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March 7, 2025
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Mar. 6, 2025 — Researchers have enabled a man who is paralyzed to control a robotic arm through a device that relays signals from his brain to a computer. He was able to grasp, move and drop objects just by imagining himself performing the ...
Mar. 5, 2025 — Engineers have developed a pioneering prosthetic hand that can grip plush toys, water bottles, and other everyday objects like a human, carefully conforming and adjusting its grasp to avoid damaging ...
Feb. 25, 2025 — Discarded food scraps, stray branches, seashells and many other natural materials are key ingredients in a system that can pull drinkable water out of thin air developed by ...
Feb. 25, 2025 — Researchers have developed a battery that can convert nuclear energy into electricity via light emission, a study ...
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Mar. 5, 2025 — A new seismic study of Singapore could guide urban growth and renewable energy development in the coastal city nation, where 5.6 million residents ...
Mar. 5, 2025 — Cement manufacturing and repair could be significantly improved by using biocement-producing bacteria, but growing the microbes at construction sites remains a challenge. Now, researchers report a ...
Mar. 5, 2025 — Antimalarial drug resistance is a pressing issue in combating the spread of malaria worldwide. In a new study, researchers discovered a key process where malarial parasites take up a human blood cell ...
Mar. 5, 2025 — Injuries to the articular cartilage in different joints, including the knee, are painful and limit mobility. Therefore, researchers are developing ...
Mar. 6, 2025 — Researchers have discovered techniques to bestow superpowers upon sapphire, a material that most of us think of as just a pretty ...
Mar. 6, 2025 — Researchers have created washable and durable magnetic field sensing electronic textiles -- thought to be the first of their kind -- which they say paves the way to transform use in clothing. This ...
Mar. 5, 2025 — Engineers devised a new method for designing metals and alloys that can withstand extreme impacts, which could lead to the development of automobiles, aircraft and armor that can better endure ...
Mar. 5, 2025 — Whether it's rivers cutting through earth, lava melting through rock, or water slicing through ice, channels all twist and bend in a seemingly ...
Mar. 5, 2025 — Engineers have developed a method to utilize aluminum to improve performance of water electrolysis ...
Mar. 5, 2025 — Experts see peer recognition as important to student success in physics, and a new study gives college-level physics instructors insight into how students perceive the message from their classmates ...
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Mar. 5, 2025 — Walking into your favorite restaurant and seeing a robot chef in the kitchen may seem far-fetched, but new research suggests that bots could be a solution to persistent labor shortages in the ...
Mar. 5, 2025 — A newly developed pentanuclear iron complex can offer an efficient, stable, and cost-effective solution for water oxidation. By electrochemically polymerizing the complex, researchers have obtained a ...
Mar. 5, 2025 — Working at nanoscale dimensions, billionths of a meter in size, a team of scientists revealed a new way to measure high-speed fluctuations in magnetic materials. Knowledge obtained by these new ...
Mar. 5, 2025 — Theoretical physicists reveal that room-temperature superconductivity is possible within the laws of our Universe, linked to fundamental constants like electron mass and Planck constant. Discovery ...
Mar. 5, 2025 — Binary neutron star mergers emit gravitational waves followed by light. To fully exploit these observations and avoid missing key signals, speed is crucial. An interdisciplinary team of researchers ...
Mar. 5, 2025 — Scientists encased nanodiamonds in tiny moving droplets of water to improve quantum sensing. The new technique lets researchers detect trace amounts of certain ions and molecules, and could someday ...
Mar. 4, 2025 — Researchers are working to move cold atom quantum experiments and applications from the laboratory tabletop to chip-based ...
Mar. 4, 2025 — Researchers have demonstrated that multicolored stickers applied to stop or speed limit signs on the roadside can 'confuse' self-driving vehicles, causing unpredictable and possibly ...
Mar. 4, 2025 — Researchers have created a system to help beekeepers monitor and analyze the health of their beehives and take corrective actions to prevent colony collapse -- when a majority of the worker bees ...
Mar. 4, 2025 — Engineers have developed a new computational approach to accurately model and predict the properties of a class of magnetic molecules called chiral helimagnets. Their work could accelerate the ...
Mar. 4, 2025 — Researchers are opening up new horizons in chemistry: They present the world's first triple bond between the atoms boron and ...
Mar. 4, 2025 — Hydrogen energy is widely recognized as a sustainable source for the future, but its large-scale production still relies on expensive and scarce platinum-based catalysts. In order to address this ...
