Category: Technology

A research team led by Rumi Chunara — an NYU associate professor with appointments in […]

Rapid, localized heat management is essential for electronic devices and could have applications ranging from […]

For decades, scientists have sought ways to counter our dependence on lithium-ion batteries. These traditional, […]

Yale scientists have taken a critical next step in creating a scalable process to remove […]

All humans need clean water to live. However, purifying water can be energy-intensive, so there […]

Only 30% of a coffee bean is soluble in water, and many brewing methods aim […]

When you walk through a pine forest, the crisp, fresh scent is one of the […]

A groundbreaking study explores Ba-Si orthosilicate oxynitride-hydride (Ba3SiO5−xNyHz) as a sustainable catalyst for ammonia synthesis, […]

When analyzing odorants in food or their raw materials, the formation of artifacts can significantly […]

What if time is not as fixed as we thought? Imagine that instead of flowing […]

Traditional black holes, as predicted by Albert Einstein’s theory of General Relativity, contain what are […]

Humanity may not be extraordinary but rather the natural evolutionary outcome for our planet and […]

Jumping workouts could help astronauts prevent the type of cartilage damage they are likely to […]

A unique dataset of Type Ia Supernovae being released today could change how cosmologists measure […]

Ripples, like ones produced by raindrops falling in a puddle, are also called capillary waves. […]

The core of a massive cluster of galaxies appears to be pumping out far more […]

An extraordinary event consistent with a neutrino with an estimated energy of about 220 PeV […]

Combustion engines, the engines in gas-powered cars, only use a quarter of the fuel’s potential […]

Researchers at Rutgers University-New Brunswick have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that will help […]

Researchers have developed a new AI algorithm, called Torque Clustering, that is much closer to […]

Researchers have developed a sustainable catalyst that increases its activity during use while converting carbon […]

Euclid blasted off on its six-year mission to explore the dark Universe on 1 July […]

In a groundbreaking discovery, researchers from Nagoya University in Japan and the Slovak Academy of […]

Measurements and data collected from space can be used to better understand life on Earth. […]

Ibogaine — a psychoactive plant derivative — has attracted attention for its anti-addictive and anti-depressant […]

Most of the information we have about planets beyond our solar system (exoplanets) comes from […]

As winter storms and summer heat waves increasingly stress the nation’s power grids, Stevens researchers […]

A collaborative research team led by Professor Jinah Jang from the Department of Mechanical Engineering […]

Known for their powerful punch, mantis shrimp can smash a shell with the force of […]

The great ice streams of the Antarctic and Greenland are like frozen rivers, carrying ice […]

A new climate modeling study published in the journal Science Advances by researchers from the […]

Combining two semiconductor thin films into a tandem solar cell can achieve high efficiencies with […]

In many parts of India, a single noxious pollutant from coal-fired power stations drags down […]

Playing music has long been a way for expectant parents to connect with their children […]

A team led by a Rutgers-New Brunswick scientist has concluded water did not arrive as […]

When it comes to telehealth billing, there’s a conundrum. The increasing popularity of telehealth, the […]

It’s been known for some time that radiation impacts the structural integrity of concrete. However, […]

The idea of traveling through interstellar space using spacecraft propelled by ultrathin sails may sound […]

Much like the windy weather patterns that affect the Earth’s surface, our planet’s oceans experience […]

Recycling lithium-ion batteries to recover their critical metals has significantly lower environmental impacts than mining […]

Every cell in your body contains the same genetic sequence, yet each cell expresses only […]

A carnation-like nanostructure could someday be used in bandages to promote wound healing. Researchers report […]

In 1934, French entomologist Antoine Magnan wrote that bumblebees “should not be able to fly,” […]

How can the latest technology, such as solar cells, be improved? An international research team […]

Across cosmic history, powerful forces have acted on matter, reshaping the universe into an increasingly […]

Japanese collaborators detected all five nucleobases — building blocks of DNA and RNA — in […]

A new one-minute video game is able to accurately and efficiently identify children with autism […]

As humankind imagines living off-planet — on the moon, Mars and beyond — the question […]

A collaborative study between researchers from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University […]

Lithium-air batteries have the potential to outstrip conventional lithium-ion batteries by storing significantly more energy […]

NH3 is one of the most important chemicals in today’s world, as it is used […]

Various methods are used to correct errors in quantum computers. Not all operations can be […]

A research team led by Associate Professor Ding PAN from the Department of Physics and […]

So-called “infinite-layer” nickelate materials, characterized by their unique crystal and electronic structures, exhibit significant potential […]

Researchers at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering have used machine […]

In a paper recently published in the leading journal The Lancet Digital Health, a scientific […]

Perovskite solar cells are a flexible and sustainable alternative to conventional silicon-based solar cells. Researchers […]

In recent years, researchers have made considerable progress with single-cell technology. This makes it possible […]

Thanks to a new technology called Moscot (“Multi-Omics Single-Cell Optimal Transport”), researchers can now observe […]

From the ancient Egyptians’ use of electric fish to treat headaches to the invention of […]

DNA-nanoparticle motors are exactly as they sound: tiny artificial motors that use the structures of […]

