Technology

A research team led by Prof. Si-Young Choi from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and the Department of…

Learning to play music by ear is challenging for most musicians, but research from a team at the University of…

Chronic stress can lead to increased blood pressure and cardiovascular disease, decreased immune function, depression, and anxiety. Unfortunately, the tools…

A new study from UBC Okanagan says students appear to be using generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) responsibly, and as a…

Plasma — the electrically charged fourth state of matter — is at the heart of many important industrial processes, including…

A research team led by Professor Randolf Pohl from the Institute of Physics at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) has…

Blue phosphorescent OLEDs can now last as long as the green phosphorescent OLEDs already in devices, University of Michigan researchers…

Where did the moon’s magnetism go? Scientists have puzzled over this question for decades, ever since orbiting spacecraft picked up…

In biology, enzymes have evolved over millions of years to drive chemical reactions. Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for…

More than ten years ago, researchers at Rice University led by materials scientist Boris Yakobson predicted that boron atoms would…

Separating crude oil into products such as gasoline, diesel, and heating oil is an energy-intensive process that accounts for about…

Self-driving cars which eliminate traffic jams, getting a healthcare diagnosis instantly without leaving your home, or feeling the touch of…

Rutgers University-New Brunswick researchers have discovered a new class of materials — called intercrystals — with unique electronic properties that…

In 2022 a team led by the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry discovered that high levels of OH radicals can…

How life arose remains a looming question in science that researchers are seeking to answer by studying the features shared…

Billions of years ago, water flowed on the surface of Mars. But scientists have an incomplete picture of how the…

The wealth of information provided by our senses that allows our brain to navigate the world around us is remarkable….

Astronomers have discovered nearly 100 examples of massive black holes shredding and devouring stars, almost all of them where you’d…

What if there was an efficient method to produce a viable, environmentally friendly alternative to fossil fuels using the power…

Anemia affects more than 2 billion people worldwide, including an estimated 83 million Americans at high risk. Now, a new…

Necati Catbas doesn’t hold a medical degree, but the UCF engineering professor is more than qualified to diagnose the health…

Millions of years of evolution have enabled some marine animals to grow complex protective shells composed of multiple layers that…

Every living creature on Earth needs to protect itself from things that would do it harm. Bacteria are no different….

A new study co-led by Mass General Brigham researchers points to a promising new type of auditory brainstem implant (ABI)…

As concern grows over adolescent mental health, a new national study adds to the growing body of research showing that…

Using new observations with the ALMA telescope array in Chile, researchers have compiled the most precise map of three regions…

How should personal data be protected? What are the best uses of it? In our networked world, questions about data…

Listen to the first notes of an old, beloved song. Can you name that tune? If you can, congratulations —…

The United States population is older than it has ever been. Today, the country’s median age is 38.9, which is…

Biologists and chemists have a new programming language to uncover previously unknown environmental pollutants at breakneck speed — without requiring…

Boccia’s appeal and rising popularity comes from its showcase as a Paralympic sport that can be enjoyed by people of…

Small autonomous underwater vehicles, like the drones of the sea, could be very useful for studying the depths of the…

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) utilizes mid-infrared spectroscopy to precisely analyze molecular components such as water vapor and sulfur…

Solid-state batteries are considered a key technology for the future: they can store more energy and do not rely on…

Researchers have developed two unique energy-efficient and cost-effective systems that use urea found in urine and wastewater to generate hydrogen….

While things like rain or hills can keep people from cycling, a major impediment is the risk of getting hit…

What happens when trailblazing engineers and industry professionals team up? The answer may transform the future of computing efficiency for…

Researchers at McGill University, in collaboration with Polytechnique Montréal, pioneered a new way to create hydrogels using ultrasound, eliminating the…

Augmented-reality (AR) technology is rapidly finding its way into everyday life, from education and healthcare to gaming and entertainment. However,…

Imagine if doctors could precisely print miniature capsules capable of delivering cells needed for tissue repair exactly where they are…

Researchers at Linköping University have developed a new type of pipette that can deliver ions to individual neurons without affecting…

