New ultra-thin material could make AI chips faster, cooler, and far more energy efficient
Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming the world—but it’s also consuming enormous amounts of energy.
Data centers powering AI models rely on thousands of computer chips...
New tech could shield space electronics from deadly cosmic radiation
Modern life depends heavily on electronics that can survive in extreme environments.
Satellites that provide TV broadcasts, GPS signals, phone services and internet must operate...
AI can detect diseases from your sweat
Sweat contains a wealth of biological information that, with the help of artificial intelligence and next-generation sensors, could transform how we monitor our health...
New biodegradable smart tag could make shipping safer and greener
Every day, huge amounts of goods travel around the world—including fragile products that must stay within a safe temperature and humidity range.
Vaccines, certain medicines,...
New AI blood and urine tests may detect cancer more effectively
Diagnosing cancer may soon become easier and less painful thanks to advances in AI-assisted blood and urine tests.
Scientists believe these tests could one day...
A single ultra-thin membrane could make lithium batteries safer and last twice as long
Lithium-metal batteries are often described as the “next big thing” for electric vehicles and energy storage.
They can hold much more energy than today’s lithium-ion...
MIT engineers build powerful robots using real muscle and fake tendons
Scientists have been working for years to create robots powered by living muscle tissue.
These biohybrid robots combine lab-grown muscles with synthetic skeletons, giving them...
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...
A new low-cost catalyst could make clean hydrogen much cheaper
Scientists may have found a more affordable way to produce clean hydrogen—an energy source that could one day power cars, factories, and even entire...
Snake pee may help treat gout pain and kidney stones
If you’ve never had a reptile as a pet, you might be surprised to learn that many reptiles don’t pee like humans do. Instead...
Scientists ask AI to generate human bodies—and the results reveal clear biases
A new study from the University of Toronto has found that today’s artificial intelligence image generators often reproduce—and even exaggerate—common stereotypes about the human...
Scientists turn old clothes into super-strong cement
Researchers at Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) in Lithuania have found an innovative way to turn unwanted clothing into something extremely useful: stronger, more...
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Physicists create world’s smallest engine
The engine is approximately ten billion times smaller than that of a car, and could one day help recycle waste heat and thus improve...
A new roof that uses solar-wind-rain power to generate energy
Renewable energy becomes more and more important in our daily life.
On one hand, it can help fulfill the high demand for energy use; on...
Scientists create super-fast ‘light switch’ for future cars and computers
Self-driving cars have become better and more reliable in recent years.
Before they might be allowed to drive completely autonomously on our roads in the...
Scientists find a cheaper way to produce hydrogen
Replacing today's expensive catalysts could bring down the cost of producing the gas for fuel, fertilizer and clean energy storage.
Researchers at the Department of...
Scientists create sunflower-inspired cities to harness more sunlight for solar energy
In a groundbreaking study, scientists have designed a new city layout inspired by the pattern of sunflower seeds to maximize solar energy in places...