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Space Exploration Jun 13, 2024

Astronauts set for spacewalk: Starliner crew staying at ISS longer

A pair of NASA astronauts are scheduled to do a 6.5 hour spacewalk on the morning of June 13 outside the International Space Station.

Space Exploration Jun 12, 2024

Parabolic flight with exoskeleton: Researchers test fine motor skills in weightlessness

Fine motor tasks under space conditions are particularly challenging and must first be trained on Earth. Scientists from the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) and the University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE) ...

Optics & Photonics Jun 12, 2024

Researchers leverage inkjet printing to make a portable multispectral 3D camera

Researchers have used inkjet printing to create a compact multispectral version of a light field camera. The camera, which fits in the palm of the hand, could be useful for many applications including autonomous driving, ...

Bio & Medicine Jun 12, 2024

Swimming microrobots deliver cancer-fighting drugs to metastatic lung tumors in mice

Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed microscopic robots, known as microrobots, capable of swimming through the lungs to deliver cancer-fighting medication directly to metastatic tumors. This ...

Plants & Animals Jun 12, 2024

Advanced underwater robots discover deep-sea squid that broods giant eggs

The deep sea is the largest living space on Earth, but many of the animals and habitats far beneath the ocean's surface remain shrouded in mystery. MBARI's advanced underwater robots, including remotely operated vehicles ...

Nanomaterials Jun 12, 2024

Study uses electrospun nanofibers to improve flexible piezoelectric sensors

Flexible piezoelectric sensors are essential to monitor the motions of both humans and humanoid robots. However, existing designs are either costly or have limited sensitivity.

Education Jun 11, 2024

New book examines best methods to prepare future English teachers

How do you teach someone to be a teacher? And what does it mean to be a professional educator? Those questions are at the heart of a new book from a University of Kansas educator and author working to guide the methods of ...

Molecular & Computational biology Jun 11, 2024

AI-powered virtual rat offers insights into how brains control complex, coordinated movement

The agility with which humans and animals move is an evolutionary marvel that no robot has yet been able to closely emulate. To help probe the mystery of how brains control movement, Harvard neuroscientists have created a ...

Analytical Chemistry Jun 11, 2024

Researchers build an AI assistant for synthetic chemists

Researchers at the University of Liverpool have built an AI-assistant to guide laboratory chemists to find new, cheaper ways to make organic molecules.

Space Exploration Jun 11, 2024

China announces first astronaut candidates from Hong Kong, Macau

China on Tuesday announced the first astronaut candidates from its special administrative regions of Macau and Hong Kong, with the latter calling it a "glorious page" in the city's history.

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