UC Riverside and Google built an AI that spots deepfakes—even without faces. By analyzing motion and background clues, it exposes fakes hiding in plain sight. Credit: Shutterstock Deepfakes are no longer just about swapped faces—they…
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An 8-inch wafer fabricated at Sandia National Laboratories’ MESA complex for new acousto-optic device technologies. Credit: Craig Fritz/Sandia National Laboratories Once a dominant force in chipmaking, the United States has watched its lead slip to…
Mechanical engineering professor Dan Negrut poses with a space rover used for testing. Credit: Joel Hallberg / UW–Madison Engineers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have pinpointed a surprising flaw in how <span class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="…
Argon plasma in the vacuum chamber during magnetron sputtering, with the substrate in the center of the photograph. Credit: Empa Scientists have cracked a long-standing challenge in thin-film electronics. We are surrounded by electronic devices…
AI has uncovered promising new materials that could make lithium-ion batteries obsolete and revolutionize energy storage. Credit: Shutterstock AI just helped scientists find five new materials that might outperform lithium in future batteries. These discoveries…
A new titanium alloy from RMIT University could cut costs, boost strength, and transform 3D‑printing technology. Credit: SciTechDaily.com Engineers at RMIT University have developed a new 3D-printed titanium material that costs roughly one-third less than…
A new study shows how sulfate and other salt ions reduce free water to improve the lifespan and performance of aqueous batteries. Credit: Heno Hwang Water was silently sabotaging battery performance until scientists added salt….
A sphere (top) is positioned above a cloudy glass plate (center) so that the light it emits creates a complex pattern on the screen (bottom). The position of the sphere can be determined by analyzing…
Artistic representation of metasurface quantum graphs. Credit: Joshua Mornhinweg Harvard engineers have built a chip-thin metasurface that replaces entire quantum optical setups. New research reveals that metasurfaces can act as powerful building blocks for quantum…
