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A tuned iron-oxide interface helps zinc-air batteries use incoming oxygen more easily, easing a reaction that has long slowed them down. @tohoku_univ @angew_chem techxplore.com/news/2026-06-…
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The key shift happens at an Fe2O3/Sm2O3 heterointerface. It weakens overly strong Fe-OH bonding, which helps OH detach and lets oxygen reduction move faster. Tests also pointed to durable performance in more than one battery format.
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A smartphone view of a robot’s path, goal, and safety zone made people much better at anticipating what the machine would do next. @NYUTandon techxplore.com/news/2026-06-…
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Participants viewed AR navigation scenarios and answered questions about goals, obstacles, interference, and safe areas. Performance was especially strong for spotting obstacles and identifying where people could stay clear.
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When phishing pages hide their content, that concealment can become the clue that exposes far more than one URL. @TMU_PR @ieeeaccess techxplore.com/news/2026-06-…
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Instead of judging a single link, PhishLumos starts from signs of cloaking and traces infrastructure clues like IPs and network connections. In tests on real campaigns, it surfaced malicious URLs faster than expert analysis.
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A battery-free artificial photosynthesis device kept solar fuel production steady even as sunlight shifted. @OsakaMetUniv_en techxplore.com/news/2026-06-…
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The electrolyzer was built to regulate itself instead of relying on external control electronics. As light increases and the device warms, its resistance drops, helping electricity keep flowing efficiently.
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A virtual “behavioral crash-test dummy” now simulates how a human driver reacts in near-crash moments. @NatureComms techxplore.com/news/2026-06-…
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The computer model reproduced human responses in three simulated traffic conflicts, including sudden braking and a vehicle cutting in. It is meant as a digital benchmark, but broader and more complex road situations still need work.
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A transparent OLED electrode stayed highly conductive while letting through up to 99% of light, using a metal mesh patterned directly onto delicate organic layers. @RoySocChem techxplore.com/news/2026-06-…
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The approach avoids chemical washing and lift-off steps that can damage conventional transparent OLED structures. The mesh reached 1.1–4.0 Ω/sq sheet resistance with micrometer-scale patterning, but the device path is only partly shown here.
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One quantum cloud job can leave most of a 64-qubit chip sitting idle. A new auto mode instead packs programs from different users onto the same hardware at once. @UOsaka_en techxplore.com/news/2026-06-…
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The system pulls compatible jobs from the queue, assigns them to open qubits, and runs them in parallel. In one test with small circuits, throughput rose 3.76 times. It also checks jobs near the front of the queue to balance efficiency with fairness.
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AI may be learning human behavior faster than humans can make sense of how AI works. @sciencemagazine techxplore.com/news/2026-06-…
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Three trends drive the gap: AI designing AI, AI agents communicating at scale, and adaptive systems modeling people in growing detail. The warning is not just about performance, but about opacity that humans may stop noticing.
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In some Beijing apartments, a wheeled robot now folds clothes and picks up rubbish while a human cleaner handles the rest. techxplore.com/news/2026-06-…
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The service pairs a human cleaner with a wheeled robot fitted with cameras and mechanical claws. It can tidy visible mess, but tasks like folding trousers take minutes and still fall short of human dexterity.
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A jacket that pulls drinking water from air produced up to 900 milliliters a day, turning wearable fabric into a portable water source. @utaustin @ScienceAdvances techxplore.com/news/2026-06-…
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The textile captures moisture and routes it into detachable harvesting units before heat releases the water. Output varied with humidity, and the design improved performance three- to 10-fold over conventional materials at scale.
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