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Technology26 Sep 2025

Sustainable generative AI: UCLA develops novel light-based system

Today’s popular chatbots and image generators have a severe downside for the environment. These examples of generative artificial intelligence leave a substantial carbon footprint due to outsized energy demands. At the same time, the large amount of water used to cool the equipment behind generative AI depletes a finite resource that humans, other animals and plants need in order to survive. Additionally, running such models requires massive computational infrastructure, raising concerns about their long-term sustainability. Now, researchers at the UCLA Samueli School of ...

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Technology26 Sep 2025

UVA Engineering team develops new way to build soft robots that can walk on water

Imagine a tiny robot, no bigger than a leaf, gliding across a pond’s surface like a water strider. One day, devices like this could track pollutants, collect water samples or scout flooded areas too risky for people. Baoxing Xu, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the University of Virginia’s School of Engineering and Applied Science, is pioneering a way to build them. In a new study published in Science Advances, Xu’s research introduces HydroSpread, a first-of-its-kind fabrication method that has great potential ...

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Technology26 Sep 2025

Blockchain technology could help build trust in restaurants

While taste and price remain top priorities, more consumers are starting to consider the safety and sustainability of ingredients when dining out — a challenge that restaurants are working to address. To support this shift, researchers at the University of Missouri are investigating how a revolutionary technology that could allow consumers to track ingredients all along the supply chain will affect their decision-making processes. “Customers have become increasingly concerned about where their food is coming from, whether it’s sustainably sourced and how safe it is to eat,” Pei Liu, an associate professor of hospitality management in the College of Agriculture, ...

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Technology26 Sep 2025

ITU and UNDP bring global community together to advance technology for good

New York, 26 September 2025 – Digital leaders from government, the private sector and civil society, including youth representatives, shared insights on how technology can be a force for good, for people and prosperity at Digital@UNGA 2025, a week-long series of activities during the United Nations General Assembly in New York City. Digital@UNGA, organized by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), brought together thousands of participants through its Anchor Event at United Nations Headquarters and over 40 affiliate sessions hosted in New York, across the UN system and online ...

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Technology26 Sep 2025

Meet INSEAD AI50 - An alumni-led recognition of global AI builders

The INSEAD AI 50, an alum-led initiative, today announced its inaugural list recognizing 50 members of the INSEAD community who are shaping artificial intelligence across finance, healthcare, retail, climate, industrials, media and the public sector. Honorees hail from North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia, reflecting the school’s 170+ nationalities and presence in nearly 180 countries. Honorees include founders, executives, board leaders, researchers and educators who turn AI from research into responsible, scaled deployment. Anyone can view the INSEAD AI 50 at INSEADAI50.com. “INSEAD leaders focus on tangible outcomes customers ...

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Technology26 Sep 2025

Multimodal limbless crawling soft robot with a kirigami skin

In limbless animals, propulsion across flat terrain depends on three synergistic elements—a highly deformable soft body, rhythmic axial contractions that travel along the body, and directional friction with a lower coefficient at the front than at the rear—which together generate sufficient thrust and grip. Inspired by this principle, numerous bio-inspired soft robots have separately advanced body-shape actuation, end anchoring, or kirigami-skin friction modulation, achieving crawling on uniformly rough surfaces, inside pipes, and through granular media; yet a unified platform that simultaneously integrates “deformation–friction coupling–steering” ...

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Technology26 Sep 2025

Material breakthrough paves way for major energy savings in memory chips

It is anticipated that, within just a few decades, the surging volume of digital data will constitute one of the world’s largest energy consumers. Now, researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have made a breakthrough that could shift the paradigm: an atomically thin material that enables two opposing magnetic forces to coexist – dramatically reducing energy consumption in memory devices by a factor of ten. This discovery could pave the way for a new generation of ultra-efficient, reliable memory solutions for AI, mobile technology and advanced data processing. Memory units are essential components in virtually all modern technologies that process and store ...

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Technology26 Sep 2025

Delta.g secures £4.6 million in oversubscribed seed round to advance quantum sensing

Delta.g, a UK-based quantum technology company, has raised £4.6 million in an oversubscribed seed round to accelerate the development and deployment of its gravity sensing platform. The round was led by Serendipity Capital with participation from NSSIF, and existing investor SCVC. Quantum sensing has emerged as one of the first quantum technologies with the greatest potential to deliver immediate real-world impact, enabling breakthrough advances in subsurface imaging, navigation, and environmental monitoring. Yet across infrastructure, ...

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Technology25 Sep 2025

Rice anthropologist among first to use AI to uncover new clues that early humans were prey, not predators Were early humans hunters — or hunted?

