Dr. Jordan Noronha holding a sample of the floating titanium. Credit: Sara Tan, RMIT Australian engineers have developed a strong, lightweight titanium material that remains afloat even after severe damage, offering a potential new option…
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TeraNet 1, the WA Optical Ground Station at UWA. Credit: Danail Obreschkow, International Space Centre The University of Western Australia’s ‘TeraNet’, a network of optical ground stations specializing in high-speed space communications, has successfully received…
Artificial intelligence is advancing rapidly, with newer systems becoming better at reasoning, generating content, interpreting images, and interacting with people in more natural ways. Credit: Shutterstock A new study suggests that people do not equate…
MIT engineers developed a soft robot that can flap through water in response to flashes of light. Credit: Melanie Gonick, MIT MIT engineers created a paper-thin swimming robot that uses light-controlled living muscle cells to…
The ability to precisely control how heat flows could lead to new cooling strategies for chips and high-performance systems. Credit: Carnegie Mellon College of Engineering Scientists have demonstrated a new way to dramatically enhance heat…
A nanoscale copper architecture gives lithium more room to spread during charging, reducing the conditions that promote damaging dendrites. Concept illustration (AI-generated). Credit: KAIST Researchers used nanoscale manufacturing techniques from the semiconductor industry to design…
Conceptual illustration of an integrated quantum photonic circuit in which diamond nanobeams containing quantum emitters and spins are embedded within integrated photonic devices. Credit: Shuo Sun et al. Building a circuit around a tiny diamond…
Diamond defects known as nitrogen-vacancy centers could eventually help clinicians measure magnetic signals from the heart, brain, and nerves without bulky cryogenic equipment. Credit: Shutterstock A new generation of quantum sensors could improve medical diagnostics….
Stretchable microneedle electrode arrays. Credit: Zhao Research Group Highly stretchable and customizable microneedles that revolutionize the interface between human bodies and invasive monitoring devices have been developed through <span class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip=" USC <span class="st">Founded…
A multiscale sampling strategy pushes a classic network-distance guarantee into territory previous algorithms struggled to reach. Credit: Shutterstock A new algorithm solves a blind spot that has challenged computer scientists since 1996, improving distance estimates…
