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Tech Xplore / Winter could cut electric air taxi range by up to 22%, simulations suggest
Electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, often described as "flying cars," represent the next generation of transportation. By taking off vertically, these vehicles can potentially be used in cities without ...
Tech Xplore / Team unlocks large-scale Fourier transforms for analog in-memory computing
Fourier transforms are mathematical calculations that can be used to identify the frequencies that make up a signal and shed light on their individual contributions. These transforms have been used, for example, to unveil ...
Tech Xplore / Scientists give hard-to-recycle wind turbine blades a second life
From intense UV radiation and extreme temperatures to wind gusts and lightning strikes, wind turbine blades are engineered to withstand some of the harshest conditions. But that durability becomes a problem at the end of ...
Tech Xplore / Inspired by honeycombs, a low-cost cooling structure lasts over 100 million cycles
As global demand for cooling continues to grow, the urgent need for sustainable refrigeration technologies is becoming increasingly evident. Conventional vapor-compression systems remain energy-intensive, while the refrigerants ...
Tech Xplore / Three new techniques target hidden AI backdoors without major performance losses
Researchers have demonstrated three new techniques to prevent so-called "backdoor attacks," which induce malicious or undesirable behavior in AI models. The researchers have also proposed a concept that would repurpose backdoor ...
Tech Xplore / Harnessing atomic structure to advance next-generation memory storage
The growth of artificial intelligence has increased demand for more efficient data storage. Instead of adding bulk to satiate this appetite, researchers at Washington University in St. Louis are working to increase memory ...
Tech Xplore / Newly-developed paint could keep your home cooler and lower energy bills
A special white paint developed at the University of South Florida could offer a new way to cool buildings, reduce energy consumption and lessen reliance on air conditioning. Created in the lab of Distinguished University ...
Tech Xplore / Engineers adapt laser physics trick to deliver heat on demand
When a process needs a burst of heat, a steady supply may not be enough. Storing thermal energy and delivering it quickly are challenges for applications such as sterilization, cleaning or starting up distillation systems. ...
Tech Xplore / AI learns from the products of thinking, not thought itself. That's a problem for machines—and for us
When you walk through a gallery, admiring the paintings on the walls, what you are seeing are finished products. They are the result of countless hours of learning and practice and trial and error, but none of that is on ...
Tech Xplore / Nonflammable gel membrane could help batteries run twice as long on a single charge
A new polymer electrolyte to replace lithium ions in batteries is the result of research carried out by a team from the Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering (DCMIC) "Giulio Natta" at Politecnico di ...
Tech Xplore / Target fabrication achieves new precision through additive manufacturing
What happens when additive manufacturing meets target fabrication engineering? An impossibly small, submillimeter-scale cone that can be manufactured 10 times faster than before, enabling new target configurations for experiments ...
Tech Xplore / Let there be light—novel AI framework runs on optical hardware
Artificial intelligence is increasingly pervasive and capable but is also very hungry for power. Researchers, including those at the University of Tokyo, have developed a new approach to building physics-based AI—systems ...
