This smart pillow lets users play music and podcasts with a hug

Researchers at the University of Glasgow have created a prototype “smart pillow” designed to help people enjoy music, podcasts, or audiobooks before sleep without...

Sneaker-sized “electronic dolphin” robot could revolutionize oil spill cleanup

Engineers in Australia have developed a small robot designed to help clean up oil spills more safely and efficiently. The device, nicknamed the “Electronic Dolphin,”...

AI helps doctors choose best depression drugs and improve treatment

Depression is one of the most common mental health conditions in the world. It affects hundreds of millions of people and can make everyday...

Scientists revive 100-year-old material to create powerful new infrared devices

Scientists at Stanford University have discovered a new way to use some of the oldest known semiconductor materials to improve infrared technology. Their work could...

Scientists build AI chip powered by light instead of electricity

Scientists in Australia have developed a tiny artificial intelligence chip that performs calculations using light instead of electricity. The experimental device, created by researchers at...

Why subway systems are getting hotter—and why commuters are feeling it

For many commuters, stepping into a subway station means stepping into a wave of heat. A new study suggests that this uncomfortable experience is not...

Smartphone therapy could help adults living with ADHD

A new scientific study suggests that a digital therapy program delivered through a smartphone or computer may help adults with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, commonly...

Negative light breakthrough could hide data transfers in plain sight

Researchers in Australia have developed a new way to send digital information that is almost impossible to detect. The technique uses a phenomenon called “negative...

AI could detect more breast cancers, study finds

Breast cancer screening is one of the most important tools doctors have for finding cancer early, when treatment is more likely to succeed. In the...

A 10-cent robot? New method could make soft robotics much cheaper

Engineers at the University of Oxford have developed a remarkably simple and inexpensive way to build soft robots. Using common laboratory tools and low-cost materials,...

Tiny zircon crystals reveal new secrets about Earth’s earliest history

Scientists still have many questions about the earliest years of our planet. Earth formed about 4.55 billion years ago, but almost no rocks from that...

Smart clothes could track your health and charge your phone one day

Wearable technology has already become part of everyday life. Many people now use smartwatches to track their heart rate, steps, and sleep. But scientists believe...

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How meteors and volcanoes may have kickstarted life on earth

Life might have been formed around 4.4 billion years ago through chemical reactions triggered by iron-rich particles from meteors or volcanic eruptions on Earth.

Scientists create first implantable magnet resonance detector

Scientists from Germany and Switzerland developed a highly sensitive implant that enables to probe brain physiology with unparalleled spatial and temporal resolution. They introduce...

New study reveals ice age animals’ survival secrets from 2.6 million years ago

A new study has revealed when and how animals like the woolly mammoth, musk ox, and arctic fox developed special adaptations to survive the...

Scientists create greener materials to transform lighting and display technology

Lighting and display screens are everywhere—in our homes, offices, phones, computers, and even in medical devices. But the technology that powers them comes at a...

We aren’t living longer: Our improved lifespan is the result of not dying young

In a new study from Oxford and elsewhere, researchers found people probably cannot slow the rate at which they get older because of biological...