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Tech Xplore / Robots learn human-like movement adjustments to prevent object slipping
To effectively tackle a variety of real-world tasks, robots should be able to reliably grasp objects of different shapes, textures and sizes, without dropping them in undesired locations. Conventional approaches to enhancing ...
Tech Xplore / Q&A: Seashells inspire a better way to recycle plastic
Researchers from Georgia Tech have created a material inspired by seashells to help improve the process of recycling plastics and make the resulting material more reliable.
Tech Xplore / Quasi-solid electrolyte developed for safer and greener lithium-ion batteries
3D-SLISE is a quasi-solid electrolyte developed at the Institute of Science Tokyo, which enables safe, fast-charging/discharging of 2.35 V lithium-ion batteries to be fabricated under ambient conditions. With energy-efficient ...
Tech Xplore / Scientists visualize real-time electrolyte behavior in lithium-sulfur battery cells
Using a non-destructive method, a team at HZB investigated practical lithium-sulfur pouch cells with lean electrolyte for the first time. With operando neutron tomography, they could visualize in real-time how the liquid ...
Tech Xplore / Brain cells learn faster than machine learning, research reveals
Researchers have demonstrated that brain cells learn faster and carry out complex networking more effectively than machine learning by comparing how both a Synthetic Biological Intelligence (SBI) system known as "DishBrain" ...
Tech Xplore / Tiny robots use sound to self-organize into intelligent groups
Animals like bats, whales and insects have long used acoustic signals for communication and navigation. Now, an international team of scientists has taken a page from nature's playbook to model micro-sized robots that use ...
Tech Xplore / Black metal could give a heavy boost to solar power generation
In the quest for energy independence, researchers have studied solar thermoelectric generators (STEGs) as a promising source of solar electricity generation. Unlike the photovoltaics currently used in most solar panels, STEGs ...
Tech Xplore / Filtered data stops openly-available AI models from performing dangerous tasks, study finds
Researchers from the University of Oxford, EleutherAI, and the UK AI Security Institute have reported a major advance in safeguarding open-weight language models. By filtering out potentially harmful knowledge during training, ...
Dialog / More cameras, more problems? Why deep learning still struggles with 3D human sensing
Accurately estimating human pose was among the first tasks addressed by deep learning. Early models like OpenPose focused on localizing human joints as 2D keypoints in image coordinates. Later, Google came up with Mediapipe, ...
Tech Xplore / Carbon-fiber smart plastic: Self-healing, shape-shifting and stronger than steel
Aerospace engineering and materials science researchers at Texas A&M University have uncovered new properties of an ultra-durable, recyclable, smart plastic—paving the way for transformative applications in the defense, ...
Tech Xplore / Surprisingly diverse innovations can lead to dramatically cheaper solar panels
The cost of solar panels has dropped by more than 99% since the 1970s, enabling widespread adoption of photovoltaic systems that convert sunlight into electricity. A new MIT study drills down on specific innovations that ...
Tech Xplore / Next-generation solar cells could soon harvest indoor light for battery-free devices
An international team led by UCL researchers has developed durable new solar cells capable of efficiently harvesting energy from indoor light, meaning that devices such as keyboards, remote controls, alarms and sensors could ...
