Recycling fossil fuel infrastructure could save trillions in societal costs  - Moving away from oil and gas and toward solar, wind and hydropower: that is the energy transition. To stop global warming, we must shift our energy infrastructure toward renewable sources in the coming years. The large-scale ...

+4 from  techxplore

 Upconverting nanoparticles enable bioimaging with sub-ångström precision  - Visualization of protein organization with ångström localization precision is limited by rapid photobleaching of conventional fluorophores. We compositionally engineered upconverting nanoparticles to blink spontaneously and indefinitely, enabling two-colour bio-imaging with sub-ångström localization...

 Scientists cut and rebuild molecules from the inside to create new chiral nanocarbons  - Nanocarbons are molecular-scale carbon structures considered to be the building blocks for next-generation materials. Until now, scientists have built them by fusing small, flat carbon molecules together at their edges. Modifying ...

 A Labour Of Love Brings A Kids Book To The Spectrum  - Back in the early 1980s when 8-bit home computers became affordable educational toys for children, the traditional paper publishing industry did its best to keep up. For a few brief …read more

+2 from  hackaday

 Smart glasses with color displays could enter mass production by 2028  - Taiwan's smart glasses supply chain urgently needs to break down technical silos and move first, according to industry executives speaking at a forum on July 24 on the outlook for AI+XR and the next phase of wearable computing. Smart glasses with full-color displays are likely to reach mass production...

+1 from  digitimes

 AI gains a tool to identify Kinyarwanda propaganda, with promise for 600 Bantu languages  - A new study led by Fabrice Niyigaba '27 reports the first digital tool for identifying online propaganda in Kinyarwanda, the national language of Rwanda's 15 million people—and possibly the first for any of the Bantu languages ...

+4 from  techxplore

 China Just Built What ASML Feared Most

 Gartner Survey Finds AI Automation Is Reducing Some Entry Level Hiring at Nearly One-Quarter of Organizations

 Chinese chipmaker CXMT soars 500% on debut as AI fuels shortages  - China's leading memory chipmaker CXMT became the most valuable company in mainland China after soaring more than 500% on its market debut Monday, underscoring how AI demand is boosting the semiconductor sector.

+1 from  techxplore

 [News] Intel 18A Gains External Adopter Hitachi for Silicon Quantum Chip Project; 1,000-Qubit System Targeted for FY2030  - Intel's 18A process has gained an early external adopter. According to a press release, Japan's Hitachi has launched a silicon quantum computing collaboration with Intel K.K., Intel's Japanese subsidiary, and AIST (the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology). Under the part......

+1 from  trendforce

 Sharkfin Bites Attack Shark  - The Attack Shark is a modern keyboard with fancy magnetic keyswitches, macros, configurable blinky LEDs, and more. The problem is that the configuration software only works on Windows, so [JR …read more

+2 from  hackaday

 The Orphaned Sources At The Hacker Camp: What Happened Next  - At the 2024 Electromagnetic Field event in the UK, some awkward items turned up at the swap meet: radioactive sources. Fortunately there was [Tryst] at hand, who works in the …read more

+2 from  hackaday

 'Appy marriages: AI helps hundreds of Japanese wed  - A total of 265 couples have married after meeting on an AI-powered dating app launched by the Tokyo government in 2024 to lift Japan's low birth rate, according to official data.

+2 from  techxplore

 Gartner Predicts AI Agents Will Outnumber Sellers 10 to 1 by 2028, Yet Fewer Than 40% of Sellers Will Say Agents Improved Productivity

 [News] Samsung Display Revives Asan OLED Expansion Plan with KRW 67 Trillion  - Samsung Display has announced plans to resume investment in its Asan Campus 2 project in South Korea’s Chungcheongnam-do province, moving forward with a large-scale expansion initiative worth KRW 67 trillion. Lee Cheong, president of Samsung Display, said after the “K-Display 2026” event he...

 A 25,000-Year-Old Ritual Tradition Was Hidden Beneath This Cave Floor  - Perfectly preserved ‘phytolith’ plant crystals reveal that Indigenous Australians brought grasses into a cave for ritual burning as far back as the last Ice Age. Layer after layer of ash lies buried inside Cloggs Cave, preserving evidence that people repeatedly carried whole grasses underground and...

