Using new methods to design navy ships
If you see a boat full of people all watching a smaller, remote-control boat in the Indian River, your first thought probably isn't that they are testing Navy warships.
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Robots approaching from behind are perceived as moving faster, experiments reveal
A research team from the Vision and Action Laboratory, Visual Perception and Cognition Laboratory and Cognitive Neurotechnology Unit in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Toyohashi University of Technology, led by associate professor Hideki Tamura, has demonstrated that, even…
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Tariffs on Canadian power could raise costs, emissions and grid risks
Milk and alcohol, paper and steel, semiconductors and pharmaceuticals—an array of products are currently subject to tariffs in the ongoing trade dispute between the United States and Canada.
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Flock cameras put cities at a crossroads. New research offers a roadmap
As communities across the U.S. grapple with the rapid spread of Flock cameras and questions about who can access the data they collect, a new study from a University of Massachusetts Amherst public policy researcher reframes the debate to ask a more basic question: Does the technology serve the…
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Would a 50 mph motorway speed limit really save much fuel?
Imagine entering the highway in the near future and seeing a 50 mph (80 kilometers per hour) speed limit sign, but no road construction, no accident and no obvious reason to slow down. This time, the aim is to save fuel.
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Soft material that selectively transports lithium ions could improve solid-state batteries
Rice University researchers in the departments of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Chemistry and Materials Science and Nanoengineering and at the Rice Advanced Materials Institute have developed a relatively soft, flexible material that can selectively transport lithium ions.
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New magnetic computing system could tackle complex optimization problems
When designing new computer chips, engineers need to make various decisions about how to connect their underlying components while efficiently using limited space.
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Lithium-ion 'traffic jams' ease with additive that helps unlock energy in thicker battery electrodes
To develop batteries that last longer on a single charge, more energy must be stored without increasing their size or weight. A research team led by Dr. San Moon and Dr.
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Prussian blue improves perovskite solar performance from small cells to larger modules
Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) are a promising next-generation photovoltaic technology that can achieve high power conversion efficiencies. However, their performance and long-term stability are limited by problems that arise during manufacture and operation.
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Q&A: Expert says people often confuse behavior with intention with AI
Recent safety tests have shown advanced AI systems making misleading statements, concealing information or attempting to prevent their own shutdown. Such findings regularly generate headlines. But what do they actually mean?
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Mile by mile: Recycled rubber asphalt road research makes Michigan more resilient
When Zhanping You first came to Michigan Technological University as an assistant professor in 2005, using recycled rubber materials to improve roadways was considered something of a failed experiment.
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Researchers test AI on real-world infrastructure
Dynamic Infrastructure, the engineering AI platform for critical civil assets, today confirmed an ongoing research collaboration with the University of Bath's Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering.
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3D-printed materials reveal where damage develops with real-time electrical imaging
An international team of engineers has adapted a medical imaging technique to give 3D-printed materials the ability to sense where they are being damaged and track how that damage develops in real time.
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New benchmark tests AI memory for household robots
In-home assistive robots could clean and organize a home while the owner is away, but without enhanced memory capabilities, they could cause more problems than they solve.
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Five technology providers dominate infrastructure supporting nonconsensual AI 'deepfake pornography'
For the first time, researchers have identified and named key players facilitating the growing problem of AI-generated explicit sexual imagery online. The study "The Backbone of Abuse" has been published in the Journal of Online Trust and Safety.
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A continuous artificial muscle unlocks dexterous soft-robot motion
An octopus can bend one part of an arm around an obstacle while another reaches into a small crevice to grab an object. Reproducing that local control in a soft robot requires multiple actuators—components that turn energy into movement—together with their mounting hardware and connections.
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New AI framework to help machines understand 3D spaces in finer detail
For a service robot moving through an office, recognizing "furniture" is useful. When the robot has to plan a route or interact with objects, it also needs finer detail, such as whether that furniture is a chair, table or bookcase, and whether an opening is a door or a window.
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Insect-inspired approach uses metals to tune strength and flexibility within one material
Researchers from the Biointegrated Materials and Engineering group at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) have shown that adding trace amounts of different metal ions to chitosan can locally tune how stiff, strong or flexible the material becomes without changing its underlying…
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