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Best air purifiers 2024: Top 10 picks from Levoit, Dyson and more
By Lou Mudge last updated
BUYING GUIDE Remove indoor air pollutants with the best air purifiers, tried and tested by Live Science.
New solar cell technology could ditch batteries in gadgets for good by harvesting ambient room light
By Nicholas Fearn published
Solar cells that can be recharged using indoor low-light could be used to power devices like TV remotes and computer mice.
Best electric toothbrushes for kids 2024: Teach the importance of dental hygiene from kindergarten upwards
By Joanne Lewsley last updated
Buying Guide Show your little ones that brushing teeth can be fun with the best electric toothbrushes for kids.
World's 1st graphene semiconductor could power future quantum computers
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
Scientists overcame a limitation in graphene to harness the material as a working semiconductor at terahertz frequencies with 10 times the mobility of silicon.
Wireless charger that sits under your skin could power medical devices before dissolving into your body
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
The wireless charging device can power implants and other devices by moving energy wirelessly through the body or harvesting energy from the body itself.
New brain-like transistor goes 'beyond machine learning'
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
Scientists have previously only gotten 'synaptic transistors' to work under cryogenic conditions, but this is the first that can operate at room temperature — while outperforming today's best-in-class machine learning systems.
Quantum batteries could charge faster by scrambling the rules of cause and effect
By Ben Turner published
Batteries could charge up by relying on a quantum effect known as indefinite causal order, whereby the laws of cause and effect are scrambled and power can move through the system quicker.
The 13 best electric toothbrushes 2024 for a deeper clean
By Joanne Lewsley last updated
Buying Guide Take your dental hygiene to the next level with the best electric toothbrushes on the market.
Scientists create light-based semiconductor chip that will pave the way for 6G
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
By combining photonic and electronic components, scientists have built a prototype communications chip that can effectively access high enough radio frequency bandwidths for uses including advanced radar as well as 6G and 7G.
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