Consumer & Gadgets
According to many deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals, clarity—not volume—is one of the most challenging parts of understanding speech in enclosed spaces. In many types of rooms, sound reflecting off multiple walls muddies ...
May 14, 2026
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Engineering
Researchers from the University of Bath's Department of Mechanical Engineering have shown that agricultural waste from prickly pear cactus plants could be used as a low-cost, low-carbon reinforcement for construction materials, ...
May 14, 2026
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Robotics
As robots enter hospitals and care facilities, questions remain about whether they actually make care easier for the people who give and receive it. A new Cornell Tech-led study approaches that challenge by inviting health ...
May 14, 2026
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Engineering
Ideas to reduce carbon emissions often revolve around renewable power, electric vehicles and energy efficiency. But there's another, less colorful character that's often overlooked: cement.
May 14, 2026
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Engineering
Engineers at the University of California San Diego's Jacobs School of Engineering and Qualcomm Institute have developed a more efficient, scalable way to handle satellite communication traffic, one that could significantly ...
May 13, 2026
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Engineering
Lithium-ion batteries are essential to modern life, powering electric vehicles, portable electronics, and energy storage systems. While major advances have improved battery materials, important challenges remain in manufacturing, ...
May 13, 2026
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Engineering
Each year, 4 to 6 million cars are scrapped in the EU—resulting in the loss of resources. The EU End-of-Life Vehicles Regulation is intended to ensure that these materials are recovered and reused in new vehicles in the future. ...
May 13, 2026
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Engineering
From the heartbreak of an early flight failure to a resounding triumph over the Norwegian Sea, the Boundary Layer Transition and Turbulence (BOLT) Program spent nearly a decade launching rockets into the atmosphere, to investigate ...
May 12, 2026
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Engineering
At Sandia National Laboratories, a new inspection workflow is taking shape that could help catch tiny defects earlier in the manufacturing process for ceramic components.
May 12, 2026
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Engineering
An international team led by Penn State's Institute of Energy and the Environment Director Bruce Logan has developed a new reactor design that efficiently converts carbon dioxide and renewable electricity into methane—the ...
May 12, 2026
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