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Technology24 Nov 2025

Young European family doctors show moderate readiness for artificial intelligence but knowledge gaps limit AI use

Research Brief Background: In this study, researchers surveyed 134 young family physicians from 20 European countries to understand how ready they are to use AI in primary care. The web survey used the Medical AI Readiness Scale (MAIRS), which rates four areas: cognition (understanding), ability (skills), vision (future value), and ethics. The maximum possible score is 110, with higher scores indicating greater readiness. What This Study Found: Overall readiness was moderate (median 69/110) with wide variation. About one-quarter of participants said they never use AI in family medicine, ...

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Technology24 Nov 2025

An integrated approach to cybersecurity is key to reducing critical infrastructure vulnerability

As our society becomes more digital and interconnected, the systems that keep it running face growing vulnerability to cyber threats. Bahaa Eltahawy’s doctoral dissertation at the University of Vaasa, Finland, shows that safeguarding these networks requires a holistic approach. From power grids and transport to healthcare systems, the functioning of modern society relies on interconnected networks. When these systems fail, the consequences ripple quickly across sectors. In his doctoral dissertation in Computer Science, Bahaa Eltahawy argues that ensuring their security is not just a technical challenge but a ...

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Technology24 Nov 2025

An integrated monolithic synaptic device for C-tactile afferent perception and robot emotional interaction

Human emotional interaction relies heavily on CT afferents—unmyelinated nerves in hairy skin that convert gentle tactile stimuli into affective states. For robots to engage in similar empathetic communication, existing tactile sensing technologies fall short: most rely on segregated "sensation-transmission-processing" modules, which cause latency accumulation and high energy consumption due to repeated analog-to-digital conversion. "Current neuromorphic devices for touch either lack low-threshold sensitivity or separate ...

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Technology24 Nov 2025

New doctoral network aims to establish optical vortex beams as key technology for advanced light-matter interaction

A new Doctoral Network coordinated by Tampere University has secured €4.4 million in funding from the European Union’s Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) programme. The High-Power Optical Vortices (HiPOVor) project will train 15 doctoral researchers in the generation, amplification and application of high-power optical vortex beams. The consortium has set an ambitious goal: to establish optical vortex beams as a key enabling technology for advanced light-matter interaction. Optical vortices – light beams carrying orbital angular momentum – open up unique possibilities for ultra-precise material processing, particle acceleration, high-capacity ...

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Technology21 Nov 2025

Atoms passing through walls: Quantum tunneling of hydrogen within palladium crystal

Tokyo, Japan – At low temperatures, hydrogen atoms move less like particles and more like waves. This characteristic enables “quantum tunneling”, the passage of an atom through a barrier with a higher potential energy than the energy of the atom. Understanding how hydrogen atoms move through potential barriers has important industrial applications. However, the small size of hydrogen atoms makes direct observation of their motion extremely challenging. In a study to be published in Science Advances, researchers at the Institute of Industrial Science, The University ...

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Technology21 Nov 2025

Observing quantum footballs blown up by laser kicks

The understanding of complex many-body dynamics in laser-driven polyatomic molecules is crucial for any attempt to steer chemical reactions by means of intense light fields. Ultrashort and intense X-ray pulses from accelerator-based free electron lasers (FELs) now open the door to directly watch the strong reshaping of molecules by laser fields. A prototype molecule, the famous football-shaped “Buckminsterfullerene” C60 was studied both experimentally and theoretically by physicists from two Max Planck Institutes, ...

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Technology21 Nov 2025

When the air gets dry, cockroaches cuddle: Binghamton University study reveals survival strategy

When conditions get too dry, Madagascar hissing cockroaches like to "cuddle". Under certain conditions, the large insects gather in groups, with many participants in physical contact with one another. According to recent research from Binghamton University’s Biological Sciences program, this strategy may prevent the cockroaches from drying out. The new study, “Plastic Behavioral Responses to Ambient Relative Humidity Influence Aggregation in a Large Gregarious Insect”, recently appeared in the journal Ethology, and was co-authored by Binghamton University Assistant ...

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Technology21 Nov 2025

UBCO engineers create new device to improve indoor air quality

With winter approaching and people spending more time indoors, the quality of the air they breathe becomes increasingly important. Especially during cold and flu season. Researchers at UBC Okanagan are exploring an air-cleaning device that can remove airborne pathogens, offering a powerful new tool for reducing the spread of respiratory diseases in enclosed spaces. The traditional approach to alleviating transmission of infectious diseases involves improving a building’s ventilation system to regulate large-scale airflow, explains study co-author Dr. Sunny Li, professor in the School of Engineering. Personalized ventilation systems ...

