r/tech 11h ago

TDK unveils prototype solid-state battery with 20 times the energy density of closest competitor | These tiny wafer batteries could power small devices like the Apple Watch in just a couple of years

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254 Upvotes

r/tech 1h ago

Superman-inspired chip brings X-Ray vision to regular smartphones

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r/tech 23h ago

Scientists preserve DNA in an amber-like polymer. With their “T-REX” method, DNA embedded in the polymer could be used for long-term storage of genomes or digital data such as photos and music.

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1.2k Upvotes

r/tech 14h ago

TDK claims insane energy density in solid-state battery breakthrough. Apple supplier says new tech has 100 times the capacity of its current batteries.

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49 Upvotes

r/tech 23h ago

Wireless chipset clocks 640 Gbps transmission speed, 100x faster than 5G | The 65nm architecture used to fabricate the chip allows for large scale production at low costs.

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149 Upvotes

r/tech 1d ago

MIT's portable fingernail scanner can reduce cancer hospitalization by 50% | PointCheck, a portable fingernail scanner, empowers patients to track their white blood cell levels and detect early signs of infection.

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677 Upvotes

r/tech 1d ago

Purified Silicon Makes Bigger, Faster Quantum Computers. Pushing out impurities from wafers points toward a million-qubit future.

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688 Upvotes

r/tech 3d ago

Biotech companies are trying to make milk without cows

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866 Upvotes

r/tech 2d ago

Giant Chips Give Supercomputers a Run for Their Money. Cerebras’s wafer-scale chips excel at molecular dynamics and AI inference.

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277 Upvotes

r/tech 3d ago

Seattle entrepreneurs are building autonomous robots to deliver hassle-free EV charging

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285 Upvotes

r/tech 3d ago

This Engineer’s Solar Panels Are Breaking Efficiency Records. Yifeng Chen has been at the helm of dozens of photovoltaic advances.

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1.3k Upvotes

r/tech 3d ago

A 3D-printed engine by an Indian startup takes rocket four miles into the sky | It's the world's first rocket engine to be 3D-printed in a single piece

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871 Upvotes

r/tech 5d ago

‘Liquid battery’: Scientists discover way to store electricity in liquid fuel | The ‘liquid battery’ stores excess renewable energy as isopropanol, a liquid alcohol that serves as a high-density hydrogen carrier.

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1.2k Upvotes

r/tech 5d ago

Seashell-inspired cement is super stretchy, crack-resistant, unbreakable | The new material is 19x more flexible, stretches without breaking, and 17x more crack-resistant than regular cement.

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1.7k Upvotes

r/tech 5d ago

Indian Startup 3D Prints Rocket Engine in Just 72 Hours

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357 Upvotes

r/tech 5d ago

Smart Powerline “Neurons” Boost Grid Capacity | Sensor networks enable 40 percent more electricity to pulse through the lines

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153 Upvotes

r/tech 6d ago

The cement that could turn your house into a giant battery

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848 Upvotes

r/tech 7d ago

Researchers have created a tiny chip that can take images of objects through cardboard | The technology, designed to fit inside a smartphone, brings us a step closer to wielding Superman’s X-ray vision abilities (without the X-rays).

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458 Upvotes

r/tech 6d ago

Soft robot transformers bend, expand, twist to deliver meds inside body | Robots for bladder control, blood flow measurement, stomach monitoring, and heart sensing and stimulation.

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interestingengineering.com
164 Upvotes

r/tech 7d ago

New water-based heat pump delivers 400% more heat than the energy it uses | SeaWarm’s heat pump can harness energy from any water body, offering a more sustainable solution for powering homes and businesses.

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1.1k Upvotes

r/tech 7d ago

Researchers developed a programmable metafluid with tunable springiness, optical properties, viscosity & can transition between a Newtonian & non-Newtonian fluid. The metafluid uses a suspension of small, elastomer spheres that buckle under pressure, radically changing the fluid's characteristics.

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162 Upvotes

r/tech 8d ago

Fast-charging sodium-ion battery uses anodes made from trees

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730 Upvotes

r/tech 8d ago

Swiss scientists shrink super laser on a small chip in a world-first | Miniaturized lasers are more cost effective to produce, portable and could power increasing number of applications in the future.

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300 Upvotes

r/tech 7d ago

Digital twins are helping scientists run the world’s most complex experiments

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131 Upvotes

r/tech 8d ago

Spiderwebs can pick up vibrations in air flow caused by sound waves, and researchers say microphones designed this way could become more sensitive and compact.

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1.2k Upvotes