Rice anthropologist among first to use AI to uncover new clues that early humans were prey, not predators Were early humans hunters — or hunted? For decades, researchers believed that Homo habilis — the earliest known species in our genus — marked the moment humans rose from prey to predators. They were thought to be the first stone tool users and among the earliest meat eaters and hunters based on evidence from early archaeological sites. But fossils of another early human species — African Homo erectus — show they lived alongside ...

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Technology25 Sep 2025

AI system learns from many types of scientific information and runs experiments to discover new materials

Machine-learning models can speed up the discovery of new materials by making predictions and suggesting experiments. But most models today only consider a few specific types of data or variables. Compare that with human scientists, who work in a collaborative environment and consider experimental results, the broader scientific literature, imaging and structural analysis, personal experience or intuition, and input from colleagues and peer reviewers. Now, MIT researchers have developed a method for optimizing materials recipes and planning experiments that incorporates information from diverse sources like insights ...

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Technology25 Sep 2025

How could AI help (and hurt) forestry?

The whole world is buzzing about the potential and pitfalls of artificial intelligence—including those who work in forestry. AI could revolutionize forestry, making it possible to save more lives and ecosystems through faster and more accurate data analysis. But if forestry professionals aren’t careful, AI could also botch critical land-management and policy decisions. That’s why NAU School of Forestry faculty members Alark Saxena, Luke Ritter and Derek Uhey took it upon themselves to understand foresters’ relationship with AI: how they’re using it now, how they hope to leverage it in the future and what concerns them. ...

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Technology25 Sep 2025

Digital reconstruction reveals Yunxian 2 crania as early member of Homo longi

A digital reconstruction of the nearly one-million-year-old Yunxian 2 cranium from China, which corrected previous distortions inherent in the fossil, suggests it belonged to the Asian Homo longi clade. This means the cranium represents an early branch of the sister lineage to modern humans that may have included the enigmatic Denisovans. Fossil evidence shows that, during the Middle Pleistocene, multiple Homo lineages with diverse physical forms coexisted. Much of what is known about human evolution and archaic hominins relies on fossil skulls. Yet many specimens from this era are damaged and/or deformed, leading ...

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Technology25 Sep 2025

“Why can’t we all just get along?” Study reveals how mice and AI learn to cooperate

At a time when conflict and division dominate the headlines, a new study from UCLA finds remarkable similarities in how mice and artificial intelligence systems each develop cooperation: working together toward shared goals. Both biological brains and AI neural networks developed similar behavioral strategies and neural representations when coordinating their actions, suggesting there are fundamental principles of cooperation that transcend biology and technology. Why it matters Cooperation is fundamental to human society and essential for everything from teamwork in the workplace to international diplomacy. Understanding how cooperation emerges and is maintained has profound ...

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Technology25 Sep 2025

Proven quantum advantage: Researchers cut the time for a learning task from 20 million years to 15 minutes

Amid high expectations for quantum technology, a new paper in Science reports proven quantum advantage. In an experiment, entangled light lets researchers learn a system's noise with very few measurements. Researchers at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) and international partners have demonstrated that entangled light can cut the number of measurements needed to learn the behaviour of a complex, noisy quantum system by an enormous factor. "This is the first proven quantum advantage for a photonic system," says corresponding author Ulrik ...

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Technology25 Sep 2025

Routing photonic entanglement towards a quantum internet

Imagine the benefits if the entire internet got a game-changing upgrade to speed and security. This is the promise of the quantum internet - an advanced system that uses single photons (particles of light) to operate. Researchers at Tohoku University developed a new photonic router that can direct single and (quantum) entangled photons with unprecedented levels of efficiency. This advancement in quantum optics brings us closer to quantum networks and next-generation photonic quantum technologies becoming an everyday reality. The findings were published in Advanced Quantum Technologies on September 2, 2025. Photons are the backbone ...

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Technology24 Sep 2025

Editage China launches first-of-its-kind academic solution combining Ethical AI and Human Expertise

Editage China today announced the launch of a pioneering academic solution that combines human expertise with ethical AI to address the evolving needs of researchers in China. The new offering goes beyond traditional editing services to deliver a unique blend of human expertise, advanced AI tools, and hybrid solutions. This approach offers researchers a responsible, future-ready solution to navigate both opportunities and blind spots of AI in publishing. Editage China today announced the launch of a pioneering academic solution that combines human expertise with ethical AI to address the evolving needs of researchers in China. The ...

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Technology24 Sep 2025

Artificial light changes synchronization with the Moon

There is no question that the moon has a significant influence on Earth. Its gravitational pull affects the planet and moves water masses in the daily rhythm of ebb and flow (tides) – this point is undisputed. More difficult to answer is the question of whether the same gravitational force also affects life on Earth, especially the human organism. And the discussion becomes even more complicated when it comes to how the fluctuating brightness of the Earth's satellite between full and new moon affects humans. A research team ...

