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April 24, 2024
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Apr. 24, 2024 — Researchers have invented a new optical element that brings us one step closer to mixing the real and virtual worlds in an ordinary pair of eyeglasses using high-definition 3D holographic ...
Apr. 22, 2024 — Superradiant atoms can help us measure time more precisely than ever. In a new study, researchers present a new method for measuring the time interval, the second, mitigating some of the limitations ...
Apr. 18, 2024 — Researchers are targeting the next generation of soft actuators and robots with an elastomer-based ink for 3D printing objects with locally changing mechanical properties, eliminating the need for cumbersome mechanical ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — Soft skin coverings and touch sensors have emerged as a promising feature for robots that are both safer and more intuitive for human interaction, but they are expensive and difficult to make. A recent study demonstrates that soft skin pads doubling ...
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Apr. 18, 2024 — Scientists have developed artificial heterostructures made of freestanding 2D and 3D membranes that have an energy density up to 19 times higher than commercially available ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — Silicon-based electronics are approaching their physical limitations and new materials are needed to keep up with current technological demands. Two-dimensional (2D) materials have a rich array of ...
Apr. 16, 2024 — Tagging marine animals with sensors to track their movements and ocean conditions can provide important environmental and behavioral information. ...
Apr. 16, 2024 — Simulations on the Stampede2 supercomputer of the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) are helping scientists engineer solutions to overheating of grid transformers -- a critical component of the ...
Apr. 11, 2024 — Star Trek's Holodeck is no longer just science fiction. Using AI, engineers have created a tool that can generate 3D environments, prompted by everyday ...
Apr. 11, 2024 — New research suggests that materials commonly overlooked in computer chip design actually play an important role in information processing, a ...
Apr. 10, 2024 — When scuba divers need to say 'I'm okay' or 'Shark!' to their dive partners, they use hand signals to communicate visually. But sometimes these movements are difficult to see. Now, researchers have ...
Apr. 8, 2024 — Researchers unveiled BeatProfiler, a groundbreaking new tool -- a comprehensive software that automates the analysis of heart cell function from video data. It's the first system to integrate the ...
Apr. 8, 2024 — The Takagi--Sugeno (T--S) fuzzy descriptor system offers a promising avenue for controlling non-linear systems but lacks optimal control strategies. Moreover, while robust control methods have been ...
Apr. 8, 2024 — Engineers designed modular, spring-like devices to maximize the work of live muscle fibers so they can be harnessed to power biohybrid ...
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Apr. 5, 2024 — Engineers unlock the power of exceptional points (EPs) for advanced optical sensing. EPs -- specific conditions in systems where extraordinary optical phenomena can occur -- can be deployed on ...
Apr. 3, 2024 — New evidence from a spaceborne-monitoring team indicates that the Ukrainian Kakhovka Dam, which collapsed early into the Russian invasion, may have been vulnerable even before the ...
Apr. 3, 2024 — Researchers have developed a programmable meta-fluid with tunable springiness, optical properties, viscosity and even the ability to transition between a Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluid. The ...
Apr. 2, 2024 — Energy harvesting, an eco-friendly technology, extends beyond solar and wind power in generating electricity from unused or discarded energy in daily life, including vibrations generated by passing ...
Apr. 1, 2024 — Using state-of-the-art tissue engineering techniques and a 3D printer, researchers have assembled a replica of an adult human ear that looks and feels natural. The study offers the promise of grafts ...
Mar. 28, 2024 — A research team has addressed the long-standing challenge of creating artificial olfactory sensors with arrays of diverse high-performance gas sensors. Their newly developed biomimetic olfactory ...
Mar. 28, 2024 — A novel mixed light field technique that utilizes a mix of ray-controlled ambient lighting with projection mapping (PM) to obtain PM in bright surroundings has been developed by scientists. This ...
Mar. 27, 2024 — What would you do if you walked up to a robot with a human-like head and it smiled at you first? You'd likely smile back and perhaps feel the two of you were genuinely interacting. But how does ...
Mar. 27, 2024 — Engineers have uncovered an unexpected pattern in how neural networks -- the systems leading today's AI revolution -- learn, suggesting an answer to one of the most important unanswered ...
Mar. 26, 2024 — High-power lasers are often used to modify polymer surfaces to make high-tech biomedical products, electronics and data storage components. Now researchers have discovered a light-responsive, ...