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Technology21 Nov 2025

Deep learning-assisted organogel pressure sensor for alphabet recognition and bio-mechanical motion monitoring

As wearable electronics migrate toward real-time health monitoring and seamless human–machine interfaces, conventional hydrogels freeze, dry out and fracture under daily conditions. Now, a multidisciplinary team led by Prof. Sang-Jae Kim (Jeju National University) has unveiled a CoN-CNT/PVA/GLE organogel sensor that marries sub-zero toughness with AI-grade pattern recognition. The device delivers 5.75 kPa-1 sensitivity across 0–20 kPa, heals in 0.24 s, and classifies handwritten English letters at 98 % accuracy—offering a robust, bio-compatible platform for next-generation soft robotics ...

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Technology21 Nov 2025

High prevalence of artificial skin lightening in under 5s, Nigerian survey suggests

A significant proportion of under 5s in Nigeria may be being exposed to skin lightning products, if the results of a semi-urban community survey are indicative, suggests research published in the open access journal BMJ Open. Most (80%) of the respondents’ children exposed to skin bleaching products were under 2 years old, and despite good knowledge of the health risks of the practice, these were trumped by aesthetic preferences for lighter skin tones, the survey responses show. The cosmetic use of skin lightening products has become increasingly common globally, with very high ...

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Technology20 Nov 2025

Half of novelists believe AI is likely to replace their work entirely, research finds

Just over half (51%) of published novelists in the UK believe that artificial intelligence is likely to end up entirely replacing their work as fiction writers, a new University of Cambridge report shows. Close to two-thirds (59%) of novelists say they know their work has been used to train AI large language models (LLMs) without permission or payment. Over a third (39%) of novelists say their income has already taken a hit from generative AI, for example due to loss of other work that facilitates novel writing. Most (85%) novelists expect their future ...

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Technology19 Nov 2025

How does adoption of artificial intelligence affect employees’ job satisfaction?

In research based on 2009–2020 data from 509 publicly listed US firms, lower and higher levels of adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) were associated with reduced job satisfaction, whereas moderate levels were linked to greater job satisfaction. The findings are published in the Journal of Management Studies. Investigators also found that firms’ exploration orientation—their tendency towards concepts such as risk taking, experimentation, flexibility, and innovation—significantly shaped this relationship. Employees ...

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Technology19 Nov 2025

From stadiums to cyberspace: How the metaverse will redefine sports fandom

From stadiums to cyberspace: How the metaverse will redefine sports fandom Beyond gaming and shopping, the metaverse is poised to reshape the fan experience, giving sports enthusiasts new and immersive ways to connect with their favourite athletes and teams. New research by Edith Cowan University (ECU) has examined how virtual and augmented realities are blurring the lines between physical and digital participation, offering new opportunities for inclusion, innovation, and engagement in the sporting world of the future. “The beauty of fandom is that when you go to ...

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Technology19 Nov 2025

Can AI help us predict earthquakes?

Kyoto, Japan -- Predicting earthquakes has long been an unattainable fantasy. Factors like odd animal behaviors that have historically been thought to forebode earthquakes are not supported by empirical evidence. As these factors often occur independently of earthquakes and vice versa, seismologists believe that earthquakes occur with little or no warning. At least, that's how it appears from the surface. Earthquake-generating zones lie deep within the Earth's crust and thus cannot be directly observed, but scientists have long proposed that faults may undergo a precursory phase before an earthquake during which micro-fracturing and slow slip occur. ...

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Technology19 Nov 2025

Seismic sensors used to identify types of aircraft flying over Alaska

An array of seismic sensors deployed to capture aftershocks from the 2018 magnitude 7.1 Anchorage earthquake also collected distinctive signals from hundreds of flights crossing over Alaska. In their study published in The Seismic Record, Isabella Seppi and colleagues at the University of Alaska Fairbanks show that these signals can be used to identify the type of aircraft, along with details such as the closest time, distance and speed of each plane or helicopter as it flew above the seismic array. Acoustic waves generated by flying aircraft vibrate the ground below, transforming sound energy into ground motion that can ...

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Technology18 Nov 2025

Seismic data can identify aircraft by type

Instruments typically used to detect the ground motion of earthquakes can also be used to identify the type of aircraft flying far overhead, research by University of Alaska Fairbanks scientists shows. That’s because aircraft sound waves also shake the ground, though to a much lesser extent. An aircraft’s type — a Cessna 185 Skywagon, for example — can be determined by analyzing a seismic spectrogram to find the aircraft’s frequency imprint from the sound waves it creates and then matching ...

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Technology18 Nov 2025

Artificial Intelligence may help save lives in ICUs

A study published in the Journal of Critical Care, conducted with the participation of the D’Or Institute for Research and Education (IDOR), investigated how to measure efficiency in the use of resources for patients with severe community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), an illness contracted outside hospital settings and most common among older adults. Severe CAP represents one of the greatest challenges for ICUs. It requires complex resources, ranging from prolonged hospitalizations to respiratory support, directly affecting hospitals’ ability to deliver quality care. Despite its ...