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Technology24 Sep 2025

uOttawa's Telfer School of Management and Canadian Centre for Cyber Security partner in strategic collaboration

The Telfer School of Management has signed a new strategic partnership with the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (Cyber Centre) to provide cutting-edge professional development to public sector and critical infrastructure leaders across the country. Telfer Executive Programs, part of the Telfer School of Management, designed and delivered the immersive Leadership Crisis Simulation at the uOttawa-IBM Cyber Range. This initiative led to the establishment of a partnership between Telfer and the Cyber Centre to expand the offerings available at the uOttawa-Cyber Range, including new crisis ...

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Technology24 Sep 2025

Quantum computer chips clear major manufacturing hurdle

UNSW Sydney nano-tech startup Diraq has shown its quantum chips aren’t just lab-perfect prototypes – they also hold up in real-world production, maintaining the 99% accuracy needed to make quantum computers viable. Diraq, a pioneer of silicon-based quantum computing, achieved this feat by teaming up with European nanoelectronics institute Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre (imec). Together they demonstrated the chips worked just as reliably coming off a semiconductor chip fabrication line as they do in the experimental conditions of a research ...

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Technology24 Sep 2025

Robots map chemical reaction “hyperspaces” to unlock complex networks

Traditionally, chemical reactions have been described as one-line “equations” in which substrates, say A and B, convert purposefully but rigidly into a desired product, say C. Naturally, it has been recognized that byproducts may also form, but these have been generally considered undesirable and unproductive. The current research demonstrates that this view is very fragmentary and insufficient: in reality, chemical reactions – even those studied since the 19th century – are complex reactivity networks that, depending on the concentrations of ...

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Technology24 Sep 2025

Securing AI scientists with agents

A team of researchers from the University of Science and Technology of China and the Zhongguancun Institute of Artificial Intelligence has developed SciGuard, an agent-based safeguard designed to control the misuse risks of AI in chemical science. By combining large language models with principles and guidelines, external knowledge databases, relevant laws and regulations, and scientific tools and models, SciGuard ensures that AI systems remain both powerful and safe, achieving state-of-the-art defense against malicious use ...

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Technology24 Sep 2025

UN agency for digital technologies teams with will.i.am and Google to train young AI and robotics pioneers in Africa

New York, 24 September 2025 – The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) – the United Nations agency for digital technologies – Google, and musician, tech founder and philanthropist will.i.am have launched an initiative to bring artificial intelligence and robotics training to students across Africa. Announced during the Digital@UNGA Anchor Event at the UN General Assembly, the programme combines hands-on AI and robotics training for young people in underserved communities, including in those countries where the ...

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Technology24 Sep 2025

5G is deployed, but it doesn’t always deliver faster connections than 4G

5G has been part of our lives and the market for several years, while the industry is already looking ahead to its successor, 6G. But can we say it is fully implemented? An international team led by Northeastern University, with participation from IMDEA Networks, TU Berlin, University of Porto, University of Oslo, Politecnico di Torino, Technical University of Denmark, and Hewlett Packard Labs, sought the answer. Over the course of a year, they measured performance in several cities across Europe and North America. The conclusion: ...

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Technology24 Sep 2025

From trash to treasure: Indonesian scientists turn plastic bags into glowing water sensors

What if we told you that the plastic shopping bag from last week’s grocery run could one day help detect toxic metals in drinking water? Sounds like science fiction? Think again. A dazzling new breakthrough led by Dr. Indriana Kartini from the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, is doing exactly that—turning plastic waste into glowing nanomaterials that can sense pollution in water. And yes, it’s as cool as it sounds. The Plastic Problem, Reimagined Every year, millions of tons of plastic bags pollute our oceans, clog landfills, and linger in ecosystems for centuries. But what if this stubborn ...

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Technology23 Sep 2025

Charles L. Brooks III to receive 2026 Klaus Schulten and Zaida Luthey-Schulten Computational Biophysics Lecture Award

BETHESDA, MD – The Biophysical Society is pleased to announce that Charles L. Brooks III, of the University of Michigan, USA, has been named the recipient of the 2026 Klaus Schulten and Zaida Luthey-Schulten Computational Biophysics Lecture Award. Brooks will be honored at the Society’s 70th Annual Meeting, being held in San Francisco, California from February 21-25, 2026. Brooks will be recognized for his pioneering work in protein folding, free energy methods and service to the field of biophysics. “Charles’ work leads the field not only in methodological ...

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