Mar. 25, 2024 — Engineers aim to give robots a bit of common sense when faced with situations that push them off their trained path, so they can self-correct after missteps and carry on with their chores. The ...
Mar. 25, 2024 — Scientists published the Cascaded Variational Quantum Eigensolver (CVQE) algorithm in a recent article, expected to become a powerful tool to investigate the physical properties in electronic ...
Mar. 25, 2024 — Scientists unveil next-generation research trends in metaphotonics platforms with ...
Mar. 22, 2024 — A team of engineers has recently built a tissue-like bioelectronic mesh system integrated with an array of atom-thin graphene sensors that can simultaneously measure both the electrical signal and ...
Mar. 20, 2024 — Quantum computers promise to tackle some of the most challenging problems facing humanity today. While much attention has been directed towards the computation of quantum information, the ...
Mar. 20, 2024 — If it walks like a particle, and talks like a particle... it may still not be a particle. A topological soliton is a special type of wave or dislocation which behaves like a particle: it can move ...
Mar. 18, 2024 — Performing a new task based solely on verbal or written instructions, and then describing it to others so that they can reproduce it, is a cornerstone of human communication that still resists ...
Mar. 18, 2024 — Load-bearing structures like bridges and shelters can be made with origami modules -- versatile components that can fold compactly and adapt into different shapes -- engineers have ...
Mar. 18, 2024 — Engineers propose a new quantitative framework to account for and predict the impact of temperature on the curing speed of platinum-catalyzed silicone elastomers. The findings could maximize ...
Mar. 15, 2024 — Automated insulin dosing systems combine low-cost blood-glucose monitors with insulin pumps that use precision dosing to continuously regulate blood-sugar and hold it steady. Synthetic biologists ...
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Monday, April 1, 2024
Thursday, March 28, 2024
- Revolutionary Biomimetic Olfactory Chips to Enable Advanced Gas Sensing and Odor Detection
- An Innovative Mixed Light Field Technique for Immersive Projection Mapping
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
Monday, March 25, 2024
- Engineering Household Robots to Have a Little Common Sense
- Scientists Deliver Quantum Algorithm to Develop New Materials and Chemistry
- Metamaterials and AI Converge, Igniting Innovative Breakthroughs
Friday, March 22, 2024
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Monday, March 18, 2024
- Two Artificial Intelligences Talk to Each Other
- Bridge in a Box: Unlocking Origami's Power to Produce Load-Bearing Structures
- Advance for Soft Robotics Manufacturing, Design
Friday, March 15, 2024
Thursday, March 14, 2024
- Dolphin-Kick Swimming Maximizes Water-Flow Utilization With Increasing Speed
- Advanced Army Robots More Likely to Be Blamed for Deaths
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
Tuesday, March 12, 2024
- A Simple and Robust Experimental Process for Protein Engineering
- Batteries for Airborne Electric Vehicles That Take Off and Land Vertically
- New Traffic Signal Would Improve Travel Time for Both Pedestrians and Vehicles
- Have Metalenses Expanded Their Reach Into the Ultraviolet Region?
Monday, March 11, 2024
- Cicadas' Unique Urination Unlocks New Understanding of Fluid Dynamics
- Robotic Interface Masters a Soft Touch
- Going Top Shelf With AI to Better Track Hockey Data
- Would the Highly Sensitive Transparent Ultrasound Transducer Revolutionize Biomedical Imaging Technology?