A new technique to extract tiny cellulose strands from cow dung and turn them into manufacturing-grade cellulose, currently used to…

A new discovery about the slime ejected by velvet worms could revolutionize sustainable material design, according to a study by…

A new study from McGill University researchers suggests the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to rapidly analyze vast amounts of…

While text-to-video artificial intelligence models like OpenAI’s Sora are rapidly metamorphosing in front of our eyes, they have struggled to…

At long last, a unified theory combining gravity with the other fundamental forces — electromagnetism and the strong and weak…

The future of electroencephalography (EEG) monitoring may soon look like a strand of hair. In place of the traditional metal…

Lithium-ion batteries have been a staple in device manufacturing for years, but the liquid electrolytes they rely on to function…

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine scientists are one step closer to developing a brain-computer interface, or BCI, that allows…

University of California, Irvine scientists have expanded on a longstanding model governing the mechanics behind slip banding, a process that…

A watched pot never boils, goes the old saying, but many of us have at least kept an eye on…

A UNSW Sydney mathematician has discovered a new method to tackle algebra’s oldest challenge — solving higher polynomial equations. Polynomials…

A team led by Rice University bioscientist Caroline Ajo-Franklin has discovered how certain bacteria breathe by generating electricity, using a…

AI generated essays don’t yet live up to the efforts of real students – according to new research from the…

Every second counts when it comes to detecting and treating heart attacks. That’s where a new technology from the University…

Scientists aren’t comedians, but it turns out a joke or two can go a long way. That’s according to a…

Researchers have created a light-powered soft robot that can carry loads through the air along established tracks, similar to cable…

An international team of scientists led by a Rutgers University-New Brunswick astrophysicist has discovered a potentially star-forming cloud that is…

Researchers have developed a new therapy that can be injected intravenously right after a heart attack to promote healing and…

Using the Korea Microlensing Telescope Network (KMTNet), an international team of researchers has discovered that super-Earth exoplanets are more common…

A recent global survey of 156 institutions reveals strong interest in VR-haptic technology for dental training, yet significant barriers impede…

The hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is a remarkable process that can create clean hydrogen fuel — a potential part of…

As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to advance, researchers at POSTECH (Pohang University of Science and Technology) have identified a breakthrough…

An interdisciplinary research team from the LKS Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed), the InnoHK Laboratory…

Historically, the vast majority of pharmaceutical drugs have been meticulously designed down to the atomic level. The specific location of…

In the intricate world of quantum physics, where particles interact in ways that seem to defy the standard rules of…

Every breath we take, every meal we eat, and every environment we encounter leaves a molecular fingerprint in our bodies…

Programmers can now use large language models (LLMs) to generate computer code more quickly. However, this only makes programmers’ lives…

Collagen is well-known as an important component of our skin, but its impact is much greater, as it is the…

Inspired by the movements of a tiny parasitic worm, Georgia Tech engineers have created a 5-inch soft robot that can…

For biologists, seeing is believing. But sometimes biologists have a hard time seeing. One particularly vexing challenge is seeing all…

Cornell University researchers have developed a new robotic framework powered by artificial intelligence — called RHyME (Retrieval for Hybrid Imitation…

Visit ancient Mars — a surprisingly temperate planet where snow or rain falls from the sky, and rivers rush down…

Sticking to an exercise routine is a challenge many people face. But a University of Mississippi research team is using…

A team of Rice University researchers has developed a new way to control light interactions using a specially engineered structure…

For scientists who want to learn about the geological history of a planet, river deltas are a great place to…

Researchers have developed a new coronagraph — an optical device that blocks out light from a bright source — that…

When you see a bag of carrots at the grocery store, does your mind go to potatoes and parsnips or…

In a recent study, an international team of physicists, led by Prof. JO Gyu-Boong from the Department of Physics at…

A new smart insole system that monitors how people walk in real time could help users improve posture and provide…

Why do comets and their meteoroid streams weave in and out of Earth’s orbit and their orbits disperse over time?…

A new study by Brown University researchers suggests that gold nanoparticles — microscopic bits of gold thousands of times thinner…

Astronomers have detected the most promising signs yet of a possible biosignature outside the solar system, although they remain cautious….

