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Tech Xplore / Tiny spectrometer measures light across broad spectrum and fits on a smartphone
Researchers have successfully demonstrated a spectrometer that is orders of magnitude smaller than current technologies and can accurately measure wavelengths of light from ultraviolet to the near-infrared. The technology ...

Tech Xplore / Cost effective method developed for co-packaging photonic and electronic chips
The future of digital computing and communications will involve both electronics—manipulating data with electricity—and photonics, or doing the same with light. Together the two could allow exponentially more data traffic ...

Tech Xplore / New haptic technology adds the sense of touch to virtual reality
USC scientists have developed a wearable system that enables more natural and emotionally engaging interactions in shared digital spaces, opening new possibilities for remote work, education, health care and beyond.

Tech Xplore / Researchers test the trustworthiness of AI by teaching it to play sudoku
Artificial intelligence tools called large language models (LLMs), such as OpenAI's ChatGPT or Google's Gemini, can do a lot these days—dispensing relationship advice, crafting texts to get you out of social obligations ...

Tech Xplore / Building a high rise out of wood? Cross-laminated timber could make it possible
A new study finds that adopting cross-laminated timber as a primary construction material could have significant environmental benefits, from carbon storage to global reforestation and increased forest cover.

Tech Xplore / Advances in lithium-ion battery recycling enhance critical metal recovery and reduce carbon emissions
Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are widely used in consumer electronics, electric vehicles, and renewable energy systems, making efficient recycling crucial for sustainability. A research team led by Prof. Dan Tsang, Professor ...

Tech Xplore / Bioinspired artificial muscles enable robotic limbs to push, lift and kick
Future robots could soon have a lot more muscle power. Northwestern University engineers have developed a soft artificial muscle, paving the way for untethered animal- and human-scale robots. The new muscles, or actuators, ...

Tech Xplore / Researchers identify carbon contamination as key barrier in gallium oxide electronics
Cornell researchers have uncovered a nearly invisible culprit hindering the development of next-generation, high-power electronics: a microscopic layer of carbon contamination, often left behind by air exposure and fabrication ...

Tech Xplore / Robotic space rovers keep getting stuck. Engineers have figured out why
When a multimillion-dollar extraterrestrial vehicle gets stuck in soft sand or gravel—as did the Mars rover Spirit in 2009—Earth-based engineers take over like a virtual tow truck, issuing a series of commands that move ...

Tech Xplore / Meta's wristband breakthrough lets you use digital devices without touching them
Could Meta be on the verge of transforming how we interact with our digital devices? If the company's latest innovation takes off, we might soon be controlling our computers, cell phones and tablets with a simple flick of ...

Tech Xplore / A human-inspired pathfinding approach to improve robot navigation
For robots to be successfully introduced in a wider range of real-world settings, they should be able to safely and reliably navigate rapidly changing environments. While roboticists and computer scientists have introduced ...

Tech Xplore / AI tackles notoriously complex equations, enabling faster advances in drug and material design
It can take years for humans to solve complex scientific problems. With AI, it can take a fraction of the time.