Think before you type: Study warns AI chats may expose your private life
As artificial intelligence chat tools become part of daily life at work, school, and home, many people may be sharing more personal information than...
New 3D printing ink made from wood waste can be recycled with water
3D printing has changed how products are designed and manufactured, allowing engineers and designers to create complex objects layer by layer from digital models.
The...
New tree-inspired cooling method could solve AI data center heat crisis
Artificial intelligence is transforming the world, but it comes with a hidden cost: enormous heat.
Modern AI data centers pack thousands of powerful processors into...
Robotic arm can feel like part of the body—if it moves at the right...
As artificial intelligence advances, future prosthetic arms may be able to move on their own to assist users with daily tasks.
But for these devices...
Scientists create “liquid solar battery” that works without electricity
One of the biggest challenges of renewable energy is what happens when the sun is not shining.
Solar panels produce electricity during the day, but...
Meet the new TikTok, same as the old TikTok
After a legislative ban, a trip to the Supreme Court, and repeated deadline extensions, TikTok recently made a deal to spin out an American...
Smart earbuds could soon detect early signs of cognitive decline
Earbuds may soon do much more than play music or take phone calls.
According to a new international study, the same devices millions of people...
New device can hide your heartbeat from radar surveillance
Imagine sitting at your desk during a normal workday. You log into your computer, unaware that a built-in sensing system could be tracking your...
Scientists identify key bottlenecks slowing sodium-ion batteries
Sodium-ion batteries are emerging as a promising alternative to today’s lithium-ion batteries.
While lithium-ion technology powers everything from smartphones to electric cars, lithium is relatively...
New compact device turns sunlight and waste heat into clean hydrogen at 28% efficiency
Hydrogen is often described as a fuel of the future because when it is used, it produces only water instead of harmful emissions.
But making...
How 3D printing is making energetic materials safer and more predictable
Making energetic materials—such as explosives, propellants, and fireworks—is a bit like baking a very sensitive cake.
The ingredients must be carefully measured, the mixing must...
Scientists turn desert sand into eco-friendly bricks to cut cement emissions
Cement is one of the most widely used building materials in the world, but it comes at a high environmental cost.
Portland cement alone is...
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Deep Multitask Metric Learning for Offline Signature Verification
Among different methods of authentication, signature verification has a specific place. The reason is that signing procedure is simple and cheap.
Moreover, it is...
Turning trash into power: Static electricity could run your air conditioner
Researchers have found an inventive way to power air conditioners using static electricity—by transforming waste polystyrene into energy-generating patches.
This technology, developed by RMIT University...
A new smart device can heat and cool buildings—without using electricity
Imagine a building that can heat itself in winter and cool itself in summer without using any electricity.
A research team in South Korea has...
Scientists find a missing piece in the quantum computing puzzle
Research from the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis has found a missing piece in the puzzle of optical quantum...
Perovskites, a ‘dirt cheap’ alternative to silicon, just got a lot more efficient
The secret, a University of Rochester optics professor explains, is to harness the power of metals.