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Notre Dame, Ind. – October 06, 2026 -- Researchers at the University of Notre Dame are building an AI system called Voice4PIMD to translate the facial expressions, gestures, eye gaze, and vocalizations of nonverbal individuals into text or audio alerts caregivers can act on.

Cameras and sensors capture nonverbal cues for caregiver training

Led by computer engineering scientist Jarek Nabrzyski, the team's system uses cameras and sensors to record facial expressions, eye gaze, body movements, heart rate, and vocalizations. Caregivers train the model to interpret these signals for a specific individual, since the same gesture can carry different meanings from person to person.

Seoul – September 10, 2026 -- LG Energy Solution and Seoul National University have developed a voltage-control method that suppresses gas evolution in lithium manganese-rich (LMR) batteries, clearing a major barrier to commercializing the cobalt-free chemistry in large-format EV cells.

The joint research team, led by Professor Jongwoo Lim of Seoul National University's Department of Chemistry, published its findings in Nature Communications on September 7 Seoul time. LG Energy Solution announced the results the same day.

Optimized 40 Ah cells retained 92.2% of initial energy after 883 cycles

Researchers applied the new operating protocol to 40 Ah-class large-format LMR cells, which held onto 92.2 percent of their original energy capacity following 883 charge-discharge cycles. The result demonstrates cycle-life stability sufficient to move LMR materials beyond small-format applications and into large EV battery packs.