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Wave-shaped wall and roof designs can protect against hurricane-force winds
Florida State University faculty are helping build stronger structures by examining how wave-shaped patterns on exterior walls and roofs reduce wind loads on low-rise buildings by up to 60%.
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Solar cells gain efficiency by emitting light in fewer directions
Solar cells absorb sunlight and convert it into electricity. This process, however, is not perfect, and a large part of the solar energy is simply lost along the way. Some of it is lost as heat, while photons with insufficient ...
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Agentic AI turns simple language into self-guided X-ray scans of microelectronics
Science has increasingly used artificial intelligence (AI) as a kind of microscope—sorting data, analyzing images and revealing hidden patterns. Now a new shift is underway: AI that not only breaks down data but also helps ...
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Atomically thin transistors could transform computing by surpassing silicon's switching limit
For decades, silicon transistors have driven computational power, and scientists have devoted much of their time to making them smaller. That is because shrinking these tiny electronic switches that make up computer chips ...
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New sensor system tracks coughs in a room—without knowing who's coughing
A team of Binghamton University researchers has developed a sensor system aimed at helping medical professionals more efficiently monitor how many people are coughing—and potentially spreading a disease—within a given area.
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Telecom
Laser-sculpted bumps that guide light around obstacles could make fiber-optic communications faster and more reliable
University of Maryland (UMD) assistant professor Avik Dutt and research colleagues have demonstrated a new way to control light precisely by using microscopic structures created on the surface of hair-thin glass fibers.
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In rain and darkness, how should self-driving cars trust their sensors?
Many of today's self-driving cars "see" the road through two senses at once. Cameras capture color, texture and the outline of a pedestrian, while light detection and ranging (LiDAR) fires laser pulses to measure exactly ...
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Consumer & Gadgets
Out-of-sync sleep schedules may steer people toward AI for dating and job assessments
Life often gets in the way of going to bed in sync with our circadian rhythm and getting enough sleep. Work, school and other social commitments can pull our schedules out of step, and scientists call this mismatch social ...
Computer Sciences
New index preserves AI search accuracy as records are added and deleted
When new information is continually added and old information is removed, an AI system may fail to find the correct material even when that material exists. KAIST researchers have developed a vector database technology that ...
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Engineering
Modular tire design aims to cut waste and monitor road conditions
Although tires are a vehicle's sole point of contact with the road, their basic design has barely changed in decades. Once worn down, millions of tons of tire casings—whose main structure remains intact—end up as difficult-to-manage ...
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Engineering
New light-element crystal framework paves the way for safer all-solid-state batteries
All-solid-state lithium batteries using nonflammable solid electrolytes are widely recognized as promising candidates for next-generation energy storage because of their superior safety and fast-charging capability. However, ...
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Engineering
Bone meets tendon: 3D-printed structures mimic body's compact link between stiff and flexible tissues
Nature has spent millions of years optimizing the connection between bone and tendon. Over a very short distance, the body transitions from stiff bone to flexible tendon while maintaining strength and durability. Reproducing ...
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Energy & Green Tech
'Wireless energy internet' roadmap charts path to light, heat and motion without batteries
Wireless charging has already transformed how people power phones, wearables and even electric vehicles. The next leap is to advance wireless technologies beyond delivering electrical energy to directly producing nonelectrical ...
Oct 5, 2026
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Hardware
Atom-thin material could overcome key transistor bottleneck for next-generation computer chips
If computer chips could be built from semiconductors just one atom thick, they could pack far more transistors into a smaller space while using less power. So far, however, the technology has been held back by the weakness ...
Engineering
Tunnel tests track large supercooled water droplets that can reach beyond current aircraft ice protection
NASA is leveraging its expertise and enhancing its test facilities to help address a rare but persistent aviation hazard: icing that occurs when aircraft encounter unusually large, very cold water droplets in clouds.
Oct 5, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
Tires instead of a plug: Electric buses that charge during operation
From the street straight into the battery: Researchers have developed a wireless charging system that charges electric buses via their wheels at bus stops. This technology is expected to significantly reduce the costs of ...
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