The Sodium Solution: Reducing Costs and Complexity in Batteries

Research on sodium-ion batteries aims to reduce reliance on rare elements and cut costs, enhancing battery performance for broader applications. However, fast charging introduces mechanical stresses that compromise the battery’s structural integrity and longevity. Simulations…




How Game Theory Is Making AI Smarter

MIT CSAIL researchers developed a “consensus game” to improve AI text understanding and generation by treating the process as a game where one part generates sentences and another part evaluates them. This method, called equilibrium…



For March’s Patch Tuesday, no zero-day flaws

Microsoft this week pushed out 61 Patch Tuesday updates with no reports of public disclosures or other zero-days affecting the larger ecosystem (Windows, Office, .NET). Though there are three updated packages from February, they’re just…


Evolution vs. Engineering: Why Can’t Robots Outrun Animals?

A study reveals that engineered components in robots frequently surpass biological equivalents, but animals outperform robots in overall system functionality, pointing to integration as the key area for robotics improvement. Credit: SciTechDaily.com Despite superior individual…



Why is Apple so focused on vision AI?

From its Darwin AI acquisition to recent reports claiming Apple might work with Google and others to support a wider array of generative AI (genAI) tools than it plans to introduce, it’s pretty clear the company has chosen…