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Tech Xplore / 'We're already living in science fiction': The neurotech revolution

From translating thoughts into words to allowing paralyzed people to walk, the field of neurotechnology has been quietly surging ahead, raising hopes of medical breakthroughs—and profound ethical concerns.

18 hours ago in Hi Tech & Innovation
Tech Xplore / Your chatbot doesn't love you: The 'illusion' of social AI

Every day, millions of people talk to chatbots and AI assistants such as ChatGPT, Replika and Gemini, but what kind of "relationships" are we really forming with them?

16 hours ago in Consumer & Gadgets
Tech Xplore / Humans can no longer tell AI music from the real thing: Survey

It has become nearly impossible for people to tell the difference between music generated by artificial intelligence and that created by humans, according to a survey released Wednesday.

18 hours ago in Consumer & Gadgets
Tech Xplore / Mapping AI's brain reveals memory and reasoning are not located in the same place

Researchers studying how large AI models such as ChatGPT learn and remember information have discovered that their memory and reasoning skills occupy distinct parts of their internal architecture. Their insights could help ...

Nov 11, 2025 in Computer Sciences
Tech Xplore / Porous separators boost efficiency of electrolyzers for carbon monoxide reduction

Electrolyzers, devices that use electricity to drive desired chemical reactions, could enable the production of clean hydrogen (H2) gas from water (H2O) and the conversion of carbon dioxide (CO2) into useful fuels or industrial ...

Nov 11, 2025 in Engineering
Tech Xplore / Spray 3D concrete printing simulator boosts strength and design

Concrete 3D printing reduces both time and cost by eliminating traditional formwork, the temporary mold for casting. Yet most of today's systems rely on extrusion-based methods, which deposit material very close to a nozzle ...

Nov 11, 2025 in Engineering
Tech Xplore / Mind readers: How large language models encode theory-of-mind

Imagine you're watching a movie, in which a character puts a chocolate bar in a box, closes the box and leaves the room. Another person, also in the room, moves the bar from a box to a desk drawer. You, as an observer, know ...

Nov 11, 2025 in Computer Sciences
Tech Xplore / Once considered quality problems, substrate defects now enable precise control of semiconductor crystal growth

A team led by researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) has made a breakthrough in semiconductor development that could reshape the way we produce computer chips, optoelectronics and quantum computing devices.

Nov 11, 2025 in Engineering
Tech Xplore / Why companies don't share AV crash data, and how they could

Autonomous vehicles (AVs) have been tested as taxis for decades in San Francisco, Pittsburgh and around the world, and trucking companies have enormous incentives to adopt them.

Nov 11, 2025 in Business
Tech Xplore / Engineered living materials with bacterial spores show promise for self-healing and sustainability

Bacterial spores—the hardy survival structures formed by certain bacterial species—are proving to be a game changer in the field of engineered living materials (ELMs). By embedding Bacillus spores within ELMs, Jeong-Joo ...

Nov 11, 2025 in Engineering
Tech Xplore / Fractal-based metamaterial improves sound fields in car cabins

Car enthusiasts will pay hundreds of dollars for stereo systems that will improve the sound quality in their cars. However, the inherent directionality of speakers and complex shapes of car cabins can exacerbate sound disparities ...

Nov 11, 2025 in Hi Tech & Innovation
Tech Xplore / AI agents open door to new hacking threats

Cybersecurity experts are warning that artificial intelligence agents, widely considered the next frontier in the generative AI revolution, could wind up getting hijacked and doing the dirty work for hackers.

Nov 11, 2025 in Security