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MIT designs computing component that uses waste heat 'as a form of information'Proof of concept uses passive components to redirect heat across a chip, allowing temperature patterns to be used for data processing.
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'Earthquake on a chip' uses 'phonon' lasers to make mobile devices more efficientA new technology that generates tiny, earthquake-like effects could shake up the wireless device industry with smaller, less power-hungry devices, scientists say.
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Creepy robotic hand detaches at the wrist before scurrying away to collect objectsEPFL's robotic appendage features fingers that bend both ways and is designed to retrieve objects from spaces too hazardous for human hands.
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New 'physics shortcut' lets laptops tackle quantum problems once reserved for supercomputers and AIPhysicists have transformed a decades-old technique for simplifying quantum equations into a reusable, user-friendly "conversion table" that works on a laptop and returns results within hours.
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MIT invention uses ultrasound to shake drinking water out of the air, even in dry regionsA new device cuts down the time it takes to harvest water from the atmosphere from days to minutes, MIT researchers say.
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Dream of quantum internet inches closer after breakthrough helps beam information over fiber-optic networksBuilt from a single erbium atom, a hybrid quantum bit encodes data magnetically and beams it through fiber-optic wavelengths.
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Switching off AI's ability to lie makes it more likely to claim it's conscious, eerie study findsLeading AI models from OpenAI, Meta, Anthropic and Google described subjective, self-aware experiences when settings tied to deception and roleplay were turned down.
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New 'Dragon Hatchling' AI architecture modeled after the human brain could be a key step toward AGI, researchers claimScientists say a new kind of AI could bridge the gap between current systems and machines that learn and think more like us.
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Watch: Chinese company's new humanoid robot moves so smoothly, they had to cut it open to prove a person wasn't hiding insideXpeng's new humanoid, IRON, is designed to work alongside people — but it won't be folding your laundry anytime soon.
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China solves 'century-old problem' with new analog chip that is 1,000 times faster than high-end Nvidia GPUsResearchers from Peking University say their resistive random-access memory chip may be capable of speeds 1,000 faster than the Nvidia H100 and AMD Vega 20 GPUs.
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Watch new humanoid robot pirouette, pose and pull off deft karate moves with eerily lifelike movementChinese robotics startup Unitree has shown off its latest humanoid robot, the H2 "Destiny Awakening" — and it's eerily lifelike.
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'Rainbow-on-a-chip' could help keep AI energy demands in check — and it was created by accidentA new photonics chip that generates multicolored laser beams could supercharge data center technology and ease the strain of AI's surging data demands.
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New smart ring is a novel way to control your computer — it has the humble mouse firmly in its sightsThe picoRing device ditches Bluetooth for a novel magnetic relay system linked to a wristband, slashing its power consumption to mere microwatts.
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'This moves the timeline forward significantly': Quantum computing breakthrough could slash pesky errors by up to 100 timesResearchers used a new technique called algorithmic fault tolerance (AFT) to cut the time and computational cost of quantum error correction by up to 100 times in simulations of neutral-atom architecture.
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Self-healing 'concrete batteries' now 10 times better — they could one day power cities, scientists sayCalled ec³, the material is made by combining cement and water with a liquid electrolyte and carbon powder — both readily available.
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Microsoft unveils new liquid-cooled computer chips — they could prevent AI data centers from massively overheatingMicrosoft engineers have developed a microfluidics chip-cooling technique that removes heat more efficiently and could ratchet down heat generated by AI workloads.
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Quantum internet inches closer thanks to new chip — it helps beam quantum signals over real-world fiber optic cablesResearchers used the Q‑Chip to send quantum data over standard fiber using Internet Protocol (IP), showing that future quantum networks could run on today’s internet infrastructure.
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Farewell to the computer mouse? Bizarre new designs could reduce wrist injuries, scientists say.Researchers built two prototype mice, one with a squeezable body and another with a hinged A-frame, in an ergonomic overhaul of the desktop PC staple.
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New EV battery tech could power 500-mile road trips on a 12-minute chargeAn EV battery breakthrough from Korea could help give lithium-metal tech the green light.
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Tiny cryogenic device cuts quantum computer heat emissions by 10,000 times — and it could be launched in 2026Scientists invent a new device that aims to solve thermal interference from electronic components — one of the biggest barriers to commercial quantum computing.
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China's 'Darwin Monkey' is the world's largest brain-inspired supercomputerDarwin Monkey or 'Wukong' features over 2 billion artificial neurons and more than 100 billion synapses — similar to the neural structure of a macaque.
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Laser-blasted 'black metal' could make solar technology 15 times more efficientUnlike solar panels, solar thermoelectric generators can convert heat from any source into electricity. But poor efficiency has held the technology back – until now.
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Scientists burned, poked and sliced their way through new robotic skin that can 'feel everything'New, gelatin-based material could let robots feel everything from a light poke to a deep cut.
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Small, room-temperature quantum computers that use light on the horizon after breakthrough, scientists sayScientists say they’ve cracked a key challenge in scalable quantum hardware after generating an error-correcting, light-based qubit on a chip for the first time.
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