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Technology18 Nov 2025

Milestone on the road to the ‘quantum internet’

Everyday life on the internet is insecure. Hackers can break into bank accounts or steal digital identities. Driven by AI, attacks are becoming increasingly sophisticated. Quantum cryptography promises more effective protection. It makes communication secure against eavesdropping by relying on the laws of quantum physics. However, the path toward a quantum internet is still fraught with technical hurdles. Researchers at the Institute of Semiconductor Optics and Functional Interfaces (IHFG) at the University of Stuttgart have now made a decisive breakthrough in one of the most technically challenging components, the ‘quantum repeater’. They report their results in Nature Communications ...

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Technology18 Nov 2025

Combating climate change with better semiconductor manufacturing

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18, 2025 — The average global temperature has risen by 1.5 C since the pre-industrial era due to climate change, and it is poised to continue increasing. In response, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has developed the Global Warming Potential (GWP) metric, a unit of measurement that compares a specific gas’s contribution to climate change to that of carbon dioxide. Nitrogen trifluoride (NF3) is particularly bad, with a GWP about 17,000 times higher than carbon dioxide. But NF3 is critical in the semiconductor industry for etching and cleaning, and its use has increased more than twentyfold over the past 30 years. Though NF3 is often viewed as ...

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Technology18 Nov 2025

OFC 2026 plenary speakers address AI, advances in optical technologies and satellite communications

LOS ANGELES – The 2026 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), the premier global event for optical communications and networking, will be held 15 – 19 March 2026, at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California, USA. The centerpiece of the conference’s technical program is the Plenary Session, which will feature four industry luminaries: Alexis Bjorlin, Senior Vice President and General Manager for DGX Cloud, NVIDIA, USA; Julie Sheridan Eng, Chief Technology Officer, Coherent, USA; Siegbert Martin, Chief ...

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Technology18 Nov 2025

Machine learning to scan for signs of extraterrestrial life

A machine learning framework can distinguish molecules made by biological processes from those formed through non-biological processes and could be used to analyze samples returned by current and future planetary missions. José C. Aponte, Amirali Aghazadeh, and colleagues analyzed eight carbonaceous meteorites and ten terrestrial geologic samples using two-dimensional gas chromatography coupled with high-resolution time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Using this data, the authors developed LifeTracer, a computational ...

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Technology18 Nov 2025

Ultrasonic device dramatically speeds harvesting of water from the air

Feeling thirsty? Why not tap into the air? Even in desert conditions, there exists some level of humidity that, with the right material, can be soaked up and squeezed out to produce clean drinking water. In recent years, scientists have developed a host of promising sponge-like materials for this “atmospheric water harvesting.” But recovering the water from these materials usually requires heat — and time. Existing designs rely on heat from the sun to evaporate water from the materials and condense it into droplets. But this step can take hours or even days. Now, MIT engineers ...

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Technology18 Nov 2025

University of Liverpool unveils plans to establish UK’s flagship AI-driven materials discovery centre

The University of Liverpool has unveiled an ambitious plan to position the Liverpool City Region and the UK as a global leader in AI-driven materials research, development, and innovation. Announced at the University’s annual Vice-Chancellor’s Conference, the new £100 million AI Materials Hub for Innovation (AIM-HI) will be a flagship national facility dedicated to accelerating the application of artificial intelligence in materials chemistry. Focusing on areas such as catalysis, materials for net-zero, soft matter, and product formulation, AIM-HI will drive innovation in sectors crucial to the UK economy and the transition to net zero. National Centre ...

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Technology18 Nov 2025

AI and extended reality help to preserve built cultural heritage

The Notre-Dame Cathedral in Lausanne was built between 1170 and 1235 and is the largest Gothic church in Switzerland. Over time, this imposing building has been altered, extended and restored on multiple occasions. The nearly 80-metre-tall lantern tower, for example, has undergone several redesigns over the years, the most recent of which took place at the end of the 19th century during an extensive restoration. The stone used to build this cathedral, and many other monuments in the Swiss plateau, is particularly susceptible to a variety of degradation mechanisms, all of which are enabled by the presence of water (such ...

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Technology18 Nov 2025

Linearizing tactile sensing: A soft 3D lattice sensor for accurate human-machine interactions

The rapid development of humanoid robots necessitates environmental perception for autonomous locomotion and dexterous manipulation. As one of the most fundamental perceptual modalities, tactile sensing provides critical physical feedback during contact-rich interactions. However, this sensing capability introduces a fundamental trade-off between compliance in physical interactions and high-fidelity response to mechanical stimuli. The biomechanical intelligence of human fingertips offers a compelling paradigm ...

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