Foreign carmakers strive for ‘China Speed’ to stay in race

Robots weld chassis of electric cars at a Zeekr factory in Ningbo, in China’s eastern Zhejiang province. In fluid synchronization, dozens of robotic arms picked up metal parts and welded…

Xi says China must ‘overcome’ AI chip challenges

Chinese startup DeepSeek shook up the AI world in January with its R1 chatbot, matching the performance of its US competitors at a lower cost. President Xi Jinping said China…

Oregon agency won’t say if hackers stole data in cyberattack

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Oregon’s environmental agency won’t say if a group of hackers stole data in a cyberattack that was first announced earlier this month. The Oregon Department of…

Infant Social Skills Thrive Despite Hardship

Summary: A large international study finds that babies living in insecure conditions, including as refugees, display key social skills on par with children raised in more stable environments. Using eye-tracking…

A green technology for the closed-loop recycling of vat dyed textiles

System turns simple sketches into digital schematics

A practical example of how the drawing language can be used simply to create the desired effects on a material, in this case a tea stand. Credit: 2025 Igarashi et…

In-memory computing overcomes data transfer bottlenecks

A schematic representation of in-memory computing using electrochemical memory devices (ECRAMs) arranged in a cross-point array structure, mimicking the way synapses in the brain process information. When voltage is applied…

A new automated removal tool can stop most remote-controlled malware

formal model instantiated from the Youku sample. Credit: Hitchhiking Vaccine: Enhancing Botnet Remediation With Remote Code Deployment Reuse. https://www.ndss-symposium.org/ndss-paper/hitchhiking-vaccine-enhancing-botnet-remediation-with-remote-code-deployment-reuse/ Cyberattacks can snare workflows, put vulnerable client information at risk, and…

AI Still Falls Short in Understanding Human Social Interactions

Summary: Humans significantly outperform AI models in interpreting dynamic social interactions, a skill critical for technologies like autonomous vehicles and assistive robots. In a new study, participants reliably judged short…

Combining electrical and force signals boosts prosthetic hand accuracy

Graduate student Peyton Young works with a robotic arm controlled by electromyography (EMG) signals. Young has now developed a technique to use pressure measurements from muscles (force myography, FMG) combined…