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Technology11 Nov 2025

Scientists develop low-cost sensor to safeguard water from fireworks pollution

A team of researchers from Nanjing University and Nanjing Normal University has designed a new, affordable sensor to detect toxic perchlorate in water, paving the way for better environmental monitoring and healthier communities. The sensor, inspired by porphyrin molecules and costing less than two US dollars, offers rapid and highly accurate detection of perchlorate, a harmful pollutant that often escapes into rivers and drinking water through fireworks manufacturing and industrial operations. Perchlorate is a persistent pollutant known for its mobility, water solubility, and stability. While perchlorate can occur naturally, ...

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Technology11 Nov 2025

Automated high-throughput system developed to generate structural materials databases

A NIMS research team has developed an automated high-throughput system capable of generating datasets from a single sample of a superalloy used in aircraft engines. The system successfully produced an experimental dataset containing several thousand records—each consisting of interconnected processing conditions, microstructural features and resulting yield strengths (referred to as “Process–Structure–Property datasets” below)—in just 13 days. Datasets are generated over 200 times faster than when using conventional methods. The system’s ability to rapidly produce large-scale, comprehensive datasets has the potential to significantly ...

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Technology11 Nov 2025

Omni-modal language models: Paving the way toward artificial general intelligence

The survey “A Survey on Omni-Modal Language Models” offers a systematic overview of the technological evolution, structural design, and performance evaluation of omni-modal language models (OMLMs). The work highlights how OMLMs enable unified perception, reasoning, and generation across modalities, contributing to the ongoing progress toward Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). Recently, Lu Chen, a master’s student at the School of Computer and Artificial Intelligence, Shandong Jianzhu University, in collaboration with Dr. Zheyun ...

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Technology11 Nov 2025

Topology-aware deep learning model enhances EEG-based motor imagery decoding

Electroencephalography (EEG) is a fascinating non-invasive technique that measures and records the brain’s electrical activity. It detects small electrical signals produced when neurons in the brain communicate with each other, using electrodes placed at specific locations on the scalp that correspond to different regions of the brain. EEG has applications in various fields, from cognitive science and neurological disease diagnosis to robotic prosthetics development and brain-computer interfaces (BCI). Different brain activities produce unique EEG signal patterns. One important example is motor imagery (MI)—a ...

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Technology11 Nov 2025

AI adoption in the US adds ~900,000 tons of CO₂ annually, equal to 0.02% of national emissions

A new study published in Environmental Research Letters finds that continued growth in artificial intelligence (AI) use across the United States could add approximately 900,000 tonnes of CO₂ annually. This is not a small amount but equates to a relatively minor increase when viewed in the context of nationwide emissions. While AI adoption is expected to boost productivity and economic output, researchers note that its environmental footprint can be seen as relatively modest compared to other industrial activities. The study examined potential AI integration across various sectors, estimating ...

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Technology10 Nov 2025

Texas Tech professors awarded $12 million for data center and AI research

Texas Tech University researchers have received grant funding totaling roughly $12.25 million over five years from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to explore infrastructure necessary for large-scale computing that uses multiple energy sources. The REmotely-managed Power-Aware Computing Systems and Services (REPACSS) project will build an advanced system prototype and develop and test tools for automation, remote data control, and scientific workflow management. REPACSS will be housed at the ...

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Technology10 Nov 2025

Successful visualization of the odor discrimination process in an AI-assisted olfactory sensor

NIMS has been developing chemical sensors as a key component of the artificial olfaction technology (olfactory sensors), with the aim of putting this technology into practical use. In this study, explainable AI (XAI) was used to reveal how chemical sensors discriminate among various odorant molecules. The findings may help guide the selection of receptor materials for developing high-performance chemical sensors capable of detecting odorant molecules. The achievement is expected not only to improve the performance of artificial olfaction but also to advance understanding of human olfactory mechanisms. This ...

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Technology10 Nov 2025

Cherie Zachary, MD, installed as ACAAI President

ORLANDO (NOV. 9, 2025) – Allergist Cherie Zachary, MD, of Bloomington, MN was installed as president of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) at the ACAAI Annual Scientific Meeting on November 10 in Orlando. Allergist David Stukus, MD, of Columbus, OH, was elected ACAAI president-elect. Other newly-elected ACAAI officers are Maureen Petersen, MD, of Clayton, NC, as vice president and Melinda Rathkopf, MD, MBA, of Atlanta, GA, as treasurer. Regents elected for three-year terms include Christopher C. Chang, MD, PhD, MBA, Hollywood, Florida, Mitchell H. Grayson, MD, Columbus, OH, and Jay A. Lieberman, ...