University of Oxford researchers have helped overturn the popular theory that water on Earth originated from asteroids bombarding its surface….

Imagine a Slushee™ composed of ammonia and water encased in a hard shell of water ice. Now picture these ice-encrusted…

Extreme cosmic events such as colliding black holes or the explosions of stars can cause ripples in spacetime, so-called gravitational…

Benzodiazepines like Valium and Xanax are often prescribed to treat anxiety, insomnia and seizures. While these drugs can be effective…

Microplastics and the much smaller nanoplastics enter the human body in various ways, for example through food or the air…

A joint research team from POSTECH (Pohang University of Science and Technology) and Jeonbuk National University has successfully demonstrated the…

A new approach to streaming technology may significantly improve how users experience virtual reality and augmented reality environments, according to…

Australian technology developed at RMIT University could enable more sustainable and cheaper production of bio-oils to replace petroleum-based products in…

The process of discovering molecules that have the properties needed to create new medicines and materials is cumbersome and expensive,…

Much as a pilot might practice maneuvers in a flight simulator, scientists might soon be able to perform experiments on…

Although we know that supermassive black holes (millions of times the mass of our Sun) lurk at the centre of…

Astronomers have peered back in time to find what looks like a population of ‘hidden’ galaxies that could hold the…

FLUID, an open-source, 3D-printed robot, offers an affordable and customizable solution for automated material synthesis, making advanced research accessible to…

Insect-scale robots can squeeze into places their larger counterparts can’t, like deep into a collapsed building to search for survivors…

Wear and tear on plastic products releases small to nearly invisible plastic particles, which could impact people’s health when consumed…

When it comes to upgrading electrical and broadband infrastructure, new research from the University of Massachusetts Amherst shows that a…

Every galaxy is thought to form at the center of a dark matter halo — a region of gravitationally bound…

When you think of termites, you probably don’t imagine them aboard yachts, cabin cruisers, sailboats or other watercraft floating across…

What if we spend decades building advanced telescopes to search for life on other planets and come up emptyhanded? A…

A team of researchers led by a physics graduate student at the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently made the surprising…

Collaborative research led by investigators at Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center defines a novel approach to understanding how…

A chemical reaction that’s vital to a range of commercial and industrial goods may soon be initiated more effectively and…

Fast-charging lithium-ion batteries are ubiquitous, powering everything from cellphones and laptops to electric vehicles. They’re also notorious for overheating or…

Quantum states can only be prepared and observed under highly controlled conditions. A research team from Innsbruck, Austria, has now…

University of Warwick astronomers have discovered an extremely rare, high mass, compact binary star system only ~150 light years away….

A research team from TU Graz and the Vellore Institute of Technology in India is developing a 3D-printed skin imitation…

A unique carbon capture technology developed by researchers at the University of Surrey could offer a more cost-effective way to…

When we move, it’s harder for existing wearable devices to accurately track our heart activity. But University of Missouri researchers…

Be it springs for absorbing energy, buffers for mechanical energy storage, or flexible structures in robotics or energy-efficient machines: Storage…

Almost a decade ago, Harvard engineers unveiled the world’s first visible-spectrum metasurfaces — ultra-thin, flat devices patterned with nanoscale structures…

While the threat that microplastics pose to human and ecological health has been richly documented and is well known, nanoplastics,…

Mental health care can be difficult to access in the U.S. Insurance coverage is spotty and there aren’t enough mental…

Scientists have long sought to unravel the mysteries of strange metals — materials that defy conventional rules of electricity and…

Researchers at the University of Tokyo reveal the way our legs adapt to fast movements. When people hop at high…

How gravity causes a perfectly spherical ball to roll down an inclined plane is part of elementary school physics canon….

Clothes that can mimic the feeling of being touched, touch displays that provide haptic feedback to users, or even ultralight…

Novel artificial neurons learn independently and are more strongly modeled on their biological counterparts. A team of researchers from the…

Leveraging the power of AI and machine learning technologies, researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine developed a more effective model for…

Researchers have discovered a groundbreaking use of terahertz (THz) imaging to visualize cochlear structures in mice, offering non-invasive, high-resolution diagnostics….

