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Tech Xplore / AI model mimics human goal-setting through game creation

While we are remarkably capable of generating our own goals, beginning with child's play and continuing into adulthood, we don't yet have computer models for understanding this human ability.

Feb 26, 2025 in Computer Sciences
Tech Xplore / New conductive-bridge interlayer contacts could boost performance of 2D optoelectronics

Photodiodes are widely used devices based on semiconducting materials that can convert light into electrical current. These devices are central components of various contemporary technologies, including photovoltaics (PVs) ...

Tech Xplore / New study identifies differences between human and AI-generated text

A team of Carnegie Mellon University researchers set out to see how accurately large language models (LLMs) can match the style of text written by humans. Their findings were recently published in the Proceedings of the National ...

Feb 25, 2025 in Computer Sciences
Tech Xplore / Simulating scientists: A new tool for AI-powered scientific discovery

In an article published in Nature Machine Intelligence, an Australian team led by Monash University researchers has developed a generative AI tool that mimics scientists to support and speed up the process of scientific discoveries.

Feb 25, 2025 in Machine learning & AI
Tech Xplore / Scientists design novel battery that runs on atomic waste

Researchers have developed a battery that can convert nuclear energy into electricity via light emission, a new study suggests.

Feb 25, 2025 in Energy & Green Tech
Tech Xplore / Robots learn how to move by watching themselves

By watching their own motions with a camera, robots can teach themselves about the structure of their own bodies and how they move, a new study by researchers at Columbia Engineering now reveals. Equipped with this knowledge, ...

Feb 25, 2025 in Robotics
Tech Xplore / Engineers show industrial potential of diamond quantum sensors for EV battery monitoring

Electric vehicles (EVs) are leading the transition to sustainable transportation. However, effective battery management remains a significant challenge, as traditional monitoring techniques often lack adequate precision and ...

Feb 25, 2025 in Engineering
Tech Xplore / AI framework overcomes the strength-ductility dilemma in additive-manufactured titanium alloys

The KAIST research team led by Professor Seungchul Lee from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, in collaboration with Professor Hyoung Seop Kim's team at POSTECH, have successfully overcome the strength–ductility ...

Feb 25, 2025 in Engineering
Tech Xplore / AI assists researchers in decoding old secret letters

In today's world, encryption plays a vital role in all aspects of data protection and cybersecurity, ensuring that unauthorized individuals cannot access the information you transmit or store. However, the practice of sending ...

Feb 25, 2025 in Security
Tech Xplore / Low-cost drone system aids indoor search and rescue missions

Indoor search and rescue operations are some of the most dangerous tasks that law enforcement and first responders must face, but drone technology has revolutionized how they approach these intense situations, according to ...

Feb 25, 2025 in Robotics
Tech Xplore / Wave-powered autonomous robot harnesses ocean currents for efficient propulsion

An autonomous underwater vehicle can propel itself efficiently by using the energy in nearby water currents.

Feb 25, 2025 in Robotics
Tech Xplore / Zero-shot classification of art with large language models

Traditional machine learning models for automatic information classification require retraining data for each task. Researchers at the University of Tsukuba have demonstrated that art data can be automatically classified ...

Feb 25, 2025 in Machine learning & AI