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Technology10 Nov 2025

A new AI-powered method to automate material analysis and design

Understanding the properties of different materials is an important step in material design. X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) is an important technique for this, as it reveals detailed insights about a material’s composition, structure, and functional characteristics. The technique works by directing a beam of high-energy X-rays at a sample and recording how X-rays of different energy levels are absorbed. Similar to how white light splits into a rainbow after passing through a prism, XAS produces a spectrum of X-rays with different energies. This spectrum is called as spectral data, which acts like an unique fingerprint of a material, ...

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Technology7 Nov 2025

Hanyang University researchers develop of novel high-resolution mechanoluminescent platform technology

Mechanoluminescent (ML) materials are attractive for haptic interface sensors for next-generation technologies, including bite-controlled user interface, healthcare motion monitoring, and piconewton sensing, because they emit light under mechanical stimulation without an external power source. However, their intrinsically broad emission spectra can degrade resolution and introduce noise in sensing applications, necessitating further technological development. Addressing this knowledge gap, a team of researchers from the Republic of Korea and the UK, led by Hyosung Choi, a Professor ...

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Technology7 Nov 2025

Massively parallel implementation of nonlinear functions using an optical processor

Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have developed an optical computing framework that performs large-scale nonlinear computations using linear materials. Reported in eLight, a journal of the Springer Open, the study demonstrates that diffractive optical processors—thin, passive material structures composed of phase-only layers—can compute numerous nonlinear functions simultaneously, executed rapidly at extreme parallelism and spatial density, bound by the diffraction ...

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Technology7 Nov 2025

Electrohydrodynamics pump and machine learning enable portable, high-performance excimer laser

A research team led by Prof. LIANG Xu at the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, has developed an ultra-compact excimer laser—roughly the size of a thermos bottle. The results were recently published in APL Photonics. Excimer lasers, as critical deep ultraviolet sources, are widely used in scientific research, industrial processing, and environmental monitoring. However, traditional systems rely on mechanical gas pumps for medium circulation, resulting in large size, high noise, and significant vibration. These limitations restrict their application in field environments, marine exploration, and airborne platforms. To overcome ...

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Technology6 Nov 2025

Breakthrough could connect quantum computers at 200X the distance

Quantum computers are powerful, lightning-fast and notoriously difficult to connect to one another over long distances. Previously, the maximum distance two quantum computers could connect through a fiber cable was a few kilometers. This means that, even if fiber cable were run between them, quantum computers in the University of Chicago’s South Side campus and downtown Chicago’s Willis Tower would be too far apart to communicate with each other. Research published today in Nature ...

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Technology6 Nov 2025

Archaeology: Digital map increases Roman Empire road network by 100,000 kilometers

A new high resolution digital dataset and map — named Itiner-e — of roads throughout the Roman Empire around the year 150 CE is presented in research published in Scientific Data. The findings increase the known length of the Empire’s road system by over 100,000 kilometres. At its height in the second century CE, the Roman Empire included over 55 million people and stretched from modern day Britain to Egypt and Syria. Although a network of roads throughout the Empire facilitated ...

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Technology6 Nov 2025

Researchers find that adaptive music technologies enhance exercise engagement and enjoyment

Researchers from University of Jyväskylä have found that personalized interactive music systems – smart technologies that adapt rhythm and tempo to users’ movements – can make exercise more enjoyable and help people stay active longer. These systems, known as PIMSs, use real-time data from wearables and smartphones to adjust musical features such as beat, tempo, and style to match the user’s pace – whether walking, cycling or lifting weights. For example, when the systems detects you speeding up, it raises the music’s tempo to match your ...

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Technology6 Nov 2025

ACAAI community grant projects explore innovative ways to address barriers to care

ORLANDO (Nov. 6, 2025) – Starting in 2021, The Allergists’ Foundation—the philanthropic arm of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI)—began supporting innovative initiatives designed to tackle challenges within communities served by practicing allergists. Grants are offered in two main categories: Planning/exploratory projects – Up to $10,000 for 12 months to explore issues that are not yet well understood and require data collection. Implementation projects – ...

