In 2025, many of IEEE Spectrum‘s top consumer electronics stories were about about creating the experience you want with technology. Open-source software offered more customization for laptops and displays, devices with less distracting design…
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Donated Christmas trees get a second life at the zoo
The presents are unwrapped, the cookies are crumbs, and that real Christmas tree…
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RF Over Fiber: A New Era in Data Center Efficiency
How fast you can train gigantic new AI models boils down to two words: up and out.
In data-center terms, scaling out means increasing how many AI computers you can link together to tackle a big problem in chunks. Scaling up, on the other hand,…
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Why Active Rest Is Important During the Holidays
The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research.
The holiday season is often painted as an idyllic vision of rest, conjuring images of warm beverages and bountiful time…
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Once thought extinct, rare flat-headed cat reappears in Thailand
In a promising discovery, authorities have spotted the critically endangered flat-headed cat in Thailand for the first time in 30 years. Notably, the sighting involved more than a single individual.
The last recorded sighting of this…
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What we have learned about neuroscience in 2025 : NPR
Researchers studying the human brain shared a lot of fascinating research this year, like how to keep brains young and how to reduce inflammation in joints.
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And it has been…
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The Environmental and Human Rights Costs of China’s Clean Energy Investments Abroad
Across the globe, Chinese firms are embarking on an unprecedented effort to build the factories, mines and refineries needed to make EVs, batteries, solar panels, and other clean energy technologies. Since 2022, Chinese companies have pledged…
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I’m an AI expert – here are my top 5 secret tools that could change your life in 2026
I’ve tried out an absurd number of AI tools this year both for professional purposes and to satisfy my own curiosity. And while the big-name AI chatbots like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude are often the default choice for many people, there are so…
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New nanosensor detects dopamine release from living brain organoids in real time
A layered electrode combining gold nanopillars, gold nanoparticles, and graphene oxide can detect dopamine released from living midbrain organoids at nanomolar concentrations. The platform, called SIDNEY, achieved detection limits of 29.5 nM in…
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Cypriot fishermen battle invasive lionfish and turn them into a tavern delicacy
Photis Gaitanos’ rough fingers adroitly untangle the venomous spikes of a lionfish from a net, throwing the exotic-looking creature into an ice-filled rubber bin along with other fish from the day’s catch.
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