Thursday, March 7, 2024
- The Role of Machine Learning and Computer Vision in Imageomics
- Method Rapidly Verifies That a Robot Will Avoid Collisions
Wednesday, March 6, 2024
- Powerless Mechanoluminescent Touchscreen Underwater
- Advanced Noise Suppression Technology for Improved Search and Rescue Drones
Monday, March 4, 2024
- Scientists Revolutionize Wireless Communication With Three-Dimensional Processors
- New Dressing Robot Can 'mimic' The Actions of Care-Workers
Friday, March 1, 2024
- Researchers Create Coating Solution for Safer Food Storage
- AI-Enabled Atomic Robotic Probe to Advance Quantum Material Manufacturing
- Scientists Make Nanoparticles Dance to Unravel Quantum Limits
Thursday, February 29, 2024
- Researchers Use AI, Google Street View to Predict Household Energy Costs on Large Scale
- Building Bionic Jellyfish for Ocean Exploration
Wednesday, February 28, 2024
- Researchers Develop Novel Method to Photosynthesize Hydrogen Peroxide Using Water and Air
- First Metamaterial Developed to Enable Real-Time Shape and Property Control
- New AI Model Could Streamline Operations in a Robotic Warehouse
Tuesday, February 27, 2024
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Friday, February 23, 2024
- UBC Okanagan Researchers Look to the Past to Improve Construction Sustainability
- Using Mussels and Silkworm Cocoons to Stop Organ Bleeding
Tuesday, February 20, 2024
Thursday, February 15, 2024
- Discovery of New Li Ion Conductor Unlocks New Direction for Sustainable Batteries
- Do AI-Driven Chemistry Labs Actually Work? New Metrics Promise Answers
- A New Optical Metamaterial Makes True One-Way Glass Possible
Tuesday, February 13, 2024
- Road Features That Predict Crash Sites Identified in New Machine-Learning Model
- CRISPR-Copies: New Tool Accelerates and Optimizes Genome Editing
Monday, February 12, 2024
- Why Insects Navigate More Efficiently Than Robots
- 3D Ice Printing Can Create Artificial Blood Vessels in Engineered Tissue
- How Ancient Sea Creatures Can Inform Soft Robotics
Friday, February 9, 2024
- Sensors Made from 'frozen Smoke' Can Detect Toxic Formaldehyde in Homes and Offices
- Innovations in Depth from Focus/defocus Pave the Way to More Capable Computer Vision Systems
- New AI Tool Discovers Realistic 'metamaterials' With Unusual Properties
Thursday, February 8, 2024
Tuesday, February 6, 2024
Monday, February 5, 2024
- Microbial Division of Labor Produces Higher Biofuel Yields
- One Person Can Supervise 'swarm' Of 100 Unmanned Autonomous Vehicles
Friday, February 2, 2024
Wednesday, January 31, 2024
- Scientists Make Breakthrough in Quantum Materials Research
- Bringing Together Real-World Sensors and VR to Improve Building Maintenance
Tuesday, January 30, 2024
- Artificial Muscles -- Lighter, Safer, More Robust
- Sweat-Resistant Wearable Robot Sensor
- Researchers Propose AI-Guided System for Robotic Inspection of Buildings, Roads and Bridges
Monday, January 29, 2024
- Benchtop Test Quickly Identifies Extremely Impact-Resistant Materials
- Robot Trained to Read Braille at Twice the Speed of Humans
- Utilizing Active Microparticles for Artificial Intelligence
Friday, January 26, 2024
- Locusts' Sense of Smell Boosted With Custom-Made Nanoparticles
- Coal-Based Product Could Replace Sand in Concrete
- Scientists Design a Two-Legged Robot Powered by Muscle Tissue
Thursday, January 25, 2024
- Deep Learning Reveals Molecular Secrets of Explosive Perchlorate Salts
- Cellular Scaffolding Rewired to Make Microscopic Railways
- Teaching Nature to Break Human-Made Chemical Bonds
Wednesday, January 24, 2024
Tuesday, January 23, 2024
Monday, January 22, 2024
- Groundbreaking Discovery Enables Cost-Effective and Eco-Friendly Green Hydrogen Production
- Low-Frequency Ultrasound Can Improve Oxygen Saturation in Blood
Thursday, January 18, 2024
- Wireless Drug Patch Shows Promise as Chronic Disease Treatment Delivery System
- DNA Becomes Our 'hands' To Construct Advanced Nanoparticle Materials
- Mini-Robots Modeled on Insects May Be Smallest, Lightest, Fastest Ever Developed
Wednesday, January 17, 2024
- The Metalens Meets the Stars
- Perfecting 3D-Printed Blood Vessels With Pores
- Pushing the Boundaries of Ultrasound Imaging: Breaking New Ground With Ultrafast Technology
- New Technology for Conducting Deep-Sea Research on Fragile Organisms
Tuesday, January 16, 2024
- 'Smart Glove' Can Boost Hand Mobility of Stroke Patients
- Squishy, Metal-Free Magnets to Power Robots and Guide Medical Implants
Saturday, January 13, 2024
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Saturday, January 13, 2024
- Innovative Graphene-Based Implantable Technology Paves the Way for High-Precision Therapeutic Applications
- How Tidal Range Electricity Generation Can Protect Coastal Areas from Flooding