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Tech Xplore / The great search divide: How AI and traditional web searches differ

As anyone who uses the internet will know, the way we find information has fundamentally changed. For the last three decades, search engines have delivered ranked lists of links in response to our queries, and it was our ...

Oct 29, 2025 in Internet
Tech Xplore / Literary character approach helps LLMs simulate more human-like personalities

After the advent of ChatGPT, the use of large language models (LLMs) has become increasingly widespread worldwide. LLMs are artificial intelligence (AI) systems trained on large sets of written texts, which can rapidly process ...

Oct 29, 2025 in Computer Sciences
Tech Xplore / AI efficiency advances with spintronic memory chip that combines storage and processing

To make accurate predictions and reliably complete desired tasks, most artificial intelligence (AI) systems need to rapidly analyze large amounts of data. This currently entails the transfer of data between processing and ...

Oct 29, 2025 in Hardware
Tech Xplore / Beneath the waves: Floating solar panels are stressing the seafloor

Floating solar installations offer a tantalizing vision of sustainable energy—combining wind and solar power in the same offshore space. But according to new research, the seabed may be feeling the strain of such ingenuity.

Oct 29, 2025 in Engineering
Tech Xplore / Robots you can wear like clothes: Automatic weaving of 'fabric muscle' brings commercialization closer

The commercialization of clothing-type wearable robots has taken a significant step forward with the development of equipment that can continuously and automatically weave ultra-thin shape memory alloy coil yarn—thinner ...

Oct 29, 2025 in Robotics
Tech Xplore / Neuromorphic computer prototype learns patterns with fewer computations than traditional AI

Could computers ever learn more like humans do, without relying on artificial intelligence (AI) systems that must undergo extremely expensive training?

Oct 29, 2025 in Hardware
Tech Xplore / Artificial neurons replicate biological function for improved computer chips

Researchers at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering and School of Advanced Computing have developed artificial neurons that replicate the complex electrochemical behavior of biological brain cells.

Tech Xplore / New algorithm lets autonomous drones work together to transport heavy, changing payloads

Scientists at TU Delft, the Netherlands, have developed a new algorithm that allows multiple autonomous drones to work together to control and transport heavy payloads, even in windy conditions. Drones are ideal for reaching ...

Oct 29, 2025 in Robotics
Tech Xplore / Artificial muscles use ultrasound-activated microbubbles to move

Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed artificial muscles that contain microbubbles and can be controlled with ultrasound. In the future, these muscles could be deployed in technical and medical settings as gripper arms, ...

Oct 29, 2025 in Robotics
Tech Xplore / Scalable approach to 6G wireless offers speed and reliability

A team from the University of California San Diego and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has invented a scalable technology that enables faster and more reliable 5G and 6G wireless communication.

Oct 29, 2025 in Telecom
Tech Xplore / Ultra-black nanoneedles absorb 99.5% of light for future solar towers

Using state-of-the-art equipment, researchers in the Thermophysical Properties of Materials group from the University of the Basque Country (EHU) have analyzed the capacity of ultra-black copper cobaltate nanoneedles to effectively ...

Oct 29, 2025 in Energy & Green Tech
Tech Xplore / Bridging boundaries: Dense, thick electrodes pack more energy into batteries

Electrodes are the veins of batteries, responsible for harnessing and transporting the lifeblood of energy storage devices: electricity. Battery power and efficiency largely hinge on the performance of these electrodes—and ...

Oct 29, 2025 in Energy & Green Tech