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Tech Xplore / Periodic voltage fluctuations can 'see' inside lithium batteries, no disassembly required

Monitoring the lifespan of a lithium-ion battery without disassembling it may be possible. This prospect emerged from a study published in May in the journal Cell Reports Physical Science by researchers at the State University ...

Sep 14, 2026
Tech Xplore / Improved thin film harnesses indoor light to power devices

Remember the solar calculator from middle school math class that had a small solar cell at the top? The idea behind that technology is not a relic of the past but the subject of continuous innovation. Today's indoor solar ...

Sep 14, 2026
Tech Xplore / Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says AI industry needs to give safety measures time to catch up

The CEO of Anthropic said Saturday the artificial-intelligence industry should slow its fast-moving development to give safety measures time to catch up. Without such a slowdown, Dario Amodei warned that within six to 12 ...

Sep 13, 2026
Tech Xplore / Underwater solar cells can operate 10 meters below the ocean's surface

Scientists have taken solar cells to new depths, demonstrating that they can function 10 meters (33 feet) below the surface of the South China Sea. The study, published Sept. 11 in the journal Joule, found that solar cells ...

Sep 11, 2026
Tech Xplore / Cool, power, move: A printable textile that does it all

A new printable textile combines passive cooling with biomechanical energy harvesting to enable motion-controlled, adaptive thermal management. Led by researchers in The Grainger College of Engineering at the University of ...

Sep 11, 2026
Tech Xplore / Laser annealing integrates optical isolators directly onto silicon photonics chips without overheating

Kyocera Corporation and the Research Institute of Electrical Communication (RIEC) at Tohoku University have developed a new technology that integrates optical isolators directly onto silicon photonics chips using laser annealing, ...

Sep 11, 2026
Tech Xplore / Weighing 600 million buildings to help construct a more efficient future

A new study helps show how builders and city planners can minimize the materials needed to accommodate the planet's future population.

Sep 11, 2026
Tech Xplore / How randomness tames vast network problems

Networks are everywhere. They connect computers across the internet, carry electricity through power grids and represent transport routes for moving people and goods. Yet many problems that appear to have nothing to do with ...

Sep 11, 2026
Tech Xplore / Humanoid robot learns to sprint and perform spin kicks using AI trained on human motion data

Humanoid robots, robotic systems with body shapes and limbs resembling those of humans, could potentially assist people with manual tasks in various real-world settings. So far, however, most of these robots can reliably ...

Sep 10, 2026
Tech Xplore / AI could soon infer human intent by sensing "that's not what I meant" through neural feedback

A future in which AI can recognize a person's unspoken "that's not what I meant" response from brain signals and adjust its behavior on its own is coming closer. KAIST researchers have developed a technology that detects ...

Sep 10, 2026
Tech Xplore / AI may cut junior coding tasks and weaken the pipeline to senior developers

New research suggests that generative artificial intelligence (AI) could weaken not only employment opportunities for junior software developers but also the pathway through which they develop into senior professionals.

Sep 10, 2026
Tech Xplore / Brain-inspired computing: Using noise to regulate information flow in neural networks

Researchers have developed a learning mechanism that uses the natural variability of neural activity—often dismissed as random "noise"—to understand how synapses buried deep inside brain networks—or brain-inspired devices—can ...

Sep 10, 2026