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Tech Xplore / 3D-printed magnetoelastic smart pen may help diagnose Parkinson's

Every year, tens of thousands of people with signs of Parkinson's disease go unnoticed until the incurable neurodegenerative condition has already progressed.

Jul 4, 2025 in Engineering
Tech Xplore / Robotic probe quickly measures semiconductor properties to accelerate solar panel development

Scientists are striving to discover new semiconductor materials that could boost the efficiency of solar cells and other electronics. But the pace of innovation is bottlenecked by the speed at which researchers can manually ...

Jul 4, 2025 in Robotics
Tech Xplore / Pilot program integrates AI-generated notes with human community notes on X platform

X (formerly Twitter) launched its "Community Notes" program in 2021 to combat misinformation by allowing users to add contextual notes on posts that might be deceptive or lead to misinterpretation. An example would be users ...

Jul 4, 2025 in Computer Sciences
Tech Xplore / Playing games with robots makes people see them as more humanlike

The more we interact with robots, the more human we perceive them to become—according to new research from the University of East Anglia, published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance.

Jul 4, 2025 in Robotics
Tech Xplore / Quantum machine learning improves semiconductor manufacturing for first time

Semiconductor processing is notoriously challenging. It is one of the most intricate feats of modern engineering due to the extreme precision required and the hundreds of steps involved, such as etching and layering, to make ...

Tech Xplore / Young children outperform state-of-the-art AI in visual object recognition

As artificial intelligence (AI) rapidly grows—a recent UN Trade and Development report projects the global AI market soaring to $4.8 trillion by 2033—the technology seems equipped to handle any task. Driving cars. Analyzing ...

Jul 3, 2025 in Machine learning & AI
Tech Xplore / ReSURF: Stretchable, self-healing water quality sensor enables ultrafast surveillance

Clean, safe water is vital for human health and well-being. It also plays a critical role in our food security, supports high-tech industries, and enables sustainable urbanization. However, detecting contamination quickly ...

Jul 3, 2025 in Engineering
Tech Xplore / Centaur: AI that thinks like us—and could help explain how we think

Researchers at Helmholtz Munich have developed an artificial intelligence model that can simulate human behavior with remarkable accuracy. The language model, called Centaur, was trained on more than ten million decisions ...

Jul 2, 2025 in Computer Sciences
Tech Xplore / Striking parallels between biological brains and AI during social interaction suggest fundamental principles

UCLA researchers have made a significant discovery showing that biological brains and artificial intelligence systems develop remarkably similar neural patterns during social interaction. This first-of-its-kind study reveals ...

Jul 2, 2025 in Machine learning & AI
Tech Xplore / Spongy material and the sun's power remove salt from seawater

Most of Earth's water is in the oceans and too salty to drink. Desalination plants can make seawater drinkable, but they require large amounts of energy. Now, researchers reporting in ACS Energy Letters have developed a sponge-like ...

Jul 2, 2025 in Engineering
Tech Xplore / Tough fuel cell can stabilize power grid by making and storing energy in extreme industrial conditions

To build a modern-day electrical grid with the flexibility and resilience to handle ebbing and flowing energy sources like solar and wind power, West Virginia University engineers have designed and successfully tested a fuel ...

Jul 2, 2025 in Engineering
Tech Xplore / Cheaper energy bills: AI-created materials could cool cities and spacecraft

New materials developed using machine learning and artificial intelligence could, among other things, keep your house cooler and reduce energy bills.

Jul 2, 2025 in Engineering