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A new lease on life for old laptops

Researchers in India have developed a tool that can estimate the remaining useful life of an otherwise obsolete laptop computer based on quality grading of two of its main components—hard drive and rechargeable lithium-ion ...

Flexible microspectrometer for mobile applications

Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering IOF have developed a very compact spectrometer module. It maps spectra from 39 optical fibers onto one camera sensor in a small space. This ...

A helmet with a vibration sensor for excavator drivers

Fraunhofer researchers have developed a helmet with an integrated acceleration sensor for drivers of construction vehicles. The helmet sensor measures harmful vibrations that affect the body. The software analyzes the sensor ...

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Thin, bacteria-coated fibers could lead to self-healing concrete that fills in its own cracks
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Nvidia unveils higher performing 'superchips'
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Staying in the loop: How superconductors are helping computers 'remember'
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What we know so far about the rumored Apple smart ring
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Researchers design new analog chip architecture with high precision
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Reconfigurable electronics: More functionality on less chip area
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Engineers collaborate with ChatGPT4 to design brain-inspired chips
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As auto industry deadlines loom for impaired-driver detection tech, researchers offer low-cost solution
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Tailoring a comfort-fit police jacket
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Lithium-ion batteries from drones might find second lives in less 'stressful' devices
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Engineers 3D print the electromagnets at the heart of many electronics
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Method identified to double computer processing speeds
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Exploring the use of silicon microresonators for artificial neural networks
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An architecture for sub-picowatt logic computing based on self-biased molybdenum disulfide transistors
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Physicists propose path to faster, more flexible robots
Optics & Photonics
Researchers develop world's smallest quantum light detector on a silicon chip
Molecular & Computational biology
Scientists develop new geochemical 'fingerprint' to trace contaminants in fertilizer
Plants & Animals
Furry thieves are running loose in a Maine forest, research shows
Evolution
A new 'rule of biology' may have come to light, expanding insight into evolution and aging
Archaeology
Study finds paleolithic people settled in Cyprus thousands of years earlier than previously thought
Plants & Animals
Study reveals how a sugar-sensing protein acts as a 'machine' to switch plant growth—and oil production—on and off
Archaeology
Horse remains show Pagan-Christian trade networks supplied horses from overseas for the last horse sacrifices in Europe
Ecology
How heat waves are affecting Arctic phytoplankton
Evolution
Study indicates Earth's earliest sea creatures drove evolution by stirring the water
General Physics
Deep-sea sponge's 'zero-energy' flow control could inspire new energy efficient designs
Nanomaterials
Ion irradiation offers promise for 2D material probing
Biotechnology
From fungi to fashion: Mushroom eco-leather is moving towards the mainstream
Analytical Chemistry
Chemists develop new method for introducing fluorinated components into molecules
Earth Sciences
Microplastics may slow the rate at which carbon is pulled from the sea surface to the depths
Archaeology
Remains of two men from central China shed light on ancient practice of punitive amputation
Astronomy
Astronomers detect rare neutral atomic-carbon absorbers with deep neural network

Aim policies at hardware to ensure AI safety, say experts

A global registry tracking the flow of chips destined for AI supercomputers is one of the policy options highlighted by a major new report calling for regulation of "compute"—the hardware that underpins all AI—to help ...

External drives taking too long to load?

This week a reader writes: I have a Mac desktop with two 1 terabyte external SSDs, one used for Time Machine backups and one for my daily files.