Consumer & Gadgets
Most virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) displays present virtual objects at a fixed focal distance, creating a mismatch between where the eyes converge and where they focus. Researchers tested a varifocal display ...
Nov 4, 2026
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Engineering
Understanding how ions move through solid materials is key to advancing technologies such as batteries, fuel cells and sensors. A team of scientists led by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory ...
Nov 4, 2026
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Robotics
When a doctor taps just below your kneecap, your lower leg kicks forward automatically. This knee-jerk reflex is one example of the reflexes that play an essential role in human motor control. Now, researchers at Tohoku University ...
Nov 4, 2026
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Engineering
"Diamonds are forever." Or so the saying goes. Texas A&M University College of Engineering and Rice University researchers put that claim to the ultimate test. They forged a diamond composite, then marched it directly into ...
Nov 4, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
What if the dirtiest water in town could help pay for its own cleanup? That is the question that started our project. Sewage is full of hungry bacteria. It also carries leftover medicines, including antibiotics like chloramphenicol, ...
Consumer & Gadgets
Northwestern University engineers are investigating new ways to tell what the hands are doing—including peering beneath the skin to watch muscles and tendons move. The new methods don't use high-tech cameras, medical scans ...
Nov 3, 2026
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Business
Artificial intelligence models replicate, and sometimes amplify, all sorts of human biases. In the last few years, University of Washington researchers have found AI has erased female characters from kids' stories, favored ...
Nov 3, 2026
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Security
Governments use them to track phones. Criminals drive them through city streets and send texts that look like they came from your bank. For 20 years, researchers have been building tools to catch these fake cell towers. They ...
Nov 3, 2026
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Computer Sciences
A McGill-led research team has developed a bacteria-based biocomputer that can solve large, complex problems using a small fraction of the memory and resources required by standard ("solid-state") computers. Possible applications ...
Nov 3, 2026
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Engineering
What if you could see how rough an object feels, even without touching it? A KAIST research team has developed a technique that makes the roughness of virtual objects visible through changes in the outline of a virtual hand. ...
Nov 3, 2026
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