Mar. 4, 2025 — A research team has recently developed a groundbreaking neuromorphic exposure control (NEC) system that revolutionizes machine vision under extreme lighting variations. This biologically inspired ...
Mar. 3, 2025 — For decades, scientists have relied on electrodes and dyes to track the electrical activity of living cells. Now, engineers have discovered that quantum materials just a single atom thick can do the ...
Mar. 3, 2025 — Researchers have developed an innovative tool that enhances surgeons' ability to detect and remove cancer cells during cryosurgery, a procedure that uses extreme cold to destroy tumors. This ...
Mar. 3, 2025 — A new study sheds light on ventilator-induced lung injury, a complication that gained increased attention during the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to a surge in patients requiring mechanical ...
Mar. 3, 2025 — Quantitative phase imaging (QPI) is a microscopy technique widely used to investigate cells and tissues. Even though first biomedical applications based on QPI have been developed, both acquisition ...
Mar. 3, 2025 — A team of scientists has developed a method to illuminate the dynamic behavior of nanoparticles, which are foundational components in the creation of pharmaceuticals, electronics, and industrial and ...
Mar. 3, 2025 — A decade of studies from labs around the world provide a growing evidence base that increasing the power of the brain's gamma rhythms could help fight Alzheimer's, and perhaps other, ...
Mar. 3, 2025 — As highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza continues to spread in the U.S., posing serious threats to dairy and poultry farms, both farmers and public health experts need better ways to monitor for ...
Wednesday, March 5, 2025
- My Compliments to the Chef: Researcher Studies Robots in the Kitchen
- A Sustainable Iron Catalyst for Water Oxidation in Renewable Energy
- Single-Qubit Sensing Puts New Spin on Quantum Materials Discovery
- The Quest for Room-Temperature Superconductors
- Neural Network Deciphers Gravitational Waves from Merging Neutron Stars in a Second
- For Better Quantum Sensing, Go With the Flow
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
- Cold Atoms on a Chip
- Study Shines Headlights on Consumer Driverless Vehicle Safety Deficiencies
- Using Computer Science to Save the Bees
- Scientists Unravel the Spiraling Secrets of Magnetic Materials for Next-Generation Electronics
- Chemistry: Triple Bond Formed Between Boron and Carbon for the First Time
- Breakthrough in Clean Energy: Palladium Nanosheets Pave Way for Affordable Hydrogen
- Researchers Unveil Neuromorphic Exposure Control System to Improve Machine Vision in Extreme Lighting Environments
Monday, March 3, 2025
- Quantum Properties in Atom-Thick Semiconductors Offer New Way to Detect Electrical Signals in Cells
- Breakthrough Tool to Enhance Precision in Cold-Temperature Cancer Surgery
- Study Links Intense Energy Bursts to Ventilator-Induced Lung Injury
- From Handicap to Asset: AI Approach Leverages Optics Phenomenon to Produce Better Images
- Scientists Use AI to Better Understand Nanoparticles
- Evidence Expanding That 40Hz Gamma Stimulation Promotes Brain Health
- New Biosensor Can Detect Airborne Bird Flu in Under 5 Minutes
- A Hot Droplet Can Bounce Across a Cool Pan, Too
- Engineers Create More Effective Burner to Reduce Methane Emissions
Friday, February 28, 2025
- Researchers Develop Efficient Lithium Extraction Method, Setting Stage for Sustainable EV Battery Supply Chains
- Eco Friendly, Inexpensive System for Storing High-Power Energy from Pine Biomass
Thursday, February 27, 2025
- Self-Driving Cars Learn to Share Road Knowledge Through Digital Word-of-Mouth
- New Ocelot Chip Makes Strides in Quantum Computing
- Quantum Interference in Molecule-Surface Collisions
- Leading the Charge to Better Batteries
- A Lightweight Flexible Alloy for Extreme Temperatures
- Unraveling How a 'magnetic Twist' Induces One-Way Electric Flow
- Scientists Crack the Code to Longer-Lasting Perovskite Solar Technology
- Turning Waste Organic Compound Into Useful Pharmaceuticals and Energy Using a Technique Inspired by Photosynthesis
- Unraveling the Origin of Extremely Bright Quantum Emitters
- Researchers Demonstrate Laser Writing With Unprecedented Speed and Resolution
- Cracking the Code on Solid-State Batteries
- A Clear Game-Changer: Water-Repellent Glass Breaks New Ground
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
- Are Our Refrigerants Environmentally Safe? The Lingering Questions About the Chemicals Keeping Us Cool
- 'Fluorescent Phoenix' Discovered With Persistence Rivaling Marie Curie's
- Student Refines 100-Year-Old Math Problem, Expanding Wind Energy Possibilities
- Material's 'incipient' Property Could Jumpstart Fast, Low-Power Electronics
- A Springtail-Like Jumping Robot
- Morphing Robot Turns Challenging Terrain to Its Advantage
- New Method Searches Through 10 Sextillion Drug Molecules
- New Low-Cost Challenger to Quantum Computer: Ising Machine
- Researchers Uncover Key Insights Into CO2 Reduction Using SnO-Based Electrocatalysts
- Environmental Impact of Unexploded Ordnance in the Baltic Sea
- Time Interfaces: The Gateway to Four-Dimensional Quantum Optics
- Protein Design: Flexible Components Allow New Architectures
- Novel Photochromic Glass Can Store Rewritable 3D Patterns Long Term
- Some Fuel Lodges in the Inner Walls of Fusion Vessels: Researchers Now Have a Better Idea of How Much
- Multiplexing Entanglement in a Quantum Network
- Sacrificial Scaffolding Helps New Hydrogels Heal Quickly
- What Can Theoretical Physics Teach Us About Knitting?
