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Tech Xplore / Supercapacitors rival batteries in energy storage and outperform them in power delivery
Monash University researchers have made a major leap forward in the global race to build energy storage devices that are both fast and powerful—paving the way for next-generation applications in electrified transport, grid ...
Tech Xplore / If every US home and personal vehicle goes electric, power outages could spike unless key measures are taken
A future where all homes and vehicles in the U.S. are fully electrified could overwhelm power supply and risk outages unless key upgrades are made, says a new study conducted by Purdue University engineers. But a few strategies ...
Tech Xplore / Next-gen perovskite solar cells edge closer to market with improved stability
Researchers at IMDEA Nanoscience (Madrid) have developed a perovskite solar cell with a certified efficiency of 25.2%, very close to the world record of 26.7%. In addition, they managed to manufacture a 5 cm square solar ...
Tech Xplore / AI scaling laws: Universal guide estimates how LLMs will perform based on smaller models in same family
When researchers are building large language models (LLMs), they aim to maximize performance under a particular computational and financial budget. Since training a model can amount to millions of dollars, developers need ...
Tech Xplore / Fast traffic algorithm could improve real-time traffic forecasts
Everyone hates traffic. Big cities in particular are plagued by an overabundance of vehicles, turning a simple crosstown jaunt into an odyssey during rush hour. Part of the problem is that traffic is incredibly complex, and ...
Tech Xplore / Observing microscopic dislocations form in real-time during 3D metal printing
Researchers used Argonne's Advanced Photon Source to capture how the microstructure of metals evolves in real time during 3D printing. The findings could pave the way for advanced manufacturing of components for aerospace, ...
Tech Xplore / Decoding the sounds of battery formation and degradation
Before batteries lose power, fail suddenly, or burst into flames, they tend to produce faint sounds over time that provide a signature of the degradation processes going on within their structure. But until now, nobody had ...
Tech Xplore / Double harvest: Vertical solar panels and crops thrive side by side
Imagine a field where solar panels and crops coexist—with no trade-off. It sounds like science fiction, but that's precisely what researchers from Aarhus University have now documented in a full-scale agrivoltaic pilot ...
Tech Xplore / Solar desalination technology converts sunlight into fresh water without external power
A research team from UNIST has unveiled a novel solar desalination technology that efficiently harnesses sunlight to evaporate seawater and generate clean drinking water—completely independent of external electricity. Importantly, ...
Tech Xplore / New chip design cuts AI energy use by enabling smarter FPGA processing
A new innovation from Cornell researchers lowers the energy use needed to power artificial intelligence—a step toward shrinking the carbon footprints of data centers and AI infrastructure.
Tech Xplore / Why OpenAI's solution to AI hallucinations would kill ChatGPT tomorrow
OpenAI's latest research paper diagnoses exactly why ChatGPT and other large language models can make things up—known in the world of artificial intelligence as "hallucination." It also reveals why the problem may be unfixable, ...
Tech Xplore / Fixing solar's weak spot: Why a tiny defect could be a big problem for perovskite cells
A recent study provides evidence to help solve one of the key hurdles to large-scale manufacture of next-generation perovskite solar cells.
