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Tech Xplore / Early-warning model developed to predict toxic social media storms

Researchers at the University at Albany and Rutgers University have developed an early-warning framework that can predict harmful social media interactions before they erupt, paving the way for interventions that can minimize ...

Mar 10, 2026
Tech Xplore / Robot hands so sensitive they can grab a potato chip

A new type of robotic hand developed at The University of Texas at Austin demonstrates such sensitive touch that it can grasp objects as fragile as a potato chip or a raspberry without crushing them. The technology, called ...

Mar 10, 2026
Tech Xplore / Aerosol jet printing creates durable, low-power transistors for next-generation tech

Tiny electronic devices, called microelectronics, may one day be printed as easily as words on a page, thanks to new research from scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory. Building ...

Mar 10, 2026
Tech Xplore / AI-powered defense system stops 5G cyber-attacks in a fraction of a second

An AI defense system has successfully detected and neutralized sophisticated 5G cyber-attacks in less than a tenth of a second, paving the way for more secure 5G and future 6G mobile networks, say researchers at the University ...

Mar 10, 2026
Tech Xplore / Data center cooling could drive $10 billion to $58 billion in new waterworks

The rapid growth of artificial intelligence and cloud computing is outpacing the ability of many community water systems to deliver large bursts of water on the hottest days of the year to keep the nation's data processing ...

Mar 10, 2026
Tech Xplore / PFAS waste can be used to extract lithium from high-salinity brine pools

Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are primarily thought of as environmental pollutants, and most research on them focuses on removing them from the environment. Rice researcher James Tour, however, has ...

Mar 10, 2026
Tech Xplore / Poultry processing robotics advances with ChicGrasp

What started out as a response to labor shortages in poultry processing plants during the COVID-19 pandemic has turned into a robotics system that can learn by imitating human movements to handle chickens. Using an advanced ...

Mar 10, 2026
Tech Xplore / Researchers put six AI agents on Discord for two weeks, exposing risky failures

When a group of researchers at Northeastern University's Bau Lab began toying with a new kind of autonomous artificial intelligence "agent," it was supposed to be a fun weekend experiment. Instead, alarm bells started ringing. ...

Mar 10, 2026
Tech Xplore / It's tempting to offload your thinking to AI. Cognitive science shows why that's a bad idea

With so many artificial intelligence (AI) products being offered now, it's increasingly tempting to offload difficult thinking tasks to chatbots, agents and other tools.

Mar 10, 2026
Tech Xplore / Ultra-compact photonic AI chip operates at the speed of light

Australian researchers have built an ultra-compact artificial intelligence (AI) chip that is able to make calculations using the power of light, at the speed of light. The nano photonic chip prototype, which harnesses the ...

Mar 9, 2026
Tech Xplore / Sneaker-sized 'Electronic Dolphin' robot could transform oil spill cleanup

RMIT University engineers in Australia have built a remote-controlled minibot that hoovers up oil spills using an innovative filtering system inspired by sea urchins. Oil spills are still a serious problem around the world. ...

Mar 9, 2026
Tech Xplore / New 'negative light' technology hides data transfers in plain sight

Engineers at UNSW Sydney and Monash have developed an innovative way of sending hidden information that's hard to intercept. Using a phenomenon known as "negative luminescence," the system works by making signals blend perfectly ...

Mar 9, 2026