New biodegradable smart tag could make shipping safer and greener
Every day, huge amounts of goods travel around the world—including fragile products that must stay within a safe temperature and humidity range.
Vaccines, certain medicines,...
New AI blood and urine tests may detect cancer more effectively
Diagnosing cancer may soon become easier and less painful thanks to advances in AI-assisted blood and urine tests.
Scientists believe these tests could one day...
A single ultra-thin membrane could make lithium batteries safer and last twice as long
Lithium-metal batteries are often described as the “next big thing” for electric vehicles and energy storage.
They can hold much more energy than today’s lithium-ion...
MIT engineers build powerful robots using real muscle and fake tendons
Scientists have been working for years to create robots powered by living muscle tissue.
These biohybrid robots combine lab-grown muscles with synthetic skeletons, giving them...
A new smart device can heat and cool buildings—without using electricity
Imagine a building that can heat itself in winter and cool itself in summer without using any electricity.
A research team in South Korea has...
A new low-cost catalyst could make clean hydrogen much cheaper
Scientists may have found a more affordable way to produce clean hydrogen—an energy source that could one day power cars, factories, and even entire...
Snake pee may help treat gout pain and kidney stones
If you’ve never had a reptile as a pet, you might be surprised to learn that many reptiles don’t pee like humans do. Instead...
Scientists ask AI to generate human bodies—and the results reveal clear biases
A new study from the University of Toronto has found that today’s artificial intelligence image generators often reproduce—and even exaggerate—common stereotypes about the human...
Scientists turn old clothes into super-strong cement
Researchers at Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) in Lithuania have found an innovative way to turn unwanted clothing into something extremely useful: stronger, more...
Scientists shrink OLEDs to nano-size, unlocking ultra-sharp displays
Researchers at ETH Zurich have created some of the smallest light-emitting diodes ever made—so tiny that thousands of them could fit inside a single...
Stretchable screens take a big leap forward with new smart materials
Imagine a digital screen that can bend, twist, and stretch like skin—wrapping smoothly around your wrist, fitting onto medical implants, or even covering robots...
New “smart” photodetectors can recognize materials instantly—just by catching light
Scientists at UCLA and UC Berkeley have created a groundbreaking type of image sensor that can recognize materials and objects the moment light hits...
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Scientists twist light using nanomaterials for faster Internet
Imagine watching a whirlpool in a river or a tornado in the sky.
These spirals don’t just spin in place—they move forward while keeping their...
2D material could store quantum information at room temperature
Researchers have identified a two-dimensional material that could be used to store quantum information at room temperature.
Quantum memory is a major building block to...
ChatGPT vs Human: How to spot AI-generated science writing
A remarkable tool can distinguish between human-written and AI-generated academic science writing with over 99% accuracy.
New 3D smart device heats and cools to save energy
A team of researchers led by Professor Bonghoon Kim from DGIST has developed a “3D smart energy device” that can both heat and cool...
Electronic skin fully powered by sweat can monitor health
One of the ways we experience the world around us is through our skin.
From sensing temperature and pressure to pleasure or pain, the many...