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Tech Xplore / Hidden insights in GPS data can track lane changes and improve AV safety, study shows

Understanding how and when drivers change lanes is key to improving highway traffic flow, safety and autonomous vehicle performance, and a new approach developed at the University of Michigan outperforms current methods using ...

Sep 9, 2025 in Computer Sciences
Tech Xplore / Can Microsoft's analog optical computer be the answer to more energy-efficient AI and optimization tasks?

The constant scaling of AI applications and other digital technologies across industries is beginning to tax the energy grid due to its intensive energy consumption. Digital computing's energy and latency demands will likely ...

Sep 8, 2025 in Hardware
Tech Xplore / Scientists harness the power of collapsing bubbles to propel tiny robots

A team of scientists from China and the U.S. is pioneering the development of bubble-powered robots, which could one day replace needles for painless drug delivery into the body. Inspired by nature, the researchers developed ...

Sep 8, 2025 in Robotics
Tech Xplore / Mathematical model of memory suggests seven senses are optimal

Skoltech scientists have devised a mathematical model of memory. By analyzing its new model, the team came to surprising conclusions that could prove useful for robot design, artificial intelligence, and for better understanding ...

Sep 8, 2025 in Hi Tech & Innovation
Tech Xplore / Light-based chip can boost power efficiency of AI tasks up to 100-fold

A team at the University of Florida has developed a new kind of computer chip that uses light with electricity to perform one of the most power-intensive parts of artificial intelligence—image recognition and similar pattern-finding ...

Tech Xplore / Solid-state device harvests body heat to power battery-free wearables and IoT sensors

A research team affiliated with UNIST has unveiled a technological advancement that allows body heat to generate electricity sufficient to power electronic devices. This innovation paves the way for the commercialization ...

Tech Xplore / 'Re-entrant' mixing behavior in organic solar cells necessitates new modeling approach

In a new study, an international team of researchers created phase diagrams for organic solar cells based on a composite of a polymeric semiconductor and a "small molecule acceptor" (SMA).

Tech Xplore / New theory explores how workers interact with technology in the modern workplace

In a new paper, two University of Kansas scholars propose a novel theory of communication analysis that takes into better account how people interact with ubiquitous technology in the 21st-century workplace.

Sep 6, 2025 in Consumer & Gadgets
Tech Xplore / Engineers design origami structures that change shape and stiffness on demand

Princeton engineers are twisting, stretching and creasing structures to create a new type of origami, one that changes its shape and properties in response to changing circumstances. The new method could be useful for prosthetics, ...

Sep 6, 2025 in Engineering
Tech Xplore / Organic polymer paves the way for recyclable water-based batteries

Aqueous batteries have been around for centuries. They are safe and relatively low-cost, but their adoption in new energy storage systems—such as grid storage and electric vehicles—has been limited. One major reason is ...

Sep 5, 2025 in Energy & Green Tech
Tech Xplore / Large language models can execute complete ransomware attacks autonomously, research shows

Criminals can use artificial intelligence, specifically large language models, to autonomously carry out ransomware attacks that steal personal files and demand payment, handling every step from breaking into computer systems ...

Sep 5, 2025 in Security
Tech Xplore / New non-volatile memory platform built with covalent organic frameworks

Researchers at Institute of Science Tokyo have created a new material platform for non-volatile memories using covalent organic frameworks (COFs), which are crystalline solids with high thermal stability. The researchers ...

Sep 5, 2025 in Hardware