+7 from  scitechdaily

 Lessons in resilience, leadership, and trust: An interview with Kathy Roth-Douquet  - The Blue Star Families’ CEO explains what the military family experience reveals about the meaning of service and the relationships that can strengthen community bonds.

 Ultra-long life SiC power platform driven by radioisotopes outperforms previous unit-cell output by 4,200 times  - A research team led by Dr. Seo Jae-hwa at Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI) Advanced Semiconductor Research Center, working with Professor Yoon Young-jun's team at Kyungpook National University, has achieved ...

+6 from  techxplore

 Scientists Test Natural Compounds Against Sarcoma: Which One Shows the Most Promise?  - A laboratory study identified curcumin as the plant compound offering the best balance of anticancer activity and safety against fibrosarcoma cells. A plant compound can damage cancer cells in the laboratory yet still prove too toxic to become a useful treatment. That distinction emerged when researchers...

+2 from  scitechdaily

 3D-printable material can heal the body, build better robots and recover critical minerals  - A new type of 3D-printable material developed by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin mimics human tissue's ability to sort and filter, allowing certain molecules to pass through while keeping others out. This ...

 The Neo Geo AES+ retro console is now available to pre-order starting from $249 — game cartridges cost $90 each; the Ultimate Edition with all games and accessories will run you $1,000  - How far are you willing to go for physical media? That's the question the Neo Geo AES+ asks above anything else, given the $90 price tags of its game cartridges. Though, comparing it to its original prices from the 90s, especially when adjusted for inflation, makes it start to look like a bargain.

+11 from  tomshardware

 Will Purging Chinese Tech Cost Europe Its Digital Future?  - The EU faces challenges in building its digital defenses, as the cost of replacing Chinese telecom equipment across Europe could reach $46 billion. The post Will Purging Chinese Tech Cost Europe Its Digital Future? appeared first on EE Times .

 SpaceX Starship Rocket Splashes Down After Successful Test  - Forty-storey-tall Starship vessel carries out sub-orbital flight and splashes down in Indian Ocean in latest test

+3 from  silicon.co.uk

 Samsung trims Z Fold8 display module 10% using Flex Titanium  - Samsung Electronics has introduced Flex Titanium technology in its next-generation foldables, the Galaxy Z Fold8 and Z Fold8 Ultra, cutting display module thickness by 10% to make room for a larger battery and improve user experience. According to ZDNet Korea , Samsung is applying the technology to these...

+5 from  digitimes

 The Secrets Behind Samsung’s Privacy Screen  - We tear down the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra to uncover the hardware behind its built-in OLED privacy screen. See how this anti-snooping tech works.

 Biodegradable implant can deliver targeted cancer immunotherapy while protecting healthy tissue  - Scientists at Houston Methodist Research Institute have developed a biodegradable implant designed to deliver cancer-fighting immunotherapy drugs directly into tumors over an extended period, a strategy that could improve ...

+2 from  phys.org

 Automotive Ethernet and Time Sensitive Networking (TSN) for Next Generation Vehicles  - In this session, our expert will provide a practical overview of Automotive Ethernet, TSN, and much more. The post Automotive Ethernet and Time Sensitive Networking (TSN) for Next Generation Vehicles appeared first on EE Times .

+2 from  eetimes

 Spontaneous and indefinite blinking in upconverting nanoparticles for ångström-precision multicolour super-resolution imaging  - Compositionally engineered, spontaneously blinking upconverting nanoparticles enable multicolour super-resolution imaging with a single excitation source and achieve localization precision down to 0.62 Å for single-molecule imaging on cell membranes.

+2 from  nature

 True 3D DRAM is Coming (Not Soon)

+1 from  youtube

 Sleep Disorders Don’t Just Exhaust You. New Research Shows They Change Your Brain  - Sleep disorders are associated with shared and distinct structural changes in brain systems that support attention, decisions and emotional control. A poor night’s sleep can affect far more than energy the next day. Research from Florida International University links sleep disorders with structural...

+2 from  scitechdaily

 The Surprising Brain Chemistry That Turns Ants Into Caregivers  - Parenting may have evolved by repurposing the brain’s ancient hunger circuits. Long before parenting became widespread, many animals simply laid eggs and left their offspring to survive alone. A new study published in Nature reveals how evolution may have turned that lack of care into nurturing behavior....

+6 from  scitechdaily