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The Underground Fridge That Needs Almost No Electricity
Technology

The Underground Fridge That Needs Almost No Electricity

Inspired by centuries-old root cellars and ice houses, this modern underground pod keeps food cool at 8–15°C year-round — even during heatwaves — without a power socket.

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Superconductor Breakthrough: Nanoscale Trick Could Slash Electronics Energy Use
Science

Superconductor Breakthrough: Nanoscale Trick Could Slash Electronics Energy Use

Researchers at Chalmers used nanoscale ridges in the substrate to dramatically boost superconductivity in ultrathin films, opening a path to far more efficient electronics.

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Penn Built a Light-Matter Particle That Could Make AI Chips 1,000x More Efficient
Technology

Penn Built a Light-Matter Particle That Could Make AI Chips 1,000x More Efficient

University of Pennsylvania physicists demonstrated all-light switching using only 4 femtojoules of energy — a step toward photonic AI chips that skip electrons entirely.

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AI Breakthrough Cuts Energy Use 100x Without Losing Accuracy
Technology

AI Breakthrough Cuts Energy Use 100x Without Losing Accuracy

A Tufts University team showed that pairing classic symbolic logic with neural networks can match or beat large vision-language models on robotic tasks while using up to 100 times less energy.

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New 25-Nanometer Memory Chip Gets More Efficient as It Shrinks
Technology

New 25-Nanometer Memory Chip Gets More Efficient as It Shrinks

Researchers at Science Tokyo built a hafnium-oxide memory device that overturns a 50-year-old assumption — one that has constrained chip design for decades.

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Tufts AI Cuts Energy Use 100x by Reasoning Like a Human
Technology

Tufts AI Cuts Energy Use 100x by Reasoning Like a Human

Tufts engineers built a robot brain that combines neural networks with old-school symbolic reasoning, slashing energy use by up to 100x while improving accuracy on real-world tasks.

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