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Month: July 2025

Technology

Light-sensitive materials mimic synapses in the brain

July 31, 2025 Tech Xplore

An interdisciplinary research team has engineered a new class of organic photoelectrochemical transistors (OPECTs). These tiny devices can convert light into electrical signals and mimic the behavior of synapses in the brain. The research results […]

Technology

Turning gestures into speech for people with limited communication

July 31, 2025 Tech Xplore

Communication is a fundamental human right, and many individuals need augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) approaches or tools, such as a notebook or electronic tablet with symbols the user can select to create messages, to […]

Technology

Global challenge reveals vast differences in measuring surface roughness and topography

July 31, 2025 Tech Xplore

Anyone who has slipped on a polished floor or felt their tires spinning in the snow knows instinctively the importance of surfaces. Certainly those in manufacturing—be it of robots, running shoes, or semiconductors—understand that they […]

Technology

Freestanding hafnium zirconium oxide membranes can enable advanced 2D transistors

July 31, 2025 Tech Xplore

To further reduce the size of electronic devices, while also improving their performance and energy efficiency, electronics engineers have been trying to identify alternative materials that outperform silicon and other conventional semiconductors. Two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors, […]

Technology

AI tool transforms drone images into instant disaster area maps for responders

July 31, 2025 Tech Xplore

A tool developed at Texas A&M University is set to transform how emergency responders assess damage after disasters. The technology, known as CLARKE (Computer vision and Learning for Analysis of Roads and Key Edifices), uses […]

Computers

AI can evolve to feel guilt—but only in certain social environments

July 30, 2025 Tech Xplore

Guilt is a highly advantageous quality for society as a whole. It might not prevent initial wrongdoings, but guilt allows humans to judge their own prior judgments as harmful and prevents them from happening again. […]

Technology

Wafer-scale 2D InSe semiconductors achieve record performance for next-generation electronics

July 30, 2025 Tech Xplore

In an advancement for next-generation electronics, researchers from the International Center for Quantum Materials at Peking University in collaboration with Renmin University of China have successfully fabricated wafer-scale two-dimensional indium selenide (InSe) semiconductors. Led by […]

Internet

FBI, National Guard assist St. Paul as cyber-attackers force shutdown of Internet-based systems

July 30, 2025 Tech Xplore

St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter declared a state of local emergency on July 29 following a days-long cyber attack on the city’s Internet-based computer networks that led the city to call in the FBI and […]

Computers

New algorithm enables efficient machine learning with symmetric data structures

July 30, 2025 Tech Xplore

If you rotate an image of a molecular structure, a human can tell the rotated image is still the same molecule, but a machine-learning model might think it is a new data point. In computer […]

Internet

Australia to ban under-16s from YouTube

July 30, 2025 Tech Xplore

Australia will use landmark social media laws to ban children under 16 from video-streaming site YouTube, a top minister said Wednesday stressing the need to shield them from “predatory algorithms.”This article was originally published on […]

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