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Tech Xplore / BEAST-GB model combines machine learning and behavioral science to predict people's decisions
A key objective of behavioral science research is to better understand how people make decisions in situations where outcomes are unknown or uncertain, which entail a certain degree of risk.
Tech Xplore / Low-power 'microwave brain' on a chip computes on both ultrafast data and wireless signals
Cornell University researchers have developed a low-power microchip they call a "microwave brain," the first processor to compute on both ultrafast data signals and wireless communication signals by harnessing the physics ...
Tech Xplore / Sweat-sensitive jacket adjusts its thickness to keep you comfortable when it's cold
When we are out in cold weather, we wear warm clothes to stay comfortable. But there is a snag. Regular warm clothing can't adjust to changes in our body temperature. If we start to sweat, we get too hot and sticky, which ...
Tech Xplore / Alternative carbon carrier technology could improve both oil production and carbon storage
A new method for enhanced oil recovery proposed by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin is showing promising results in modeling studies—producing more oil, storing more carbon, and doing so more safely than ...
Tech Xplore / A new way to test how well AI systems classify text
Is this movie review a rave or a pan? Is this news story about business or technology? Is this online chatbot conversation veering off into giving financial advice? Is this online medical information site giving out misinformation?
Tech Xplore / Going places: Muscle-inspired mechanism powers tiny autonomous insect robots
Science frequently draws inspiration from the natural world. After all, nature has had billions of years to perfect its systems and processes. Taking their cue from mollusk catch muscles, researchers have developed a low-voltage, ...
Tech Xplore / Robots learn human-like movement adjustments to prevent object slipping
To effectively tackle a variety of real-world tasks, robots should be able to reliably grasp objects of different shapes, textures and sizes, without dropping them in undesired locations. Conventional approaches to enhancing ...
Tech Xplore / Quasi-solid electrolyte developed for safer and greener lithium-ion batteries
3D-SLISE is a quasi-solid electrolyte developed at the Institute of Science Tokyo, which enables safe, fast-charging/discharging of 2.35 V lithium-ion batteries to be fabricated under ambient conditions. With energy-efficient ...
Tech Xplore / Q&A: Seashells inspire a better way to recycle plastic
Researchers from Georgia Tech have created a material inspired by seashells to help improve the process of recycling plastics and make the resulting material more reliable.
Tech Xplore / Scientists visualize real-time electrolyte behavior in lithium-sulfur battery cells
Using a non-destructive method, a team at HZB investigated practical lithium-sulfur pouch cells with lean electrolyte for the first time. With operando neutron tomography, they could visualize in real-time how the liquid ...
Tech Xplore / Brain cells learn faster than machine learning, research reveals
Researchers have demonstrated that brain cells learn faster and carry out complex networking more effectively than machine learning by comparing how both a Synthetic Biological Intelligence (SBI) system known as "DishBrain" ...
Tech Xplore / Tiny robots use sound to self-organize into intelligent groups
Animals like bats, whales and insects have long used acoustic signals for communication and navigation. Now, an international team of scientists has taken a page from nature's playbook to model micro-sized robots that use ...
