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Tech Xplore / A perovskite for the efficient photocatalytic conversion of ethane into ethylene and hydrogen
Ethylene (C2H4) is a highly flammable compound widely used in numerous settings, including the manufacturing of packaging and plastic-based items, the chemical industry, agriculture and health care. Developing effective and ...
Tech Xplore / Autonomous vehicles found to be safer than human drivers, except in two types of situations
A pair of engineers at the University of Central Florida has found that autonomous vehicles are generally safer than those driven by humans except under two conditions.
Tech Xplore / Engineers integrate wafer-scale 2D materials and metal electrodes with van der Waals contacts
A research team has achieved progress in studying van der Waals (vdW) contacts for two-dimensional (2D) electrical devices. The team developed an innovative all-stacking technique for fabricating 2D electrical devices, optimizing ...
Tech Xplore / Security experts find vulnerability in ARM's memory tagging extensions
A combined team of security experts from Seoul National University and Samsung Research has found a vulnerability in memory tagging extensions (MTEs) employed by ARM processors as a means of protection from memory leaks. ...
Tech Xplore / Rapidly declining costs of batteries and fuel cells could soon facilitate the electrification of heavy-duty vehicles
The electrification of road vehicles has already begun, with most automotive companies now investing in hybrid and electric cars. While these efforts could contribute to reducing carbon emissions worldwide, they have so far ...
Tech Xplore / Engineers unlock design for record-breaking robot that could jump twice the height of Big Ben
Engineers at The University of Manchester have unlocked the secrets to designing a robot capable of jumping 120 meters—higher than any other jumping robot designed to date.
Tech Xplore / New soft robotic gripper designed with graphene and liquid crystals
Eindhoven researchers have developed a soft robotic "hand" made from liquid crystals and graphene that could be used to design future surgical robots. The new work has just been published in the journal ACS Applied Materials ...
Tech Xplore / Researchers leverage shadows to model 3D scenes, including objects blocked from view
Imagine driving through a tunnel in an autonomous vehicle, but unbeknownst to you, a crash has stopped traffic up ahead. Normally, you'd need to rely on the car in front of you to know you should start braking. But what if ...
Tech Xplore / A simpler method to teach robots new skills
While roboticists have introduced increasingly sophisticated systems over the past decades, teaching these systems to successfully and reliably tackle new tasks has often proved challenging. Part of this training entails ...
Tech Xplore / Wear it, then recycle: Designers make dissolvable textiles from gelatin
Introducing the fashion of the future: A T-shirt that you can wear a few times, then, when you get bored with it, dissolve and recycle to make a new shirt.
Tech Xplore / Unlocking the mystery behind the performance decline in a promising cathode material—implications for EV batteries
The first generation of lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles has been a remarkable success story. Yet, the question arises: What changes to battery materials will spur further advances to extend driving range and lower ...
Tech Xplore / Using illustrations to train an image-free computer vision system to recognize real photos
You've likely heard that a picture is worth a thousand words, but can a large language model (LLM) get the picture if it's never seen images before?