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Tech Xplore / Say what's on your mind, and AI can tell what kind of person you are

If you say a few words, generative AI will understand who you are—maybe even better than your close family and friends. A new University of Michigan study found that widely available generative AI models (e.g., ChatGPT, ...

Jan 30, 2026 in Consumer & Gadgets
Tech Xplore / Novel membrane boosts water electrolysis performance in low-alkalinity conditions

As green hydrogen emerges as a key next-generation clean energy source, securing technologies that enable its stable and cost-effective production has become a critical challenge. However, conventional water electrolysis ...

Jan 30, 2026 in Energy & Green Tech
Tech Xplore / Study solves key micro-LED challenges, enabling 'reality-like' visuals for AR/VR devices

From TVs and smartwatches to rapidly emerging VR and AR devices, micro-LEDs are a next-generation display technology in which each LED—smaller than the thickness of a human hair—emits light on its own. Among the three ...

Tech Xplore / 'Thermal diode' design promises to improve heat regulation, prolonging battery life

New technology from University of Houston researchers could improve the way devices manage heat, thanks to a technique that allows heat to flow in only one direction. The innovation is known as thermal rectification, and ...

Jan 30, 2026 in Engineering
Tech Xplore / A new flexible AI chip for smart wearables is thinner than a human hair

The promise of smart wearables is often talked up, and while there have been some impressive innovations, we are still not seeing their full potential. Among the things holding them back is that the chips that operate them ...

Tech Xplore / New light-emitting artificial neurons could run AI systems more reliably

Over the past decades, computer scientists have developed increasingly advanced artificial intelligence (AI) systems that perform well on various tasks, including the analysis or generation of images, videos, audio recordings ...

Tech Xplore / Tiny silicon structures compute with heat, achieving 99% accurate matrix multiplication

MIT researchers have designed silicon structures that can perform calculations in an electronic device using excess heat instead of electricity. These tiny structures could someday enable more energy-efficient computation. ...

Tech Xplore / Heat from deep underground could help power global clean energy transition

New technologies developed to extract oil and gas from deep within Earth have also opened the door to accessing super-high temperature heat just about anywhere. These enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) could play a valuable ...

Jan 29, 2026 in Energy & Green Tech
Tech Xplore / CRAFT printing method makes affordable, realistic replicas as structurally complex as a human hand

Researchers have developed a new method for 3D printing objects with very different properties, including levels of hardness and transparency, on a pixel-by-pixel basis while using commonly available materials and inexpensive ...

Jan 29, 2026 in Engineering
Tech Xplore / Speeding the path to synthetic jet fuel with AI, automation and biosensors

When it comes to powering aircraft, jet engines need dense, energy-packed fuels. Right now, nearly all of that fuel comes from petroleum, as batteries don't yet deliver enough punch for most flights. Scientists have long ...

Jan 29, 2026 in Energy & Green Tech
Tech Xplore / Stacked ionic cells inspired by electric rays generate over 100V for small electronics

Inspired by electric rays that generate high voltages through stacked electrocytes, researchers at UNIST have developed a novel energy harvesting technology that mimics this biological mechanism. Unlike electric rays, which ...

Jan 29, 2026 in Energy & Green Tech
Tech Xplore / Emoticons can confuse LLMs, causing 'silent failures' in coding responses

Large language models (LLMs), artificial intelligence (AI) systems that can process and generate texts in various languages, are now widely used by people worldwide. These models have proved to be effective in rapidly sourcing ...

Jan 28, 2026 in Computer Sciences