Researchers have made a key advance in thin-film solar cell technology by rethinking one of its most problematic regions: the interface between the light-absorbing material and the metal contact. Credit: Shutterstock The introduction of a…
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A philosopher of consciousness argues that there may be no reliable way to determine whether artificial intelligence is truly conscious, making agnosticism the most defensible position. He warns that this deep uncertainty leaves room for…
A large study shows that AI can enhance creative thinking by encouraging exploration rather than efficiency alone. Credit: Shutterstock New research suggests that artificial intelligence may be most powerful not as a tool for automation,…
Researchers from several leading U.S. universities and industry have created a new kind of computer chip that stacks memory and computing vertically, dramatically improving how fast data can move inside the hardware. Credit: Shutterstock Stanford,…
A new 3D-printed aluminum alloy is stronger than traditional aluminum, due to a key recipe that, when printed, produces aluminum (illustrated in brown) with nanometer scale precipitates (in light blue). The precipitates are arranged in…
Global energy demand is rising rapidly, driven by data centers, advanced vehicles, and new manufacturing technologies. Researchers at NREL have developed an ultra-efficient, compact power module that can extract significantly more usable energy from existing…
Abram Fluckiger holds up a sample panel square that has five sandwiched layers of a new material nearly transparent insulation material called MOCHI, which was designed buy CU Boulder researchers in physics professor Ivan Smalyukh’s…
Researchers have uncovered why a newer generation of lithium-ion battery materials can still crack and degrade, despite being designed to avoid known failure modes. The study reveals that single-crystal cathodes fail through a different, previously…
Schematic illustration of altermagnetism in a single-orientation RuO₂ thin film, depicted based on X-ray magnetic linear dichroism and spin orientations. Credit: Zhenchao Wen, National Institute for Materials Science; Jun Okabayashi, The University of Tokyo; Yoshio…
Cancer-diagnosing AI models can secretly read patient demographics from pathology slides, leading to biased results. A new training approach dramatically improves fairness without needing perfect data. Credit: Shutterstock AI can spot cancer—but it can also…
