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Tech Xplore / Open-source 'digital twin' enables end-to-end testing of applications over wireless

Researchers at the University of California San Diego have developed an open-source "digital twin" of a wireless network, giving graduate students, startups and other innovators a free, easy-to-use way to test new technologies ...

May 12, 2026
Tech Xplore / Closing the gap between animal movement and robotic control

Animals move with a level of precision and adaptability that robots struggle to match. In Carnegie Mellon University's Department of Mechanical Engineering, researchers are developing a new AI-driven approach to uncover how ...

May 12, 2026
Tech Xplore / Light-tunable polarization sensor could sharpen self-driving cars and medical scans

A technology that surpasses the limitations of existing sensors, which fail to distinguish between water and asphalt on dark roads, has emerged to enhance the accuracy of autonomous driving and medical diagnostics. A research ...

May 12, 2026
Tech Xplore / Electron transport emerges as new rule for lithium battery catalyst design

Conventional catalyst designs have largely focused on thermodynamic properties, such as adsorption energy, to optimize catalytic activity. Now, however, a research team from the Institute of Metal Research of the Chinese ...

May 12, 2026
Tech Xplore / For most US drivers, EVs offer emissions benefits and cost savings

Despite regional variability in climate, electricity sources, congestion, and the wide variation in individual driving patterns, electric vehicles generate less greenhouse gas emissions and do not cost more than comparable ...

May 12, 2026
Tech Xplore / Quantum dot emitter delivers near-identical telecom photons at 40 million per second

Quantum technologies, devices that perform specific functions leveraging quantum mechanical effects, could soon outperform their classical counterparts on some tasks. Quantum emitters, devices that release individual particles ...

May 11, 2026
Tech Xplore / Solar-powered gel pulls drinking water from the air

Scientists in recent years have sought to efficiently draw moisture from ambient air and condense it into potable water using materials made of salt and absorbent polymers. But these materials, known as hydrogels, until now ...

May 11, 2026
Tech Xplore / Buried oxygen reactions help explain why solid-state batteries fade so quickly

Although solid-state batteries (SSBs) demonstrate high performance and are intrinsically safe, their capacity currently declines rapidly. A team from TU Wien, Humboldt-University Berlin and HZB has now analyzed a TiS₂|Li₃YCl₆ ...

May 11, 2026
Tech Xplore / Hybrid AI architecture could turn neuromorphic systems into reliable discovery machines

The artificial intelligence (AI) machines that guide the world can be grouped into three main categories: inference machines, learning machines and discovery machines. Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis are ...

May 11, 2026
Tech Xplore / What kills EV battery range? Real-time images pinpoint lithium metal weak spots

A crucial clue to simultaneously increasing electric vehicle (EV) driving range and battery lifespan has been discovered. A research team at KAIST has observed the exact moment of degradation in lithium metal batteries at ...

May 11, 2026
Tech Xplore / Google disrupts hackers using AI to exploit an unknown weakness in a company's digital defense

Google said Monday that it had disrupted a criminal group's attempt to use artificial intelligence to exploit another company's previously unknown digital vulnerability, adding to heightened worries across government and ...

May 11, 2026
Tech Xplore / People struggle to recall whether content came from AI, with labels forgotten after one week

From August 2026, an EU-wide AI regulation will come into force requiring the labeling of AI-generated content. However, a research team from the University of Bayreuth and Aalto University in Helsinki, Finland, has found ...

May 11, 2026