Survey highlights an emerging divide over artificial intelligence in the US
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Results from a new Rutgers University–New Brunswick survey tracking public trust in artificial intelligence (AI) suggest a growing divide in how Americans engage with the technology.…
Mammal tails offer surprising design insights
Model visualization. (a) An example of the model structure, featuring a torso and a single-vertebra tail, showing the axes of rotation for the torso and tail in 3D space. (b)…
AI is transforming the search for new materials that can help create the technologies of the future
A superconductor (the dark material) makes a magnetic cube levitate. The field of the magnet induces currents in the superconductor that generate an equal and opposite field, balancing out the…
Scientists enhance smart home security with artificial IoT and WiFi
Credit: AI-generated image Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT), which combines the advantages of both Artificial Intelligence and Internet of Things technologies, has become widely popular in recent years. In contrast…
Electromagnetic wave absorber enhances terahertz technology for future 6G networks
Credit: ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (2025). DOI: 10.1021/acsami.4c17606 Sixth-generation, or 6G, cellular networks are the next step in wireless communication, and electromagnetic terahertz waves are seen as crucial to…
Using smart technologies and artificial intelligence in food packaging can reduce food waste
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Food insecurity is one of humanity’s most pressing challenges, impacting more than 2 billion people worldwide. Paradoxically, as so many suffer from lack of access to…
There isn’t enough ‘sustainable’ aviation fuel to make a dent in our emissions, and there won’t be for years
Credit: CC0 Public Domain The UK chancellor, Rachel Reeves, has described so-called sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) as a “game changer.” As she announced government support for a series of airport…
Building Zambian homes with local materials delivers benefits that imports don’t
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain People spend up to 90% of their lives in buildings. How these are designed and built has a profound influence on our economies and how we…
Routes toward secure storage and affordable computation
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Storing data in the cloud is now routine for people and companies alike, but cybersecurity risks still exist, particularly in handling user authentication and access control…
The era of practical quantum computers draws closer
Practical quantum computers could help solve problems associated with rescheduling airline flights. Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In 1981, American physicist and Nobel Laureate, Richard Feynman, gave a lecture at the…