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Low-orbit satellites could soon offer millions of people worldwide access to high-speed communications, but the satellites' potential has been stymied by a technological limitation—their antenn...

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A group of Korean researchers have recently succeeded in developing new p-type semiconductor materials and thin-film transistors that will lead the innovation of the semiconductor industry. These...

https://techxplore.com/news/2024-09-p-semiconductor-materials-gen-displays.html

A fingertip device that closely mimics the sensation of interacting with real objects, developed by a team led by UCL researchers, paves the way for applications in diagnosing loss of touch, vide...

https://techxplore.com/news/2024-09-fingertip-device-enables-realistic-wide.html

With global demand for lithium-ion batteries fast depleting reserves of raw materials, experts are seeking safe, affordable and reliable alternatives for rechargeable batteries.

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Most rechargeable batteries that power portable devices, such as toys, handheld vacuums and e-bikes, use lithium-ion technology. But these batteries can have short lifetimes and may catch fire wh...

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A technology that can directly charge a battery from a smartphone screen has emerged. A research team affiliated with UNIST has unveiled a method of supplying energy directly from glass of buildi...

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The interface between electrodes and electrolytes largely contributes to the efficiency with which batteries convert energy. In recent years, many efforts aimed at developing better performing ba...

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A team of researchers from Texas A&M University, Sandia National Lab—Livermore, and Stanford University are taking lessons from the brain to design materials for more efficient computing. The n...

https://techxplore.com/news/2024-09-axon-mimicking-materials-efficient.html

Thanks to advances in microchips, today's smartphones are so powerful they would have been considered supercomputers in the early 1990s. But the rising ubiquity of artificial intelligence and the...

https://techxplore.com/news/2024-09-simulations-scientists-advance-energy-efficient.html

As the world transitions away from fossil fuels, the demand for rare earth elements (REEs) is only going to increase. These elements are vital to the production of technologies that will make the...

https://techxplore.com/news/2024-09-recovering-rare-earth-elements-coal.html

ChatGPT creator OpenAI on Thursday released a new series of artificial intelligence models designed to spend more time thinking—in hopes that generative AI chatbots provide more accurate and be...

https://techxplore.com/news/2024-09-openai-ai-eye-safety-accuracy.html

As artificial intelligence networks become more skilled and easier to access, digitally manipulated "deepfake" photos and videos are increasingly difficult to detect. New research led by Binghamt...

https://techxplore.com/news/2024-09-tools-ai-fingerprints-photos-videos.html

Batteries lose capacity over time, which is why older cellphones run out of power more quickly. This common phenomenon, however, is not completely understood.

https://techxplore.com/news/2024-09-discovery-longer-ev-batteries-hasten.html

Although interactive online platforms, including esports platforms, aim to foster close connections between people, they often fall short of supporting the creation of bonds between the interacti...

https://techxplore.com/news/2024-09-biosignals-online-gaming-partners-mutual.html

Accurate prediction of lithium battery lifespan is crucial for the proper functioning of electrical equipment. However, predicting battery lifespan accurately is challenging due to the nonlineari...

https://techxplore.com/news/2024-09-deep-battery-lifespan.html

Research at Michigan State University is focused on teaching robots to use colors to perceive, visualize, and interpret interactions when manipulating objects. A force-interpreting optical system...

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From search-and-rescue missions to orthopedic therapy and many other applications, soft robots and wearable electronic devices show great promise for many fields. However, designing them to be fu...

https://techxplore.com/news/2024-09-possibilities-soft-robots-flexible-electronics.html

A team of roboticists at the German Aerospace Center's Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics finds that combining traditional internal force-torque sensors with machine-learning algorithms can g...

https://techxplore.com/news/2024-09-combining-sensors-machine-algorithms-robots.html

Recent technological advances have enabled the development of a wide range of electronic devices designed to improve people's quality of life and assist them in completing their everyday activiti...

https://techxplore.com/news/2024-09-smart-mouthguard-users-devices-tongue.html

Imagine a set of flexible tactile sensors that adheres to the surface of your skin, offering customizable detection of biomechanical signals from various body parts. That fiction-like supermateri...

https://techxplore.com/news/2024-09-3d-micro-strain-gauges-capabilities.html

A research team led by Prof. Ye Hong from the University of Science and Technology of China has developed an alumina ceramic bionic wick with finger-like pores inspired by the stomatal array of n...

https://techxplore.com/news/2024-09-bio-wick-electronic-chip-cooling.html

Cornell University researchers have created microscale robots less than 1 millimeter in size that are printed as a 2D hexagonal "metasheet," but with a jolt of electricity, morph into preprogramm...

https://techxplore.com/news/2024-09-versatile-microscale-robots-3d.html

When a hurricane strikes, the most vulnerable are not always able to get out in time. UT Austin scientists are using supercomputers at the Texas Advanced Computing (TACC) to study how shared auto...

https://techxplore.com/news/2024-09-explores-vulnerable-populations-hurricanes-driverless.html

An iconic red shuttle bus ferries commuters and visitors along the winding streets of New York City's Roosevelt Island. But this isn't a typical sightseeing tour.

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An innovative energy harvester, capable of continuously producing electrical energy by utilizing the movement of the sodium ions contained in seawater, has been developed. This technology is anti...

https://techxplore.com/news/2024-09-energy-harvester-generates-electricity-seawater.html

Researchers at the University of Waterloo have designed an energy-efficient device that produces drinking water from seawater using an evaporation process driven largely by the sun.

https://techxplore.com/news/2024-09-energy-efficient-device-solar-power.html

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have developed a brain-inspired analog computing platform capable of storing and processing data in an astonishing 16,500 conductance states ...

https://techxplore.com/news/2024-09-neuromorphic-platform-significant-efficiency.html

Chronic low-frequency noise from vehicles, appliances, and industries takes a toll on mental health, causing stress and anxiety. Traditional acoustic silencers require bulky designs to achieve ef...

https://techxplore.com/news/2024-09-compact-meta-silencer-leverages-acoustic.html

Researchers at Rolls-Royce University Technology Centre (UTC) in Manufacturing and On-Wing Technology at the University of Nottingham have developed ultra-thin soft robots, designed for exploring...

https://techxplore.com/news/2024-09-multimodal-ultra-thin-soft-robots.html

Researchers from the University of Hertfordshire have developed a new algorithm that will allow robots to function more intuitively—that is, make decisions using their environment for guidance.

https://techxplore.com/news/2024-09-algorithm-robots-closer-intuition.html