Talking robots could help ease the burden of caregivers
Caring for a loved one can be one of life’s most meaningful roles, but it often comes with heavy emotional costs.
Many informal caregivers—people who...
How tiny defects threaten perovskite solar cells
Perovskite solar cells have been hailed as the next big thing in renewable energy.
They are cheaper and easier to produce than traditional silicon solar...
Scientists create first real-time shape-changing robot
Imagine a robot that can change its shape on demand, twisting, bending, or stretching without needing its magnetic field altered.
This is the breakthrough achieved...
Robots learn to hike on their own in virtual wilderness
Humanoid robots may soon be able to handle rugged trails as well as people do, thanks to new research from the University of Michigan.
A...
New test strip makes the invisible world of nanoplastics visible
Plastic pollution is one of the biggest global problems of our time.
Most people are familiar with the images of plastic bottles and bags floating...
A tiny switch could power the future of computing
Engineers at the University of Michigan have created a breakthrough device that can control the flow of excitons—tiny bundles of energy that could one...
Why next-gen perovskite solar cells fall apart under heat and light
Perovskite solar cells are often called the future of solar energy.
They promise higher efficiency and lower costs than today’s panels, and when combined with...
Ultra-thin lens breakthrough could transform cameras
For more than two hundred years, cameras have steadily evolved from bulky contraptions into essential tools of daily life.
Today, they are everywhere—built into smartphones,...
Scientists build mini scope to spy on neurons in real time
Scientists at the University of California, Davis, have built a miniature microscope that can capture three-dimensional images of brain activity in real time—while a...
E-bikes more risky than e-scooters, surprising study finds
For years, many people have assumed that riding an e-scooter is riskier than cycling an e-bike.
But new research from Chalmers University of Technology in...
Atom-thin crystals could power the next generation of computer memory
Everyday technology—smartphones, artificial intelligence data centers, wearable health trackers—depends on memory chips that consume enormous amounts of energy.
As our reliance on digital devices grows,...
AI hype has just shaken up the world’s rich list. What if the boom...
Just for a moment this week, Larry Ellison, co-founder of US cloud computing company Oracle, became the world's richest person.
The octogenarian tech titan briefly...
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Tiny microbes, big impact: A new way to recycle lithium from old batteries
Scientists at the University of Surrey have developed a new green technology that recovers up to 95% of high-purity lithium from used lithium-ion batteries...
New way to make scalable quantum processors
An Army funded project marks a turning point in the field of scalable quantum processors, producing the largest quantum chip of its type using...
AI uses voice to predict heart disease
Scientists from Mayo Clinic used artificial intelligence (AI) to help discover and test what the voice can reveal about a patient's heart health.
They used...
How cheese waste helps recover gold from old electronics
In a world where recycling is more important than ever, a group of scientists led by Professor Raffaele Mezzenga from ETH Zurich has found...
Are we ready for robots that care for us?
Due to rising life expectancy and population aging, there is growing social and economic pressure to help older adults to live at home safely.
This...