A tiny magnetic robot which can take 3D scans from deep within the body, that could revolutionise early cancer detection,…

In a new paper, researchers at North Carolina State University show proof of concept for a system that, in a…

Every year, millions of tires end up in landfills, creating an environmental crisis with far-reaching consequences. In the United States…

People with autism are typically diagnosed by clinical observation and assessment. To deconstruct the clinical decision process, which is often…

Deep below Earth’s surface, rock and mineral formations lay hidden with a secret brilliance. Under a black light, the chemicals…

Foie gras is a unique delicacy made from the liver of a duck or goose. While it can be an…

American students have been falling behind in math for decades — with test scores that consistently rank in the bottom…

Life takes shape with the motion of a single cell. In response to signals from certain proteins and enzymes, a…

Researchers at University of Toronto Engineering, led by Professor Yu Zou, are leveraging machine learning to improve additive manufacturing, also…

Traditionally, chemists have relied on well-established but limiting methods to synthesize these molecules. The new research, co-authored by Kevin Brown,…

A study from Hiroshima University found that when people were told to imagine their virtual bodies in pain, their brains…

An Aston University researcher has conducted the first experimental demonstration of intricate and previously theorised behaviours in the fundamental patterns…

Redox reactions form the basis of many fundamental processes of life. Without them, neither cellular respiration nor photosynthesis could take…

Great recipes require the perfect combination of ingredients — biotechnology recipes are no exception. Researchers from Osaka Metropolitan University have…

A brain implant designed to help control seizures is hijacked. A pacemaker receives fake signals, disrupting its rhythm. A hacker…

Existing research indicates that the accuracy of a Parkinson’s disease diagnosis hovers between 55% and 78% in the first five…

Engineers have designed robots that crawl, swim, fly and even slither like a snake, but no robot can hold a…

A first-of-its-kind artificial intelligence (AI)-based neural network can rapidly analyse and interpret millions of cells from a patient sample, predicting…

For decades, atomic clocks have been the pinnacle of precision timekeeping, enabling GPS navigation, cutting-edge physics research, and tests of…

A combination of cosmic processes shapes the formation of one of the most common types of planets outside of our…

A predator’s gotta eat, but sometimes what they eat harms people sharing the landscape, and that often leads to the…

Magnetic materials have become indispensable to various technologies that support our modern society, such as data storage devices, electric motors,…

In 2024, Empa researchers and their partners successfully for the first time realized a so-called one-dimensional alternating Heisenberg model with…

With artificial photosynthesis, humankind could utilize solar energy to bind carbon dioxide and produce hydrogen. Chemists have taken this one…

Researchers have advanced a decades-old challenge in the field of organic semiconductors, opening new possibilities for the future of electronics….

Astronomers have discovered two exoplanets around TOI-1453, a star about 250 light years away. These two exoplanets, a super-Earth and…

A team of researchers from the University of Ottawa has made significant strides in understanding the ionization of atoms and…

Researchers at the University of Adelaide have performed the first imaging of embryos using cameras designed for quantum measurements. The…

Many people will soon load up Easter baskets with chocolate candy for children and adults to enjoy. On its own,…

For years, cities have been taking on efforts to reduce their carbon footprint by reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Yet little…

Physicists have created a new computer code that could speed up the design of the complicated magnets that shape the…

Even cells experience peer pressure. Scientists have long studied the ins and outs of cancer cells to learn more about…

Charging forward at top speed, a garden snail slimes up 1 millimeter of pavement per second. By this logic, Beckman…

Researchers at Osaka University show that Cartan’s First Structure Equation, which relates to edge and screw dislocations in crystal lattices,…

University of Florida researchers are addressing a critical gap in medical genetic research — ensuring it better represents and benefits…

Producing high-performance titanium alloy parts — whether for spacecraft, submarines or medical devices — has long been a slow, resource-intensive…

Recent outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (also known as bird flu) have created a need for rapid and sensitive…

A group of researchers from Tohoku University developed a method for synthesizing a special type of polymer that has applications…

Hyperspectral imaging is a technology that detects slight differences in color to pinpoint the characteristics and conditions of an object….

