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Tech Xplore / A strategy to suppress strain propagation in ultrahigh-Ni cathodes during fast charging
To meet the growing demand of the electronics industry and support the widespread deployment of electric vehicles, researchers will need to develop increasingly advanced and highly performing battery technologies. A promising ...
Tech Xplore / Large language models use a surprisingly simple mechanism to retrieve some stored knowledge
Large language models, such as those that power popular artificial intelligence chatbots like ChatGPT, are incredibly complex. Even though these models are being used as tools in many areas, such as customer support, code ...
Tech Xplore / Research lights up process for turning CO₂ into sustainable fuel
Researchers have successfully transformed CO2 into methanol by shining sunlight on single atoms of copper deposited on a light-activated material, a discovery that paves the way for creating new green fuels.
Tech Xplore / Novel quantum algorithm proposed for high-quality solutions to combinatorial optimization problems
Combinatorial optimization problems (COPs) have applications in many different fields such as logistics, supply chain management, machine learning, material design and drug discovery, among others, for finding the optimal ...
Tech Xplore / New all-liquid iron flow battery for grid energy storage
A commonplace chemical used in water treatment facilities has been repurposed for large-scale energy storage in a new battery design by researchers at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. The ...
Tech Xplore / Vulnerability in virtual reality systems identified
A team of computer scientists at the University of Chicago has uncovered a potential vulnerability in virtual reality systems—one that could allow a hacker to insert what the team describes as an "inception layer" between ...
Tech Xplore / Semiconductors at scale: New processor achieves remarkable speedup in problem solving
Annealing processors are designed specifically for addressing combinatorial optimization problems, where the task is to find the best solution from a finite set of possibilities. This holds implications for practical applications ...
Tech Xplore / New method that uses quantum mechanics can lead to improved lithium metal batteries
In a study published in Nature Energy, Dr. Perla Balbuena and Dr. Jorge Seminario, professors in the Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering at Texas A&M University, developed a new method for understanding the ...
Tech Xplore / Pairing crypto mining with green hydrogen offers clean energy boost, study suggests
Pairing cryptocurrency mining—notable for its outsize consumption of carbon-based fuel—with green hydrogen could provide the foundation for wider deployment of renewable energy, such as solar and wind power, according ...
Tech Xplore / Engineering household robots to have a little common sense
From wiping up spills to serving up food, robots are being taught to carry out increasingly complicated household tasks. Many such home-bot trainees are learning through imitation; they are programmed to copy the motions ...
Tech Xplore / Behavior of granular materials has been difficult to visualize, but new method reveals their internal forces in 3D
Granular materials, those made up of individual pieces, whether grains of sand or coffee beans or pebbles, are the most abundant form of solid matter on Earth. The way these materials move and react to external forces can ...
Tech Xplore / A method to enhance the planning of missions completed by multiple UAVs
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), also known as drones, have already proved to be valuable tools for tackling a wide range of real-world problems, ranging from the monitoring of natural environments and agricultural plots ...