Tech Xplore news
Tech Xplore / AI researchers suggest open LLMs are not as open as claimed
A trio of AI researchers from Cornell University, Signal Foundation, and Now Institute have published a Perspective piece in the journal Nature, arguing that well-known open LLMs are not nearly as open as their makers claim.
Tech Xplore / Tandem solar cells made from perovskite and organic material break efficiency record
Trying to improve the efficiency of solar cells to become independent from fossil energy sources is a major goal of solar cell research. A team led by physicist Dr. Felix Lang from the University of Potsdam, Prof. Lei Meng ...
Tech Xplore / Image-based sexual abuse removal tools are vulnerable to generative AI attacks, research reveals
A team of researchers from the Department of Information Security at Royal Holloway, University of London have highlighted major privacy risks in technologies designed to help people permanently remove image-based sexual ...
Tech Xplore / Study introduces new approaches to engineer stable and robust perovskite solar cells
Perovskites are materials with advantageous optoelectronic properties that could be used to develop more affordable photovoltaics (PVs). While in recent years engineers were able to significantly improve the power-conversion ...
Tech Xplore / 3D printing approach for shape-changing materials means better biomedical, energy, robotics devices
An Oregon State University researcher has helped create a new 3D printing approach for shape-changing materials that are likened to muscles, opening the door for improved applications in robotics as well as biomedical and ...
Tech Xplore / Enhanced 3D electrode design stores electricity four times faster than before
A new 3D design for electrodes enables the Battolyser, a battery and electrolyzer in one, to store twice the amount of electricity it could previously hold and do so four times faster. Researchers from Delft University of ...
Tech Xplore / Autonomous vehicle safety: PreFixer makes sensor hardware swaps less dangerous
Devices called encoders, located inside the sensors on autonomous cars, convert motion and other information acquired on the road into electrical signals that can then be used as feedback for the software running the vehicle ...
Tech Xplore / Engineers develop filter-free microbubble air purification system inspired by human respiratory tract
A research team has developed an eco-friendly air purification system using microbubble filters instead of conventional solid filters.
Tech Xplore / Proof-of-concept study demonstrates self-assembling electronics
Researchers have demonstrated a new technique for self-assembling electronic devices. The proof-of-concept work was used to create diodes and transistors, and paves the way for self-assembling more complex electronic devices ...
Tech Xplore / Skin conductance offers a camera-free way to read emotions
Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have used measurements of skin conductance over time to tell emotions apart. Volunteers were shown videos depicting fearful scenes, family bonding, and humor, while their skin ...
Tech Xplore / Smallest walking robot makes microscale measurements
Cornell researchers in physics and engineering have created the smallest walking robot yet. Its mission: to be tiny enough to interact with waves of visible light and still move independently, so that it can maneuver to specific ...
Tech Xplore / Bendable electronic parts can heat up by themselves to lower the manufacturing temperature barrier
A research team has developed a technology to manufacture high-performance liquid process-based electronic parts at lower temperatures than what was previously possible by harnessing the heat of combustion generated in materials.