We all encounter gels in daily life — from the soft, sticky substances you put in your hair, to the…

When spiders spin their webs, they use their hind legs to pull silk threads from their spinnerets. This pulling action…

Researchers at UC San Francisco have enabled a man who is paralyzed to control a robotic arm through a device…

A phone screen you can’t scratch no matter how many times you drop it. Glasses that prevent glare. A windshield…

Walking into your favorite restaurant and seeing a robot chef in the kitchen may seem far-fetched, but a University of…

The shape of a planet’s orbit is one of its fundamental properties, along with its size and distance from its…

Scientists from UNSW Sydney have located a potential new exoplanet — a planet that orbits a star outside of our…

UC Santa Barbara researchers are working to move cold atom quantum experiments and applications from the laboratory tabletop to chip-based…

Researchers at NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) have developed an innovative tool that enhances surgeons’ ability to detect and remove cancer…

For decades, scientists have relied on electrodes and dyes to track the electrical activity of living cells. Now, engineers at…

The Solid State and Materials Research Group has come up with a lithium ion capacitor using electrodes produced from wood…

In the race to meet the growing global demand for lithium — a critical component in batteries for electric vehicles…

An NYU Tandon School of Engineering-led research team has developed a way for self-driving vehicles to share their knowledge about…

Ultrahigh Energy Cosmic Rays are the highest-energy particles in the universe, whose energies are more than a million times what…

Novel technology intends to redefine the virtual reality experience by expanding to incorporate a new sensory connection: taste. The interface,…

What if your electronic devices could adapt on the fly to temperature, pressure, or impact? Thanks to a new breakthrough…

Researchers at Tohoku University have developed a groundbreaking titanium-aluminum (Ti-Al)-based superelastic alloy. This new material is not only lightweight but…

Astronomical surveys have discovered nearly 6,000 exoplanets, including many habitable planets, which may harbor liquid water on their surfaces. The…

Named LLM4SD (Large Language Model 4 Scientific Discovery), the new AI system is an interactive Large Language Model (LLM) tool…

Springtails, smallbugs often found crawling through leaf litter and garden soil, are expert jumpers. Inspired by these hopping hexapods, roboticists…

From integrated photonics to quantum information science, the ability to control light with electric fields — a phenomenon known as…

New observations of 2024 YR4 conducted with the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) and facilities around the…

A UC Riverside computer science team has developed a sensor-based technology that could revolutionize commercial beekeeping by reducing colony losses…

Using an approach called DNA origami, scientists at Caltech have developed a technique that could lead to cheaper, reusable biomarker…

Rubidium could be the next key player in oxide-ion conductors. Researchers at Institute of Science Tokyo have discovered a rare…

Scientists have now mapped the forces acting inside a proton, showing in unprecedented detail how quarks — the tiny particles…

Researchers at UC Santa Barbara and TU Dresden are blurring the lines between robotics and materials, with a proof-of-concept material-like…

Agricultural fertilizers are critical for feeding the world’s population, restoring soil fertility and sustaining crops. Excessive and inefficient use of…

Two heads are better than one, as the saying goes, and sometimes two instruments, ingeniously recombined, can accomplish feats that…

Artificial Intelligence (AI), particularly large language models like GPT-4, has shown impressive performance on reasoning tasks. But does AI truly…

A research team led by Rumi Chunara — an NYU associate professor with appointments in both the Tandon School of…

Rapid, localized heat management is essential for electronic devices and could have applications ranging from wearable materials to burn treatment….

For decades, scientists have sought ways to counter our dependence on lithium-ion batteries. These traditional, rechargeable batteries energize today’s most…

Yale scientists have taken a critical next step in creating a scalable process to remove carbon dioxide (CO2) from the…

All humans need clean water to live. However, purifying water can be energy-intensive, so there is great interest in improving…

An innovative circuit design could enable miniature devices, such as microdrones and other microrobotics, to be powered for longer periods…