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At the interface of lithium lanthanum zirconium garnet and lithium metal, potential dopant positions are shown as pink spheres. The colorful waves reveal gallium reduction and alloy formation after lithium deposition. Credit: ACS Materials Letters (2024). DOI: 10.1021/acsmaterialslett.4c01237 A joint computational and experimental study has examined how adding certain dopants to a solid electrolyte could improve its interaction with a lithium metal electrode....

Study uncovers key insights into electrolyte materials for all-solid-state batteries At the interface of lithium lanthanum zirconium garnet and lithium metal, potential dopant positions are shown as pink spheres. The colorful waves reveal gallium reduction and alloy formation afte…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The U.S. and China are leading the G20 in efforts to develop hydrogen fuels, according to new research from the University of Sheffield. In a study published in the journal Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, academics examined hydrogen legislation, investment and strategies across G20 nations—key indicators of each country's progress in establishing a hydrogen economy. The investigation found that the U.S....

US and China lead G20 in hydrogen fuel development Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The U.S. and China are leading the G20 in efforts to develop hydrogen fuels, according to new research from the University of Sheffield. In a study published in t…

NASA’s X-59 lights up the night sky with its unique Mach diamonds, also known as shock diamonds, during maximum afterburner testing at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in Palmdale, California. The test demonstrated the engine’s ability to generate the thrust required for supersonic flight, advancing NASA’s Quesst mission. Credit: Lockheed Martin / Gary Tice NASA's X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft has taken another successful step toward flight with the conclusion of a series of engine performance tests....

NASA’s X-59 turns up power, throttles through engine tests NASA’s X-59 lights up the night sky with its unique Mach diamonds, also known as shock diamonds, during maximum afterburner testing at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in Palmdale, California. The test…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Gaming is one of the biggest industries in the world. In fact, in 2024, the revenue from the worldwide gaming market was estimated at almost $US455 billion. For context, the gaming industry is now generating more revenue than the movie and music industries combined. And it's only expected to grow. What's also interesting is that women are increasingly investing in gaming across various platforms....

How women and girls are changing gaming Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Gaming is one of the biggest industries in the world. In fact, in 2024, the revenue from the worldwide gaming market was estimated at almost $US455 billion. For …

Researchers design and test a waste-heat recovery system, illustrated here, that attaches to a car tailpipe and converts heat from exhaust into energy. The fanned grooves on the outside of the pipe are the cold side of the device's heatsink and the triangular components inside the pipe are plate-fin heat exchangers. Credit: ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (2025). DOI: 10.1021/acsami.4c18023…...

Prototype turns car and helicopter exhaust into thermoelectric energy Researchers design and test a waste-heat recovery system, illustrated here, that attaches to a car tailpipe and converts heat from exhaust into energy. The fanned grooves on the outside of the pip…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Researchers have developed a new AI algorithm, called Torque Clustering, that is much closer to natural intelligence than current methods. It significantly improves how AI systems learn and uncover patterns in data independently, without human guidance. Torque Clustering can efficiently and autonomously analyze vast amounts of data in fields such as biology, chemistry, astronomy, psychology, finance and medicine, revealing new insights such as detecting disease patterns, uncovering fraud, or understanding behavior....

New algorithm improves how AI can independently learn and uncover patterns in data Credit: CC0 Public Domain Researchers have developed a new AI algorithm, called Torque Clustering, that is much closer to natural intelligence than current methods. It significantly improves how A…

How many quishes could a QR code quash if a QR code could quash quishes? Credit: University of Rochester / J. Adam Fenster The ubiquitous QR ("quick response") codes that appear on everything from parking pay stations to soda cans and promotional flyers have become an increasingly popular target for cybercriminals to exploit through QR code–based phishing attacks, also known as "quishing." Bad actors will place phony QR codes that direct smartphone users to enter their sensitive private information in fake websites masquerading as bank websites, parking enforcement offices, or other seemingly official sources....

Improved QR code format could quash phishing attacks by notifying users where they’re heading How many quishes could a QR code quash if a QR code could quash quishes? Credit: University of Rochester / J. Adam Fenster The ubiquitous QR (“quick response”) codes that appear on eve…

How good is the public transportation from your home address? For an objective perspective, you can check the interactive "Mobility Maps" for Germany that are freely available online. The maps show the accessibility and quality of public transportation for each house in Germany. For example, they can be used to check the situation around a current home or at various potential locations for a new one....

Interactive maps show quality of public transportation in Germany How good is the public transportation from your home address? For an objective perspective, you can check the interactive “Mobility Maps” for Germany that are freely available online. …

Shape-shifting and deployable soft robot. Credit: Cell Reports Physical Science (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.xcrp.2025.102448 A new type of soft robot can crawl like a worm, climb cables, and suddenly snap into a completely different shape to move in a new direction—all controlled by a single air input. This breakthrough, developed by researchers at Seoul National University, introduces a fundamentally new way for soft robots to move and adapt to their surroundings....

Engineers develop soft robot that crawls, climbs, and shape-shifts to move in new directions Shape-shifting and deployable soft robot. Credit: Cell Reports Physical Science (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.xcrp.2025.102448 A new type of soft robot can crawl like a worm, climb cables, and suddenly s…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Last week, Google quietly abandoned a long-standing commitment to not use artificial intelligence (AI) technology in weapons or surveillance. In an update to its AI principles, which were first published in 2018, the tech giant removed statements promising not to pursue: technologies that cause or are likely to cause overall harm weapons or other technologies whose principal purpose or implementation is to cause or directly facilitate injury to people…...

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Caption:Oreo’s "masked address space" re-maps code from randomized virtual addresses to fixed locations before it’s executed within the hardware, making it difficult for hackers to trace the program's original locations through hardware attacks. Credit: Alex Shipps/MIT CSAIL, with elements from Pixabay Imagine you're a chef with a highly sought-after recipe. You write your top-secret instructions in a journal to ensure you remember them, but its location within the book is evident from the folds and tears on the edges of that often-referenced page....

To keep hardware safe, new ‘Oreo’ method cuts out the code’s clues Caption:Oreo’s “masked address space” re-maps code from randomized virtual addresses to fixed locations before it’s executed within the hardware, making it difficult for hackers to tra…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The demand for electricity is growing rapidly as the world transitions from fossil fuels to low carbon-emitting forms of energy. However, making this transition will be difficult. Ontario is projected to require 75% more electricity by 2050, spurred by increasing demand from the industrial sector, data centers, electric vehicle (EV) adoption and households, according to the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO)....

Prioritizing nuclear power and natural gas over renewable energy is a risky move for Ontario’s energy future Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The demand for electricity is growing rapidly as the world transitions from fossil fuels to low carbon-emitting forms of energy. However, making this transition …