Engineering
A research team affiliated with UNIST has unveiled a novel surface processing technique that prolongs the lifespan of lithium-metal batteries (LMBs) while reducing explosion risk.
May 26, 2025
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Security
A group of AI researchers at Ben Gurion University of the Negev, in Israel, has found that despite efforts by large language model (LLM) makers, most commonly available chatbots are still easily tricked into generating harmful ...
May 26, 2025
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Unlike fish, jellyfish lack bones and possess a sole rudimentary nerve net, yet they can travel considerable distances with minimal energy expenditure. A jellyfish's seemingly effortless glide through the water is thanks ...
May 26, 2025
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Engineering
Researchers at the School of Engineering of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) have developed a novel elastic alloy called Ti78Nb22, which achieves remarkable efficiency for solid-state heat pumping ...
May 26, 2025
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Computer Sciences
A new tool has been developed to better assess the performance of AI models. It was developed by bioinformaticians at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and the Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical ...
May 26, 2025
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Automotive
In 2024, 1,040 accidents were recorded on Spanish roads, in addition to minor collisions and other driving problems. The causes of these accidents include speeding, adverse weather conditions and substance abuse, but also ...
May 26, 2025
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Machine learning & AI
Can machines ever see the world as we see it? Researchers have uncovered compelling evidence that vision transformers (ViTs), a type of deep-learning model that specializes in image analysis, can spontaneously develop human-like ...
May 26, 2025
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Engineering
From smartphones and TVs to credit cards, technologies that manipulate light are deeply embedded in our daily lives, many of which are based on holography. However, conventional holographic technologies have faced limitations, ...
May 27, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
Batteries are nearing their limits in terms of how much power they can store for a given weight. That's a serious obstacle for energy innovation and the search for new ways to power airplanes, trains, and ships. Now, researchers ...
May 27, 2025
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Business
Next-generation battery technologies play an important role in the energy and mobility transition. A research team from the Universities of Münster (Germany) and Cambridge (United Kingdom) and the Fraunhofer Research Institution ...
May 27, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
Researchers have resolved a long-standing challenge in high-Ni cathode materials, a key component of next-generation electric vehicle (EV) batteries. The team successfully reidentified the location of residual Li compounds, ...
May 27, 2025
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Consumer & Gadgets
When it comes to public attitudes toward using self-driving cars, understanding how the vehicles work is important—but so are less obvious characteristics like feelings of excitement or pleasure and a belief in technology's ...
May 27, 2025
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Machine learning & AI
Can large language models (LLMs) reason by analogy? Some outputs suggest that they can, but it has been argued that these results reflect mimicry of the results of analogical reasoning in the models' training data.
May 27, 2025
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Automotive
Sales of cars made by Elon Musk's Tesla slumped by more than half in April as Chinese electric carmakers saw their share surge, the continent's manufacturing association said Tuesday.
May 27, 2025
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Robotics
Specialized robots that can both fly and drive typically touch down on land before attempting to transform and drive away. But when the landing terrain is rough, these robots sometimes get stuck and are unable to continue ...
May 28, 2025
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Machine learning & AI
A leading large language model displays behaviors that resemble a hallmark of human psychology: cognitive dissonance.
May 28, 2025
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Consumer & Gadgets
Large language models (LLMs), such as the model underpinning the functioning of the popular conversational platform ChatGPT, are now widely used by people worldwide to source information, as well as to summarize, analyze ...
May 28, 2025
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Engineering
A team of international researchers led by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia has developed a new composite material made of acrylate that enhances the performance of solar cells. Adhering ...
May 28, 2025
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Robotics
In the ocean sciences, robots provide views of the unexplored and can navigate environments not safely accessible to humans. Such dangerous settings make up the majority of Earth's oceans.
May 28, 2025
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Robotics
Scientists have created the first soft robots that can walk straight out of the machines that make them.
May 28, 2025
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Engineering
An NYU Tandon-led research team has developed a novel technique to significantly enhance the performance of cadmium telluride (CdTe) solar cells. Unlike conventional silicon panels that use thick layers of silicon, these ...
May 28, 2025
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Machine learning & AI
The advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) and the study of neurobiological processes are deeply interlinked, as a deeper understanding of the former can yield valuable insight about the other, and vice versa. Recent ...
