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Engineering
Beyond welding: Researchers 3D-print a single complex structure containing two metals
A team of Penn State researchers has used a new 3D-printing method to produce a complex metal build that was once only possible with welding: fusing two metals together into a single structure.
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Engineering
New study achieves major advance towards fault-tolerant quantum computing
A study, "Enhanced Majorana stability in a three-site Kitaev chain," published in Nature Nanotechnology demonstrates significantly enhanced stability of Majorana zero modes (MZMs) in engineered quantum systems.
Apr 2, 2025
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Extended reality adds meat flavors to plant-based meals for eco-friendly dining
Extended reality makes it possible to artificially modify human sensations. For example, researchers have succeeded in using extended reality to make vegetarian food even more attractive.
Apr 2, 2025
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Eye-catching mobile device research could be a sight for sore thumbs
Insights from a new study focused on widening the use of eye-tracking as a control method for mobile devices could offer a sharper view of the smartphones of the future.
Apr 2, 2025
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World's tiniest pacemaker is smaller than grain of rice
Scientists said Wednesday they have developed the world's tiniest pacemaker, a temporary heartbeat regulator smaller than a grain of rice that can be injected and controlled by light before dissolving.
Apr 2, 2025
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Self-organizing 'infomorphic neurons' can learn independently
Researchers have developed "infomorphic neurons" that learn independently, mimicking their biological counterparts more accurately than previous artificial neurons. A team of researchers from the Göttingen Campus Institute ...
Mar 31, 2025
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Hi Tech & Innovation
AI and satellites help aid workers respond to Myanmar earthquake damage
Just after sunrise on Saturday, a satellite set its long-range camera on the city of Mandalay in Myanmar, not far from the epicenter of Friday's 7.7 magnitude earthquake that devastated the Southeast Asian country's second-largest ...
Mar 31, 2025
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Engineering
Brain implant turns thoughts into speech in near real-time
A brain implant using artificial intelligence was able to turn a paralyzed woman's thoughts into speech almost simultaneously, US researchers said Monday.
Mar 31, 2025
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Engineering
Researchers develop new design and fabrication method to make lightsails for interstellar travel
In a potential step toward sending small spacecraft to the stars, researchers have developed an ultra-thin, ultra-reflective membrane designed to ride a column of laser light to incredible speeds.
Mar 30, 2025
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Electronics & Semiconductors
DNA scaffolds enable self-assembling 3D electronic devices
Researchers at Columbia Engineering have for the first time used DNA to help create 3D electronically operational devices with nanometer-size features.
Mar 29, 2025
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Hi Tech & Innovation
New miniature laboratories are ensuring that AI doesn't make mistakes
Anyone who develops an AI solution sometimes goes on a journey into the unknown. At least at the beginning, researchers and designers do not always know whether their algorithms and AI models will work as expected or whether ...
Mar 28, 2025
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Robotics
Scientists develop dog-inspired robot that runs without motors
Scientists from TU Delft and EPFL have created a quadruped robot capable of running like a dog without the need for motors. This achievement, a product of combining innovative mechanics with data-driven technology, was published ...
Mar 27, 2025
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Computer Sciences
Humans as hardware: Computing with biological tissue
Most computers run on microchips, but what if we've been overlooking a simpler, more elegant computational tool all this time? In fact, what if we were the computational tool?
Mar 27, 2025
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Engineering
Feeling the future: New wearable device mimics the complexity of human touch
When it comes to haptic feedback, most technologies are limited to simple vibrations. But our skin is loaded with tiny sensors that detect pressure, vibration, stretching and more. Now, Northwestern University engineers have ...
Mar 27, 2025
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Electronics & Semiconductors
A lighter, smarter magnetoreceptive electronic skin
Imagine navigating a virtual reality with contact lenses or operating your smartphone underwater: This and more could soon be a reality thanks to innovative e-skins.
Mar 27, 2025
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Smart textiles and surfaces: How lightweight elastomer films are bringing tech to life
A research team led by Professors Stefan Seelecke and Paul Motzki from Saarland University is using a highly versatile film not much thicker than household cling film to impart new capabilities to objects while saving energy ...
Mar 27, 2025
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Study unveils AI-driven, real-time, hand-object pose estimation framework
A new AI-powered framework has been developed, offering new capabilities for the real-time analysis of two hands engaged in manipulating an object.
Mar 27, 2025
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Shape-shifting OLED panel: Dynamic smartphone display with integrated speaker technology unveiled
A research team has developed the world's first smartphone-type OLED panel that can freely transform its shape while simultaneously functioning as a speaker—all without sacrificing its ultra-thin, flexible properties.
Mar 25, 2025
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Consumer & Gadgets
Revolutionizing touch: Researchers explore the future of wearable multi-sensory haptic technology
From virtual reality to rehabilitation and communication, haptic technology has revolutionized the way humans interact with the digital world. While early haptic devices focused on single-sensory cues like vibration-based ...
Mar 25, 2025
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Artificial nerve with organic transistor design shows promise for brain-machine interfaces
In recent years, many engineers have been trying to develop hardware components that could emulate the functions of various biological systems, including synapses, the human skin and nerves. These bio-inspired systems include ...
Robotics
Liquid robot can transform, separate and fuse like living cells
A joint research team has successfully developed a next-generation soft robot based on liquid. The research was published in Science Advances.
Mar 24, 2025
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Harnessing nature's fractals for flexible electronics: Biomimetic fabrication technique uses leaf skeletons as templates
By using leaf skeletons as templates, researchers harnessed nature's intrinsic hierarchical fractal structures to improve the performance of flexible electronic devices. Wearable sensors and electronic skins are examples ...
Mar 24, 2025
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Using perovskite to make LED pixels as small as a virus
A team of physicists, engineers, opticians and photonics specialists at Zhejiang University, in China, working with a pair of colleagues from the University of Cambridge, in the U.K., has found a way to make pixels smaller ...
