Robotics
Swimming can take a lot of muscle. But as MIT engineers have found, even a single layer of muscle cells can power through water if designed right. In a paper published Sept. 28 in the journal Advanced Functional Materials, ...
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Robotics
A Venus flytrap closes its leaves to trap prey when it senses a stimulus. Taking inspiration from this plant, KAIST researchers have combined the roles of skin that senses approaching objects and muscle that grasps them in ...
Sep 29, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
The Manhattan Project was not just a quest to build a nuclear bomb; it was a quest to build one before Nazi Germany completed its own. One route to a bomb is to build a nuclear reactor to produce fissile material. But it ...
Sep 29, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
As more people turn to LLMs for advice on interpersonal matters, the ethical foundations of the tools' replies increasingly have the power to shape individual lives and, at scale, the social fabric itself.
Sep 29, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
Recent advances in generative artificial intelligence (AI), particularly large language models, which underpin many contemporary AI systems, have made natural-language interaction with AI characters increasingly feasible.
Sep 29, 2026
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Consumer & Gadgets
It's bedtime. You set your alarm, notice your phone is down to 23% battery, plug it in beside the bed and go to sleep. By morning, it's been connected to the charger for seven to eight hours—much longer than it needed to ...
Sep 29, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
A cross-functional team comprised of researchers, supply chain management, and facilities leadership, at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), has developed and tested a practical approach to help research institutions ...
Sep 29, 2026
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