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Technology6 Nov 2025

Austrian satellite mission PRETTY continues under the leadership of Graz University of Technology

For over two years, the Austrian mini-satellite PRETTY has orbited the Earth at an altitude of just over 500 kilometres in a sun-synchronous polar orbit. Following the commissioning phase at the end of 2023, it provided continuous data on changes in polar ice and sea levels, as well as the effects of space weather on a satellite’s lifespan. Although the mission was originally planned to last one year, it is now certain that the mission of the satellite (jointly developed by TU Graz, Beyond Gravity Austria, and Seibersdorf Laboratories) will continue in a new form under the name OPS-SAT PRETTY. This has been confirmed by the Austrian ...

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Technology5 Nov 2025

The world’s highest honor in computational physics awarded to Stefano Baroni

The American Physical Society (APS) – the world’s largest organization of physicists – has awarded the 2026 Aneesur Rahman Prize for Computational Physics to Stefano Baroni, Professor of Condensed Matter Physics at the Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA) and research associate at the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche – Istituto Officina dei Materiali (CNR–IOM). The prize is regarded as the most prestigious international recognition in the field, awarded for ...

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Technology5 Nov 2025

ITU at COP30: Driving Green Digital Action for a sustainable future

Geneva, 5 November 2025 – ​​​​The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) will join the global community at COP30 in Belém, Brazil, to advance the Green Digital Action initiative – a platform driving collective progress toward a sustainable digital future.​ The ITU delegation, led by Deputy Secretary-General Tomas Lamanauskas, will work with governments, private-sector leaders, and civil society to leverage digital transformation as a catalyst for climate solutions and work toward a sustainable digital sector. Why digital technologies at COP30 matter As global demand for technology ...

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Technology5 Nov 2025

Princeton’s new quantum chip built for scale

In a major step toward practical quantum computers, Princeton engineers have built a superconducting qubit that lasts three times longer than today’s best versions. “The real challenge, the thing that stops us from having useful quantum computers today, is that you build a qubit and the information just doesn’t last very long,” said Andrew Houck, leader of a federally funded national quantum research center, Princeton’s dean of engineering and co-principal investigator on the paper. “This is the next big jump forward.” In a Nov. 5 article in the journal Nature, the Princeton team reported their new ...

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Technology5 Nov 2025

Are we ready for robot caregivers? The answer is a cautious “yes, if...”

Robots have never felt as close to becoming a part of everyday life as they do today. Their widespread use now seems likely in the near future. But as technology advances, important social questions remain. Are we ready to live and work alongside robots? Many people worry about safety, the loss of human contact, high costs, and the potential for robots to take over human jobs. These concerns are especially important when it comes to caregiving robots that assist older adults. A new study by researchers at Chiba University in Japan reveals a general openness to using home-care ...

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Technology5 Nov 2025

The chilling effect of air pollution

Earth is reflecting less sunlight, and absorbing more heat, than it did several decades ago. Global warming is advancing faster than climate models predicted, with observed temperatures exceeding projections in 2023 and 2024. These trends have scientists scrambling to understand why the atmosphere is letting more light in. A new study, published Nov. 5 in Nature Communications, shows that reducing air pollution has inadvertently diminished the brightness of marine clouds, which are key regulators of global temperature. Between 2003 and 2022, clouds over the Northeastern Pacific and Atlantic ...

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Technology5 Nov 2025

How much benefit comes from programs aimed at reducing pollution?

Because policies to address pollution are costly to implement and impose social burdens, it is important to understand the full benefits of pollution-reducing programs. An article in Health Economics provides compelling evidence that one such program offered considerable benefits for infant health, especially in vulnerable populations. Based on an analysis of more than a decade of US birth records, the research shows that the Nitrogen Oxide Budget Trading Program—a cap-and-trade initiative to reduce ozone pollution—significantly improved infant health outcomes, particularly among Black, low-income, and single mothers. The program ...

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Technology5 Nov 2025

What factors determine the severity and outcomes of cyberwarfare between countries?

Cyberwarfare between nation states has become increasingly common in recent years. To address several important questions that this phenomenon raises, scientists developed a game theoretical model of cyberwarfare between nations. Their research, which is published in Economic Inquiry, focuses on factors that determine the severity and outcomes of cyber conflicts. With a two-country model—where nations invest in offensive or defensive cyber capabilities across networked systems—the investigators considered different scenarios where the Attacker is the ...

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Technology5 Nov 2025

Scientists reveal it is possible to beam up quantum signals

Quantum satellites currently beam entangled particles of light from space down to different ground stations for ultra-secure communications. New research shows it is also possible to send these signals upward, from Earth to a satellite; something once thought unfeasible. This breakthrough overcomes significant barriers to current quantum satellite communications. Ground station transmitters can access more power, are easier to maintain and could generate far stronger signals, enabling future quantum computer ...

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