- New Method Developed to Dramatically Enhance Bioelectronic Sensors
- Researchers Create the World's Smallest Shooting Video Game Using Nanoscale Technology
Tuesday, February 25, 2025
- Toward High Electro-Optic Performance in III-V Semiconductors
- Automatic Cell Analysis With the Help of Artificial Intelligence
- Lunar Trailblazer Blasts Off to Map Water on the Moon
- New Insights Into Efficient Water Splitting
- Rising Wages Drive Innovation in Automation Technology
- Mesoporous Silicon: Semiconductor With New Talents
- From Defect to High-Tech Material
- A Completely New Type of Microscopy Based on Quantum Sensors
- Longest-Runout Undersea Sediment Flows Analyzed in Unprecedented Detail
- A New Model Accurately Predicts the Movement of Elite Athletes to Catch the Ball in Parabolic Flight
- Research Reveals Potential Alternatives to 'forever Chemicals'
- From Waste to Wonder: Revolutionary Green Grout for Sustainable Construction Practices
- Materials Incorporated Into Quantum Qubit Platform
- Mimicking Shark Skin to Create Clean Cutting Boards
Monday, February 24, 2025
- DNA Origami Suggests Route to Reusable, Multifunctional Biosensors
- Beehive Sensors Offer Hope in Saving Honeybee Colonies
- Brewing Tea Removes Lead from Water
- Underlying Rules of Evolutionary Urban Systems in Africa
Friday, February 21, 2025
- New Microscope Can Image, at Once, the Full 3D Orientation and Position of Molecules in Cells
- Glass Fertilizer Beads Could Be a Sustained Nutrient Delivery System
- How to Get a Robot Collective to Act Like a Smart Material
- Why GPT Can't Think Like Us
- Breakthrough in High-Performance Oxide-Ion Conductors Using Rubidium
- Microcomb Chips Help Pave the Way for Thousand Times More Accurate GPS Systems
- Highly Uniform Nanocrystals Synthesized by Liquid Crystalline Antisolvent
- Flexible Crystals Reveal Secrets of Elasticity
- Novel Method to Synthesize Valuable Fluorinated Drug Compounds
- Precision Therapy With Microbubbles
- Perovskite Solar Cells: Thermal Stresses Are the Key to Long-Term Stability
- Self-Imaging of Structured Light in New Dimensions
- Illuminating the Proton's Inner Workings
Thursday, February 20, 2025
- Chip-Based System for Terahertz Waves Could Enable More Efficient, Sensitive Electronics
- Rooftop Panels, EV Chargers, and Smart Thermostats Could Chip in to Boost Power Grid Resilience
- Predator Robots Help Researchers Uncover How Larval Zebrafish Rapidly Learn
- Topological Quantum Processor Marks Breakthrough in Computing
- Chemists Find Greener Path to Making Key Industrial Chemical
- Giant X-Ray Facility Shows That Magnets Can Reduce Flaws in 3D Printed Components
- Cooling Materials -- Out of the 3D Printer
- Closing the Recycle Loop: Waste-Derived Nutrients in Liquid Fertilizer
- Deep Nanometry Reveals Hidden Nanoparticles
- Promising New Class of Antimalarial Drugs Discovered
- Breakthrough Study Challenges Long-Held Beliefs About the Shape of Atomic Nuclei
- Revolutionizing Dynamic Facial Projection Mapping: A Leap Forward in Augmented Reality