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Energy & Green Tech
Porous material could pull 1.8 liters of drinking water daily from dry air
Researchers in chemistry and materials science at Kiel University are working with partners to develop new water sources for the Mediterranean region. "Regions like these are facing rising temperatures and declining rainfall. ...
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Researchers propose light-driven random number generator for image security
While security systems based on pseudo-random number generators (PRNGs) have been developed to secure information use, they produce sequences that are not truly random and suffer from inherent vulnerabilities and security ...
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Tiny chip that controls mid-infrared light could improve detection of gases and heat
Infrared cameras can be used to spot useful information that our eyes can't see, such as gases escaping from a pipeline, chemicals in the atmosphere or heat leaking from a building. But sensing infrared light in sophisticated ...
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Thread-like electronics point to less obtrusive wearable health monitors
Imagine using a wearable device so thin and discreet that you'd hardly be aware you were wearing it. Now Tufts engineers have created flexible electronics that could do just that. Made of thread-based integrated circuits ...
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A low-cost patented portable filter for clean drinking water in climate-stressed regions
An international team has patented a portable water filtration device designed to help communities access safer drinking water during droughts, floods and water contamination events.
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Meet Biomni—an AI-powered biomedical co-scientist
In creating a comprehensive, AI-enabled research agent for the biomedical sciences, Stanford University researchers hope to speed innovation by eliminating the tedium of scientific legwork. Biomni, an AI-powered, multiskilled ...
Jul 9, 2026
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Robotics
Small aquatic robots that assemble into reconfigurable structures on the water
Most people think of the waterfront as the edge of the city. A team of MIT researchers sees it as a dynamic, Lego-like construction site. Their new system, called "FloatForm," is a swarm of small square robotic boats that ...
Jul 9, 2026
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Engineering
New pellet-making method points to safer, more predictable high-explosive manufacturing
For decades, manufacturing plastic-bonded high explosives, or PBXs, has relied on legacy processes like slurry coating. In this method, explosive crystals are mixed with a binder, a polymer that helps hold the material together, ...
Jul 9, 2026
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Researchers develop a new way to build molecular 'ladders' for organic electronics
Ladder-type oligothiophenes are an important class of sulfur-containing π-conjugated molecules. Because their fused, ladder-like structures can support efficient electronic interactions, they are widely studied as core motifs ...
Jul 9, 2026
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Engineering
Student engineers, designers develop mountable wheelchair light with (dis)Ability Design Studio
Powered by collaborative and empathic design, the next generation of designers and engineers are working to make life easier for wheelchair and mobility device users.
Jul 9, 2026
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Small transistor sharpens low-cost thermal cameras without extreme cooling
With help from a small transistor, a team of researchers led by Professor Fengnian Xia figured out a way to make a type of thermal imaging technology dramatically more accurate. The results are published in Nature Sensors.
Jul 8, 2026
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Consumer & Gadgets
Researchers develop core display technology that prevents image distortion even when stretched
Beyond bendable and foldable displays, the era of stretchable displays—whose screens can expand freely like rubber—is now emerging. KAIST researchers have developed a core technology that allows text, images and other on-screen ...
Jul 8, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
Elastic layer lets sulfide solid-state batteries run longer with less pressure
A Korean research team has developed a technology that enhances the lifespan and stability of all-solid-state batteries by using a rubber-like, elastic ion-conductive material. The research was published in Energy Storage ...
Jul 8, 2026
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Robotics
A soft exoskeleton could restore hand function in people with motor impairments
Recent technological advances have opened valuable possibilities for supporting people with motor impairments or who are recovering from injuries to the brain, spinal cord or nerves. Millions of people worldwide currently ...
Engineering
Holographic printer produces 3D shapes in one shot
University of Utah researchers have demonstrated a new method of 3D printing that avoids the leaky seams that come with the layer-by-layer process. Using a nanoscale "mask" that diffracts laser light into a holographic pattern ...
Jul 7, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
'Talkative batteries': Battery cells send temperature data through existing terminals, simplifying battery management
A battery that "talks" does not use words—it communicates through data. Researchers at Kiel University have demonstrated how sensors inside a battery cell can transmit measurement data to the outside without the need for ...
Jul 7, 2026
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Consumer & Gadgets
VR and gaming are adding a kick to taekwondo
When Vietnamese athlete Nguyen Thanh Hien Linh stepped into her first virtual taekwondo competition in Singapore in 2024, she had little idea what she was doing.
Jul 7, 2026
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Engineering
Programmable metasurface generates dozens of holograms at once
Over the past few decades, engineers have developed various devices that can create holograms, three-dimensional (3D) or two-dimensional (2D) images produced by precisely controlling the shape and direction of traveling light ...
Engineering
New carbon nanotube infrared sensors could shrink thermal cameras, medical thermometers and gas leak detectors
Researchers from Skoltech have devised a way to detect infrared radiation across a wide range without cooling the detector. This promises cheaper and smaller contactless thermometers and sensors for medicine, industry, fire ...
Jul 6, 2026
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Consumer & Gadgets
New VR game tracks player emotions in hopes of fostering empathy for marginalized communities
You're in a dance club bathed in a neon-purple glow, surrounded by ghostly silhouettes that sway to the music. A stranger at the bar greets you with a flirty wave: "Hey, you look so cute!" Sparks fly. It's all part of a virtual ...
Jul 6, 2026
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Electronics & Semiconductors
How does superconductivity begin? Unveiling the hidden flow of electrons
Superconductivity, a phenomenon in which electricity flows without resistance, is considered the core of quantum computers and next-generation power technologies. However, the exact states electrons undergo before superconductivity ...
Jul 4, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
A COF-graphene hybrid opens new horizons for lithium-sulfur batteries
Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries combine the abundance and affordability of sulfur with an energy storage capability far beyond that of current lithium-ion technologies. Practical deployment, however, has been slowed by a ...
Jul 3, 2026
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Hardware
Spintronic hardware unlocks faster, lower-energy optimization, outpacing tested quantum annealers
Solving complex optimization problems is central to many modern technologies, from logistics and financial modeling to chip design, communications and artificial intelligence (AI). However, as these problems grow in size, ...
Jul 2, 2026
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Engineering
Blame the model, not the machine—better data helps 3D-printed metamaterials match predictions
Additive manufacturing, such as 3D printing, provides an excellent opportunity to design metamaterials: materials with an engineered structure that leads to desired properties such as, for instance, resistance to vibrations. ...
Jul 2, 2026
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Engineering
Polymer cold spray can restore up to 80% of strength in damaged composite materials
Rowan University researchers have demonstrated a new method for repairing damage in advanced composite materials, offering a faster, more effective alternative to conventional repair techniques used in industries such as ...
Jul 2, 2026
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