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Carpet fibers can stop concrete cracking

Engineers in Australia have found a way to make stronger and crack-resistant concrete with scrap carpet fibers, rolling out the red carpet for sustainability in the construction sector.

Crowdsourcing system aims to map wildfires in seconds

The 2023 blaze in Lahaina, Hawaii, which claimed more than 100 lives and burned 6,500 acres of land across Maui, is a tragic example of how rapid wildfire spread can make effective response efforts impossible, resulting in ...

3D-printed solutions shield electronics from electrostatic discharge

Electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection is a significant concern in the chemical and electronics industries. In electronics, ESD often causes integrated circuit failures due to rapid voltage and current discharges from charged ...

Tiny electronic nose rivals animal scent detection

Imagine a robot that can detect scents in the air and track down their sources as efficiently as a dog or a mouse. If realized, it could detect small wildfires in dense forests, find people buried in debris after an earthquake, ...

Repurposed RFID tags allow for battery-free sensing and tracking

Data is power. According to Dinesh Bharadia, an associate professor at UC San Diego in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering with an affiliate appointment in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering ...

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Paper-based device generates electricity from moisture in the air for wearable electronics
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Japan plans automated cargo transport system to relieve shortage of drivers and cut emissions
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Drone with its own 'nervous system' trialed by scientists
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Autonomous truck company Aurora delays hauling freight without human drivers until April
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Optimized surface prevents 100% of frost formation on flat areas for a week
Engineering
Enhanced 3D-printed alloy shows high potential for space applications
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Static electricity could help run air conditioners
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Machine learning enhances defect detection in metal 3D printing
Robotics
Autonomous tech is coming to farming. What will it mean for crops and workers who harvest them?
Energy & Green Tech
Miniature soft lithium-ion battery offers new possibilities for bio-integrated devices and robotics
Engineering
Soft robotic shorts could assist older adults and people with limited mobility while walking
Engineering
Meet MobiPrint: The smart 3D printer that can upgrade your home instantly
Engineering
The world's first non-electric touchpad takes sensor technology to extreme conditions
Electronics & Semiconductors
New hydrogel semiconductor could lead to better tissue-interfaced bioelectronics
Electronics & Semiconductors
Liquid metal microdroplets enable soft, flexible electric connections across and through circuit layers
Electronics & Semiconductors
On-skin electronics toolkit enhances customizability for users
Engineering
Hybrid patch offers 70X stronger adhesion, preventing cracks without traditional chemical adhesives
Electronics & Semiconductors
Stretchable transistors used in wearable devices enable in-sensor edge computing
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For Deaf people, train travel can be a gamble—AI-powered Auslan avatar can help
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Environment
Study finds four global policies could eliminate >90% of plastic waste and 30% of linked carbon emissions by 2050
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Scientists engineer stable protein complexes for targeted cancer therapies
Plants & Animals
Survey provides a snapshot of scientific thought on animal emotions and consciousness
Plants & Animals
Experiments show backyard birds learn from their new neighbors when moving house
Mathematics
A 41-million-digit prime number is the biggest ever found—but mathematicians' search for perfection will continue
Earth Sciences
Industrial snow: Factories trigger local snowfall by freezing clouds
Evolution
Q&A: Holobiont biology, a new concept for exploring how microbiome shapes evolution of visible life
Cell & Microbiology
Picky proteins: Understanding yeast adaptor protein selectivity
Optics & Photonics
Scientists discover laser light can cast a shadow
Biotechnology
Fine-tuning fertilizers to boost crop yields: Lowering fertilizer pH can increase solubility, availability of zinc
Astronomy
Astronomers inspect the nature of an X-ray binary with a red supergiant
Astronomy
Hubble sees aftermath of galaxy's scrape with Milky Way
Nanomaterials
Discarded silk yarn can clean up polluted waterways—researchers develop hollow sphere silk particles to test adsorption
General Physics
A proposed experiment to test whether gravity behaves as a quantum entity when measured
Biochemistry
Chemists develop dissipative droplet system capable of chemotactic movement
Nanophysics
Designing a spiral ladder-inspired tool that allows precision control of light direction and polarization
Evolution
Genetic legacy of Jomon hunter-gatherers linked to increased BMI in modern Japanese populations
Social Sciences
Texting abbreviations makes senders seem insincere, study finds
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'Catastrophic declines': Massive data haul reveals why so many plants and animals suffer after fire
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Detecting cancer in urine: Nanowire-based capture of micro-ribonucleic acids

Portable, non-invasive, mind-reading AI turns thoughts into text

In a world-first, researchers from the GrapheneX-UTS Human-centric Artificial Intelligence Centre at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) have developed a portable, non-invasive system that can decode silent thoughts ...

Scientists 3D print self-heating microfluidic devices

MIT researchers have used 3D printing to produce self-heating microfluidic devices, demonstrating a technique which could someday be used to rapidly create cheap, yet accurate, tools to detect a host of diseases.

Making table tennis accessible for blind players

Table tennis has been played for decades as a more accessible version of tennis. The sport is particularly beginner-friendly while maintaining a rich level of competitive play. However, like many sports, it remains inaccessible ...