If you’ve ever tossed a generous pinch of salt into your pasta pan’s water for […]

A research team at POSTECH, led by Professors Chulhong Kim (Department of Electrical Engineering, Department […]

The compound eyes of insects can detect fast-moving objects in parallel and, in low-light conditions, […]

By editing the polymers of discarded plastics, chemists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge […]

The Universe really seems to be expanding fast. Too fast, even. A new measurement confirms […]

As the atmosphere continues to fill with greenhouse gases from human activities, many proposals have […]

In a remarkable feat of chemistry, a Northwestern University-led research team has developed the first […]

In the years following the launch of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have tallied over […]

Astrophysicists led by a team from Trinity College Dublin have — for the first time […]

You can probably complete an amazing number of tasks with your hands without looking at […]

With a more efficient method for artificial pollination, farmers in the future could grow fruits […]

For humans, the most important star in the universe is our Sun. The second-most important […]

New observational data from the James Webb Space Telescope and simulation models have confirmed a […]

Researchers at the University of California, Irvine and New York’s Columbia University have embedded transistors […]

Although extremely flammable, cotton is one of the most commonly used textiles due to its […]

Physicists have spent more than a century measuring and making sense of the strange ways […]

Scientists have come a step closer to understanding how collisionless shock waves — found throughout […]

A team led by researchers at the University of Tokyo have created a dataset of […]

Alloying, the art of blending metals with other elements, has long been a cornerstone of […]

Radiation testing suggests that solar cells made from carbon-based, or organic, materials could outperform conventional […]

Active bubbles hold potential in fields ranging from water purification to medicine. Researchers can generate […]

A whitish, grey patch that sometimes appears in the night sky alongside the northern lights […]

Researchers at Kyushu University have developed a device that combines a catalyst and microwave flow […]

Construction materials such as concrete and plastic have the potential to lock away billions of […]

While smart devices in homes have grown to include speakers, security systems, lights and thermostats, […]

Researchers have found a low-power, inexpensive way for large numbers of devices, such as machines […]

The batteries used in our phones, devices and even cars rely on metals like lithium […]

Food drying is a common process for preserving many types of food, including fruits and […]

Specialized microchips that manage signals at the cutting edge of wireless technology are astounding works […]

Uncovering the relationship between structure (connectivity) and function (neuronal activity) is a fundamental question across […]

Artificial intelligence has the potential to improve the analysis of medical image data. For example, […]

Steroid hormones are among the most widespread aquatic micropollutants. They are harmful to human health, […]

Artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT have been touted for their promise to alleviate clinician […]

Rice University bioengineers have developed a new construction kit for building custom sense-and-respond circuits in […]

Scientists including an Oregon State University chemistry researcher have taken a key step toward next-generation […]

Life on Earth could not exist without carbon. But carbon itself could not exist without […]

Hula hooping is so commonplace that we may overlook some interesting questions it raises: “What […]

A new international study led by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden shows that AI-based […]

Fast radio bursts are brief and brilliant explosions of radio waves emitted by extremely compact […]

Groundbreaking cerium oxide-based thermal switches achieve remarkable performance, transforming heat flow control with sustainable and […]

Mechanical force is an essential feature for many physical and biological processes. Remote measurement of […]

The joint research team led by Sangdong Kim and Bongseok Kim from the Automotive Technology […]

In a breakthrough set to revolutionize the semiconductor industry, the School of Engineering of the […]

Understanding the behavior of the molecules and cells that make up our bodies is critical […]

Academics from Northumbria University are part of an international research team which has used data […]

Stanford Medicine researchers have built an artificial intelligence tool that can read thousands of doctors’ […]

One of the biggest mysteries in science — dark energy — doesn’t actually exist, according […]

Quantum sensing is a rapidly developing field that utilizes the quantum states of particles, such […]

Professor Sangmin Lee from POSTECH’s Department of Chemical Engineering, in collaboration with 2024 Nobel Chemistry […]

Digital healthcare consultations are not enough for a safe assessment of tonsillitis, according to a […]

A research group led by Osaka University has developed a technology that allows androids to […]

The moment a child gets his/her first mobile phone as a gift is a source […]

A research team led by Professor Jihyun Hong from the Department of Battery Engineering Department […]

A research team at POSTECH has developed a breakthrough technology that analyzes in real-time the […]

Professor Jongmin Kim’s research team at POSTECH developed a new technology that improves the precision […]

Bright, twisted light can be produced with technology similar to an Edison light bulb, researchers […]

A team led by researchers at the University of Toronto has created a platform, called […]

At the Berlin synchrotron radiation source BESSY II, the largest magnetic anisotropy of a single […]

Rapid advancements in solid-state battery technology are ushering in a new era of energy storage […]

The aquifer thermal energy storage (ATES) system, which uses geothermal heat as a renewable energy […]

Monitoring electrical signals in biological systems helps scientists understand how cells communicate, which can aid […]

While lithium-ion batteries have been the go-to technology for everything from smartphones and laptops to […]

Researchers at Rice University have made a meaningful advance in the simulation of molecular electron […]

