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Engineering
Electronic skin improves temperature and pressure sensing for personalized prosthetics
An electronic skin with a sensing system that can detect pressure and temperature could someday help amputees gain feeling in their prosthetics. The work, led by Washington State University researchers and published in the ...
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Computer Sciences
Neural network approach makes AI uncertainty checks far more efficient
McGill University researchers have developed a more energy-efficient method of building AI systems that are better at measuring—and indicating—their own uncertainty. This will help users determine when human oversight is ...
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Robots learn new skills from a single video—in just 29 seconds
To operate reliably in dynamic real-world settings, robots should be able to acquire new skills quickly without undergoing extensive additional training. Most existing robotic systems, however, primarily perform well on the ...
Holographic laser printing makes 3D shapes—voids and all—in one shot
Researchers at the University of Utah's John and Marcia Price College of Engineering, in collaboration with researchers from The University of Texas at Austin, have demonstrated a new method of 3D printing that avoids the ...
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Coconut-blend fuel vs. jet fuel: Engines can't tell the difference, but the environment can
With airlines and consumers increasingly concerned about carbon, nitrogen and hydrocarbon emissions, biofuels have emerged as a green alternative. Among these, those made from coconut oil are particularly attractive because ...
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Electronics & Semiconductors
At 0.8 nanometers, carbon film may replace two layers in future chip wiring
As transistors inside microchips continue to shrink, the metal wiring that connects them is becoming a growing obstacle to faster, more energy-efficient chips. Narrower wires have greater electrical resistance, while smaller ...
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Miniature digger arm could significantly slash excavator training time
Anyone who's ever wrestled with a claw machine at an arcade can appreciate the difficulty of pulling and pushing joysticks in just the right way to get a mechanical arm to scoop up that one special toy. Coordinating the joysticks ...
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Security
Swarm-inspired AI may expose suspicious blockchain cash flows more effectively
An AI model inspired by ants, bees and birds could be key to cracking down on blockchain-based money laundering, new research led by Charles Darwin University (CDU) has found. The study is published in the journal Communications ...
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Machine learning & AI
AI helps turn citizen photos into water-level data
For the past 15 years, Christopher Lowry, Ph.D., has led CrowdHydrology, a University at Buffalo citizen-science project that relies on thousands of volunteers to collect water-level observations from streams and other waterways ...
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Software
Three-stage AI system rebuilds blurred, missing facial details in 30 seconds
Imagine finding a very old family photograph that has faded over time. Parts of the image are missing, the faces are blurry, and years spent inside a cardboard album have erased many details. Restoring such an image traditionally ...
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Engineering
Laser de-icing system helps nuclear power plants improve maintenance of a critical safety system
University of South Florida engineers have developed an innovative laser-based technology that is helping nuclear power plants solve a complex maintenance challenge affecting a critical reactor safety system. After four years ...
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Energy & Green Tech
Turning once-troublesome protons into an energy storage resource for batteries
A research team led by Sarah S. Park from the Department of Chemistry (KAIST) has developed a new electrode material that sequentially stores zinc ions (Zn²⁺) and protons in aqueous batteries. The material is based on a two-dimensional ...
Aug 19, 2026
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Hybrid magnetic device enables quantum-inspired secure communication at room temperature
MIT researchers have overcome a major challenge holding back the real-world deployment of microwave quantum technologies for advanced signal processing and secure communications.
Aug 19, 2026
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Hi Tech & Innovation
More is different when AI agent populations work together, study suggests
New research published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests that when artificial intelligence (AI) agents interact in groups, their number is not merely a technical detail. It is a decisive factor in ...
Aug 19, 2026
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Engineering
Inexpensive reflective tiles pave the way for millimeter wave wireless communications
Unlike Wi-Fi or cellular signals, millimeter-wave wireless communication channels are unable to pass through walls, furniture or other objects. This reality is part of what is holding back the implementation of millimeter-wave ...
Aug 19, 2026
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Hardware
'Oxygen tunnel' structure could solve 3D memory reliability problem to boost AI chip performance
As AI systems become more advanced, memory is required to transfer larger amounts of data at higher speeds. But conventional planar semiconductor scaling is running out of room. A KAIST research team has now addressed a key ...
Aug 19, 2026
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