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Engineering
Humidity unlocks hidden power of ions in generating static electricity
Professor Dong-Myeong Shin and his team from the Department of Mechanical Engineering under the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) shed light on the contribution of ions in electric charge transfer, ...
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Novel 'ink' for light-based 3D printing enables color-changing, conducting polymer structures
A new type of "ink" makes it possible to 3D print electrochemically switchable, conducting polymers using a light-based process. Researchers from the universities of Heidelberg and Stuttgart have succeeded in making so-called ...
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How can people hand over packages comfortably to delivery robots?
A research team from the Cognitive Neurotechnology Unit and the Visual Perception and Cognition Laboratory, Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Toyohashi University of Technology, investigated human behavior ...
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Waymo is hitting the highway. Here's what to know about the robotaxi's expanded service
Waymo is hitting the highway. The company said starting Wednesday its robotaxis—already a common sight on some city streets—are expanding their routes to freeways and interstates around San Francisco, Los Angeles and ...
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Energy & Green Tech
Stirling engine generates mechanical power by linking Earth's warmth to space
Engineers at the University of California, Davis, have invented a device that can generate mechanical power at night by linking the natural warmth around us to the cold depths of space. The invention could be used, for example, ...
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Energy & Green Tech
The next frontier in clean flight? Jet fuel from city waste
Aviation currently contributes about 2.5% of total global carbon emissions, and with air travel demand expected to double by 2040, cutting those emissions has become a pressing priority. One path forward is sustainable aviation ...
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Rubber electronics are first to offer complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor functionality
Researcher Cunjiang Yu and his research team, including several of his former students, have announced a significant milestone in materials and electronics engineering: the creation of what they call "rubbery CMOS," which ...
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Consumer & Gadgets
When AI draws our words: Study finds image generators fail basic instructions despite aesthetic success
Can we really trust artificial intelligence to illustrate our ideas? A team of scientists has examined the capabilities of Midjourney and DALL·E—two Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) software programs—to produce ...
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Engineering
Overestimated semiconductor performance metrics: Researchers uncover main culprit
A research team affiliated with UNIST has uncovered a critical flaw in the performance evaluation metrics that have long guided researchers in semiconductor development. This discovery raises concerns that the commonly used ...
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Computer Sciences
Self-adapting LLMs behave more like students to absorb new knowledge
In an MIT classroom, a professor lectures while students diligently write down notes they will reread later to study and internalize key information ahead of an exam.
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Engineering
Feeling is believing: Making prosthetic limbs and virtual reality feel more real
Virtual reality and prosthetics are advancing rapidly thanks to technological innovations, but both are still missing one key element—a sense of touch, also known as haptic feedback.
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Engineering
Breathe easy: Innovative device removes 94% of airborne pathogens from indoor air
With winter approaching and people spending more time indoors, the quality of the air they breathe becomes increasingly important, especially during cold and flu season.
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Engineering
Morphing 3D-printed structures from flat to curved—in space
Because it's costly and cumbersome to transport large structures such as satellite dishes into space, aerospace Ph.D. student Ivan Wu and his advisor, Jeff Baur, at The Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois ...
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Flexible display cools surfaces, offering energy-efficient alternative to traditional signs
Electronic signs are all around us, giving directions or advertising the latest gadget. In ACS Energy Letters, researchers report that they've developed a dynamic display technology that dissipates heat instead of generating ...
Nov 12, 2025
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Engineering
Building hypersonic planes won't demand a significantly different design approach, study suggests
Hypersonic planes could fly from Sydney to Los Angeles in just an hour. What's standing in the way of such ultra-fast planes becoming reality is our understanding of how the turbulence they generate as they fly at such high ...
Nov 12, 2025
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Security
Five minutes of training boosts ability to spot AI-generated fake faces
Five minutes of training can significantly improve people's ability to identify fake faces created by artificial intelligence, new research shows.
Nov 12, 2025
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