As NASA’s Europa Clipper embarks on its historic journey to Jupiter’s icy moon, Europa, Dr. […]

A brotherly research duo has discovered that when the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) produces top […]

New studies led by researchers at the University of Central Florida offer for the first […]

A fragment of ‘lost’ music found in the pages of Scotland’s first full-length printed book […]

In a new study, participants tended to assign greater blame to artificial intelligences (AIs) involved […]

Reinforcement Learning, an artificial intelligence approach, has the potential to guide physicians in designing sequential […]

Microgravity is known to alter the muscles, bones, the immune system and cognition, but little […]

While electric vehicles have become a cornerstone of the global energy transition, new research led […]

In a world grappling with a multitude of health threats — ranging from fast-spreading viruses […]

While the humble copper (Cu) may not boast the allure of gold or silver, its […]

New radio astronomy observations of a planetary system in the process of forming show that […]

Scientists with NASA’s Juno mission to Jupiter have discovered that the volcanoes on Jupiter’s moon […]

A new prototype device demonstrates an innovative approach to producing ammonia — a key component […]

The first-ever photo of a black hole rocked the world in 2019, when the Event […]

A newly developed tool that harnesses computer vision and artificial intelligence (AI) may help clinicians […]

Metal scrap can be directly transformed and upgraded into high-performance, high-value alloys without the need […]

The plumbing systems in households can teem with generally harmless microbial life, but scientists have […]

Canada should focus on building mass utility-scale solar mega-projects to kickstart its green energy transition, […]

Stunning new photographs by a Wellesley College-led team of astronomers have revealed a newly forming […]

Machine-learning models can make mistakes and be difficult to use, so scientists have developed explanation […]

Today, carbon-fiber materials are nearly ubiquitous in the industrialized world, found in everything from hockey […]

Researchers have found that the global goal of limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above […]

The batteries of electric vehicles subject to the normal use of real world drivers — […]

A team of interdisciplinary scientists from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering under the […]

Researchers have developed a novel device that couples magnetic fields and kirigami design principles to […]

Pesticides can be made more effective and environmentally friendly by improving how they stick to […]

In the future, hydrogen will be needed in a climate-neutral energy system to store energy, […]

A team of scientists has created a new shape-changing polymer that could transform how future […]

In fields ranging from immunology and ecology to economics and thermodynamics, multi-scale complex systems are […]

Northwestern University scientists have designed a new implantable device that can monitor fluctuating levels of […]

An international team of researchers including The University of Tokyo Kavli Institute for the Physics […]

Fiber optics are a means of transmitting information at incredibly high speeds; however, the technology […]

A team of researchers has beaten its own record for the fastest swimming soft robot, […]

Two massive asteroids hit Earth around 35.65 million years ago, but did not lead to […]

New research reveals the unique human ability to conceptualize numbers may be rooted deep within […]

A group of young students became bonafide biomedical scientists before they even started high school. […]

The algorithms behind generative AI tools like DallE, when combined with physics-based data, can be […]

Scientists around the world rely on ocean monitoring tools to measure the effects of climate […]

Dr. Sofia Sheikh from the SETI Institute led a study that sheds new light on […]

The researchers, including physics education specialist Professor Philipp Bitzenbauer from Leipzig University, concentrate on what […]

Researchers at the University of Sydney Nano Institute have made a significant advance in the […]

Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science have developed a […]

The increased use of a chemical compound to replace TNT in explosive devices has a […]

LMU researchers have investigated how cationic polymers organize on a molecular level when transporting RNA […]

A tiny, four-fingered “hand” folded from a single piece of DNA can pick up the […]

Large language models, a type of AI that analyses text, can predict the results of […]

Harvesting water from the air and decreasing humidity are crucial to realizing a more comfortable […]

A team of researchers led by Anna-Karin Gustavsson at Rice University has developed an innovative […]

The cells in our bodies are like bustling cities, running on an iron-powered system that […]

These are just two proposals that planetary scientists have come up with for what lies […]

When NASA’s Voyager 2 flew by Uranus in 1986, it captured grainy photographs of large […]

A massive collision of galaxies sparked by one travelling at a scarcely-believable 2 million mph […]

A research team at the University of Vienna, led by medicinal chemist Markus Muttenthaler, has […]

Fields ranging from robotics to medicine to political science are attempting to train AI systems […]

New Curtin University-led research has uncovered what may be the oldest direct evidence of ancient […]

Solar and wind are quickly transforming the energy landscape — but if we are to […]

University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers have found a way to simultaneously mitigate three types of defects […]

Archaeologists from the Faculty of Arts at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) are revolutionising […]

Researchers at Rice University have found a new way to improve a key element of […]

University of Delaware researchers have developed a method for mitigating the decontamination that tires release […]

Chemists have developed a novel way to capture and convert carbon dioxide into methane, suggesting […]

Energy stored in thermochemical materials can effectively heat indoor spaces, particularly in humid regions, according […]

A team of researchers from Jilin University, NYU Abu Dhabi’s Smart Materials Lab, and the […]

A study by researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has identified […]