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Tech Xplore / Unified memristor-ferroelectric memory developed for energy-efficient training of AI systems

Over the past decades, electronics engineers have developed a wide range of memory devices that can safely and efficiently store increasing amounts of data. However, the different types of devices developed to date come with ...

Oct 27, 2025 in Hardware
Tech Xplore / Beyond electronics: Optical system performs feature extraction with unprecedented low latency

Many modern artificial intelligence (AI) applications, such as surgical robotics and real-time financial trading, depend on the ability to quickly extract key features from streams of raw data. This process is currently bottlenecked ...

Oct 27, 2025 in Hardware
Tech Xplore / Is your ultra-HD TV worth it? Scientists measure the resolution limit of the human eye

Is your ultra-high-definition television really worth it? Do you need a 4K or an 8K screen to get the best viewing experience at home?

Oct 27, 2025 in Consumer & Gadgets
Tech Xplore / Bubble wrap bursts enable power-free acoustic testing

Non-destructive testing allows engineers to evaluate the integrity of structures such as pipelines, tanks, bridges, and machinery without dismantling them. Conventional approaches rely on loudspeakers, lasers, or electric ...

Oct 27, 2025 in Engineering
Tech Xplore / Laser can transform complex semiconductor properties in single-step process

A research team has successfully developed a new technology that converts the conductivity properties of semiconductors with just one laser process.

Tech Xplore / All-solid-state battery researchers reveal key insights into degradation mechanisms

Researchers from UNIST, Seoul National University (SNU), and POSTECH have made a significant breakthrough in understanding the degradation mechanisms of all-solid-state batteries (ASSBs), a promising technology for next-generation ...

Oct 27, 2025 in Engineering
Tech Xplore / Scientists propose carbon-neutral data centers in space

An out-of-this-world idea: Placing data centers in space could pave the way for sustainable computing with unlimited solar energy and free cooling, say scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore). ...

Tech Xplore / Computer scientists build AI tool to spot risky and unenforceable contract terms

Contracts written by employers and landlords often result in second parties—employees and tenants—facing unfair terms because these documents contain unreasonable or ambiguous clauses, leaving the second parties vulnerable ...

Oct 27, 2025 in Business
Tech Xplore / Renaissance artists' vanishing points illuminate autonomous vehicles

An artificial intelligence (AI) technology has been developed to enable camera-based autonomous vehicles to perceive their surroundings more accurately. This innovative approach utilizes the geometric concept of the vanishing ...

Oct 27, 2025 in Automotive
Tech Xplore / Enhancing eco-friendly solar cells through simple temperature control

A research team has discovered a technology that significantly enhances the efficiency of eco-friendly solar cells through simple temperature control. They found that rapidly increasing the temperature during material thermal ...

Oct 27, 2025 in Engineering
Tech Xplore / Polymer electrolyte that can quadruple power generation efficiency developed

A research team has presented a design strategy for precisely controlling polarity, the key property of triboelectric energy-harvesting materials. The key to this study lies in structurally tuning the polarity direction through ...

Oct 27, 2025 in Energy & Green Tech
Tech Xplore / Researchers report terahertz communication breakthroughs for 6G networks

Researchers at SUNY Polytechnic Institute are helping shape the future of next-generation wireless communication through groundbreaking work in the terahertz (THz) frequency spectrum—a range expected to power 6G and beyond. ...

Oct 27, 2025 in Engineering