May 29, 2025
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Machine learning & AI
Two and a half years since ChatGPT rocked the world, scientist and writer Gary Marcus still remains generative artificial intelligence's great skeptic, playing a counter-narrative to Silicon Valley's AI true believers.
May 29, 2025
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Business
Lightweight, powerful lithium-ion batteries are crucial for the transition to electric vehicles, and global demand for lithium is set to grow rapidly over the next 25 years. A new analysis from the University of California, ...
May 29, 2025
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Robotics
A small team of roboticists at Robotic Systems Lab, ETH Zurich, in Switzerland, has designed, built and tested a four-legged robot capable of playing badminton with human players.
May 29, 2025
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Computer Sciences
An AI system that learns language autonomously develops a language structured in the same way as human language. And just as we humans learn from previous generations, AI models get better when they take advantage of the ...
May 29, 2025
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Engineering
Fuel cells that run on hydrogen are efficient and emit water vapor instead of exhaust. But so far, the technology is still expensive and therefore not competitive with the electric motor alternative.
May 29, 2025
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Computer Sciences
Artificial intelligence isn't always a reliable source of information: large language models (LLMs) like Llama and ChatGPT can be prone to "hallucinating" and inventing bogus facts. But what if AI could be used to detect ...
May 29, 2025
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Robotics
A team of roboticists and AI specialists at the Robotics & Artificial Intelligence Lab in Korea has designed, built and successfully tested a four-legged robot that is capable of conducting high-speed parkour maneuvers. In ...
May 30, 2025
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Robotics
A University of Nebraska–Lincoln engineering team is another step closer to developing soft robotics and wearable systems that mimic the ability of human and plant skin to detect and self-heal injuries.
May 30, 2025
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Business
When a series of snowstorms rocked Texas in February 2021, widespread power outages knocked out electricity service for more than 10 million people, some for more than three days. The state suffered economic losses estimated ...
May 30, 2025
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Electronics & Semiconductors
A research study led by Oxford University has developed a powerful new technique for finding the next generation of materials needed for large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computing. This could end a decades-long search ...
May 30, 2025
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Software
A research team has developed autonomous driving software that allows inexpensive sensors to detect transparent obstacles such as glass walls, providing an alternative to high-performance sensors. This technology can be used ...
May 30, 2025
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Computer Sciences
As artificial intelligence takes off, how do we efficiently integrate it into our lives and our work? Bridging the gap between promise and practice, Jann Spiess, an associate professor of operations, information, and technology ...
May 30, 2025
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Business
Google recently unveiled the next phase of its artificial intelligence (AI) journey: "AI mode".
May 30, 2025
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Robotics
Over the past decades, roboticists have introduced various systems that can replicate specific human motions and behaviors with remarkable accuracy. Some of these robots can even compete with other robots or humans in specific ...
May 31, 2025
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Automotive
A top industry group had a stern rebuke Saturday for automakers fueling a "price war," a week after Chinese EV giant BYD announced sweeping trade-in discounts, with multiple competitors following suit.
May 31, 2025
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Business
For Silicon Valley venture capitalists, the world has split into two camps: those with deep enough pockets to invest in artificial intelligence behemoths, and everyone else waiting to see where the AI revolution leads.
Jun 1, 2025
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Hi Tech & Innovation
In a Los Angeles theater, a trench coat-wearing Neo bends backwards to dodge bullets that spiral over the viewer's head, as the sound of gunfire erupts from everywhere.
Jun 1, 2025
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Other
A few metro stops from Rotterdam's Ahoy Arena, chatter is already flowing among gaming fans—TwitchCon passes swinging from their necks, animal ears perched on their heads.
Jun 1, 2025
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Internet
Google said Saturday it will appeal a ruling against it for anti-competitive practices in online search, a day after urging a US judge to reject the suggestion it spin off its Chrome browser.
Jun 1, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
To reduce radiation across Japan's northern Fukushima region after the 2011 nuclear disaster, authorities scraped a layer of contaminated soil from swaths of land.
Jun 1, 2025
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Consumer & Gadgets
Nintendo hopes to match the runaway success of the Switch when its leveled-up new console hits shelves Thursday, with strong early sales expected despite the gadget's high price.
Jun 1, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
One of the most carbon-polluting countries, India is also making huge efforts to harness the power of the sun, wind and other clean energy sources.
Jun 1, 2025
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