Research articles

Scientists found a way to generate quantum entanglement using sunlight, not lasers

Researchers claim a major quantum computing breakthrough by proving the answer was correct

Scientists built night vision that shows full color instead of just green

Researchers create a drone that becomes almost invisible by spinning 25 times per second

Researchers synchronize 105,000 tiny magnetic oscillators in 45 nanoseconds, pointing to faster, low-power computing

Europe is testing air conditioners that don't use any refrigerants at all

The big picture: A new generation of cooling technology is beginning to move from lab testing into early real-world trials, as researchers and startups look for ways to cool buildings without relying on traditional refrigerants. The push comes as demand for air conditioning accelerates in Europe, where rising temperatures are exposing the limits of both existing systems and the buildings they are meant to cool.

This MIT robot flies through the air then dives underwater using the same wings

This tiny robot could help dentists prepare crowns in a single visit

Scientists created a paint so black it makes cars look like silhouettes

The FBI built a fake town in Alabama to study and simulate real-world cyberattacks

Researchers are turning old Pixel phones into a data center – and they outperform some server hardware

Forward-looking: Researchers at the University of California San Diego are testing whether retired smartphones can still do useful work instead of ending up as electronic waste. Working with Google, the team is trying to turn retired Pixel smartphones into a low-cost data center. The goal is to keep working hardware in use instead of throwing it out after a few upgrade cycles.

This jacket can harvest drinking water from the air like a real-life Dune stillsuit

This soundbar can be hijacked over Bluetooth to control your computer, no pairing required

A truck-mounted nuclear reactor that runs for decades without refueling is being tested in China

This solar-powered desalination device turns seawater into drinking water, can also extract lithium

Mathematicians used Minecraft mobs to calculate Pi without writing a single line of code

Moore's law is hitting a wall, so researchers are stacking silicon chip layers instead of shrinking them

Forward-looking: For years, the chip industry has chased better performance by shrinking transistors and squeezing more of them onto a flat slice of silicon. That strategy is running into hard limits. A group at the University of Illinois thinks the next gains will come not from going smaller, but from going vertical.

MIT researchers found a way to get lithium out of hard rock without the massive energy bill

Researchers found a way to spy on your browsing by watching your SSD's activity

Researchers hit 112Gbps over wireless in a breakthrough that could shape 6G

Looking ahead: Researchers at Japan's Tokushima University, the University of Tokyo, and Gifu University have developed a terahertz wireless communication system capable of transmitting data at 112Gbps in the 560GHz band. This is significantly faster than the few-gigabit-per-second data rates typically achieved by conventional terahertz communication systems operating at similar frequencies.

ArXiv will ban researchers for a year if they submit papers with AI slop

Researchers built a switch 1,000 times faster than today's AI chips, and it barely generates any heat

A stainless steel breakthrough could slash the cost of green hydrogen production

A major study claiming ChatGPT improves student learning has been retracted

This new material could make carbon capture dramatically cheaper by cutting the energy needed to run it