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Tech Xplore / Sunlight-powered system mimics plants to power carbon capture
Current methods of capturing and releasing carbon are expensive and so energy-intensive they often require, counterproductively, the use of fossil fuels. Taking inspiration from plants, Cornell researchers have assembled ...
Tech Xplore / LegoGPT can design stable structures using standard LEGOs from text prompts
A team of engineers and AI specialists at Carnegie Mellon University has developed an AI application that can design stable structures from standard LEGOs using text prompts. In their study published on the arXiv preprint ...
Tech Xplore / Advances in ceramic electrochemical cells promise more reliable hydrogen production and clean energy storage
Researchers from the University of Oklahoma have made significant advances in a promising technology for efficient energy conversion and chemical processing. Two recent studies involving protonic ceramic electrochemical cells, ...
Tech Xplore / Like humans, ChatGPT favors examples and 'memories,' not rules, to generate language
A new study led by researchers at the University of Oxford and the Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) has found that large language models (LLMs)—the AI systems behind chatbots like ChatGPT—generalize language patterns in a ...
Tech Xplore / Tiny device processes hand movement in real time, storing visual memories with brain-like efficiency
Engineers at RMIT University have invented a small "neuromorphic" device that detects hand movement, stores memories and processes information like a human brain, without the need for an external computer.
Tech Xplore / 'Countersnapping' structures shrink when pulled
When you pull something—like a rubber band—you expect it to get longer. But what if it did the opposite? What if it suddenly shrank instead? In a study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers ...
Tech Xplore / Tapping a new toolbox, engineers buck tradition in high-performing heat exchanger
By combining topology optimization and additive manufacturing, a team of University of Wisconsin–Madison engineers created a twisty high-temperature heat exchanger that outperformed a traditional straight channel design ...
Tech Xplore / AI tools may be weakening the quality of published research, study warns
Artificial intelligence could be affecting the scientific rigor of new research, according to a study from the University of Surrey.
Tech Xplore / Design strategy can mitigate internal cracks in next-generation cathode materials
A research team, led by Professor Hyeon Jeong Lee from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at UNIST, has identified the root causes of internal cracking in single-crystal lithium nickel manganese oxide (LNMO) ...
Tech Xplore / Key units in AI models mirror human brain's language system
EPFL researchers have discovered key "units" in large AI models that seem to be important for language, mirroring the brain's language system. When these specific units were turned off, the models got much worse at language ...
Tech Xplore / Sustainable method produces high-purity material for use in green hydrogen production
A group of researchers affiliated with the Center for Innovation in New Energies (CINE) has developed a method for purifying materials that is simple, economical and has a low environmental impact. The scientists have managed ...
Tech Xplore / Facebook reaps significant economic benefits from content provided by news providers, study finds
When it comes to Facebook, news matters—not the fake stuff but the real kind generated by working journalists.
