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Engineering
Nature-inspired 3D-printing method shoots up faster than bamboo
Charging forward at top speed, a garden snail slimes up 1 millimeter of pavement per second. By this logic, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology researchers' new 3D printing process speeds past existing methods—at ...
Mar 11, 2025
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Japan's Nissan tests driverless vehicles in city streets filled with cars and people
The van makes its way slowly but surely through the city streets, braking gently when a car swerves into its lane. But its steering wheel is turning on its own, and there's no one in the driver's seat.
Mar 10, 2025
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How government and industry can team up to make the technology safer without hindering innovation
Imagine a not-too-distant future where you let an intelligent robot manage your finances. It knows everything about you. It follows your moves, analyzes markets, adapts to your goals and invests faster and smarter than you ...
Mar 10, 2025
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A new on-chip microcomb to synchronize signals in optoelectronics
Optoelectronics are promising devices that combine optical components, which operate leveraging light, with electronics, which leverage electrical current. Optoelectronic systems could transmit data faster than conventional ...
Innovative biorobotic arm uses artificial muscles to combat tremors, paving way for wearable solutions
It is estimated that about 80 million people worldwide live with a tremor. For example, those who live with Parkinson's disease. The involuntary periodic movements sometimes strongly affect how patients are able to perform ...
Mar 6, 2025
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Engineering
A 30-foot-long glass bridge blends ancient wisdom with cutting-edge design
With more than 500 bridges crisscrossing the city of Philadelphia, they are an integral part of daily life. In a city defined by its rivers, bridges make possible the connections between people.
Mar 6, 2025
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Engineering
Lightening the load of augmented reality glasses
An international team of scientists developed augmented reality glasses with technology to receive images beamed from a projector, to resolve some of the existing limitations of such glasses, such as their weight and bulk. ...
Mar 6, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
Turning liquor waste into power: Baijiu sediment transformed into anode for sodium-ion batteries
A small team of materials engineers at the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, working with Wuliangye, a manufacturer of baijiu, has developed a carbon-source anode using baijiu sediment for use in a ...
Engineering
Nanoscale tweaks help alloy withstand high-speed impacts
A Cornell-led collaboration devised a new method for designing metals and alloys that can withstand extreme impacts: introducing nanometer-scale speed bumps that suppress a fundamental transition that controls how metallic ...
Mar 5, 2025
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Hi Tech & Innovation
AI could supercharge human collective intelligence in everything from disaster relief to medical research
Imagine a large city recovering from a devastating hurricane. Roads are flooded, the power is down, and local authorities are overwhelmed. Emergency responders are doing their best, but the chaos is massive.
Mar 4, 2025
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Therapy for ChatGPT? How to reduce AI 'anxiety'
Distressing news and traumatic stories can cause stress and anxiety—not only in humans, but also in AI language models, such as ChatGPT. Researchers from the University of Zurich and the University Hospital of Psychiatry ...
Mar 3, 2025
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Telecom
Fiber optic networks enhanced with liquid crystal technology
Applications such as self-driving vehicles, 6G mobile communications and quantum communications are pushing fiber optic networks to their limits. Fraunhofer researchers have joined forces with partners to devise clever ways ...
Mar 3, 2025
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Consumer & Gadgets
New device could allow you to taste a cake in virtual reality
Novel technology intends to redefine the virtual reality experience by expanding to incorporate a new sensory connection: taste.
Feb 28, 2025
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Washable touchless technology could transform electronic textiles
A team of researchers from Nottingham Trent University, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf e.V. (Germany) and Free University of Bozen-Bolzano (Italy) has created washable and durable magnetic field-sensing electronic textiles—thought ...
Feb 26, 2025
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Engineering
Fiber computer allows apparel to run apps and 'understand' the wearer
What if the clothes you wear could care for your health? MIT researchers have developed an autonomous programmable computer in the form of an elastic fiber, which could monitor health conditions and physical activity, alerting ...
Feb 26, 2025
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Hardware
Novel photochromic glass can store rewritable 3D patterns
For decades, researchers have been exploring how to store data in glass because of its potential to hold information for a long time—eons—without applying power. A special type of glass that changes color in different ...
Feb 26, 2025
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Electronics & Semiconductors
New conductive-bridge interlayer contacts could boost performance of 2D optoelectronics
Photodiodes are widely used devices based on semiconducting materials that can convert light into electrical current. These devices are central components of various contemporary technologies, including photovoltaics (PVs) ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
Wearable bionic device mimics birds' extraordinary sight
Scientists at the City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) have developed a wearable bionic device that replicates birds' exceptional visual capabilities and operates with near-zero power consumption. This innovation represents ...
Feb 24, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
Rejuvenating lithium-ion batteries by injecting them with a widely compatible carrier molecule
A multi-institutional team of Chinese chemists, molecular engineers, and materials scientists has found a way to rejuvenate lithium-ion batteries after they lose their recharging ability. Their study is published in the journal ...
Engineering
Novel system optimizes the electrical, thermal and mechanical behavior of 3D printed materials
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), in collaboration with the University of Oxford, Imperial College London and the BC Materials research center in the Basque Country, has developed an innovative computational model ...
Feb 24, 2025
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Rich in cash, Japan automaker Toyota builds a city to test futuristic mobility
Woven City near Mount Fuji is where Japanese automaker Toyota plans to test everyday living with robotics, artificial intelligence and autonomous zero-emissions transportation.
Feb 23, 2025
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Electronics & Semiconductors
First two-way adaptive brain-computer interface enhances communication efficiency
A team of bioengineers at Tsinghua University, working with medical research colleagues from Tianjin University, both in China, have developed what they describe as the world's first two-way adaptive brain–computer interface ...
Energy & Green Tech
Researchers 3D print high-performance, sustainable thermoelectric materials
Rapid, localized heat management is essential for electronic devices and could have applications ranging from wearable materials to burn treatment. While so-called thermoelectric materials convert temperature differences ...
Feb 20, 2025
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Computer Sciences
High-speed face tracking enhances augmented reality experiences
Augmented reality (AR) has become a hot topic in the entertainment, fashion, and makeup industries. Though a few different technologies exist in these fields, dynamic facial projection mapping (DFPM) is among the most sophisticated ...
Feb 20, 2025
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Chip-based system for terahertz waves could enable more efficient, sensitive electronics
The use of terahertz waves, which have shorter wavelengths and higher frequencies than radio waves, could enable faster data transmission, more precise medical imaging, and higher-resolution radar.
Feb 20, 2025
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