulator said Friday.
Jun 6, 2025
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Business
Empathy, the ability to understand what others are feeling and emotionally connect with their experiences, can be highly advantageous for humans, as it allows them to strengthen relationships and thrive in some professional ...
Jun 7, 2025
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Automotive
Last weekend a pedestrian in Perth tragically died after being struck by an e-scooter.
Jun 7, 2025
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Business
Pressure is on Apple to show it hasn't lost its magic despite broken promises to ramp up iPhones with generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) as rivals race ahead with the technology.
Jun 8, 2025
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Business
International regulation of tech giants, intellectual property reform, and preparation for workforce disruption must be prioritized by policymakers as artificial intelligence transforms society.
Jun 8, 2025
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Machine learning & AI
This week, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation revealed two men suspected of bombing a fertility clinic in California last month allegedly used artificial intelligence (AI) to obtain bomb-making instructions. The FBI did ...
Jun 8, 2025
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