Aerospace engineers at MIT have devised an algorithm that helps drones find the fastest route around obstacles, without crashing. Credit: MIT News, with background figure…
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Say Goodbye to the Dots and Dashes: Enhanced Optical Storage Media
Purdue University innovators have created technology aimed at replacing Morse code with colored “digital characters” to modernize optical storage. They are confident the advancement will…
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Investigating Materials for Safe, Secure Nuclear Energy
A longstanding interest in radiation’s effects on metals has drawn Michael Short into new areas such as nuclear security and microreactors. Michael Short came to…
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“Missing Puzzle Piece” Discovered: Critical Advance in Quantum Computer Design
Spin qubit device being connected to circuit board in preparation for measurement. Credit: Serwan Asaad Quantum engineers from UNSW Sydney have removed a major obstacle…
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Brain-Inspired Electronics: An Artificial Ionic Neuron for Tomorrow’s Electronic Memories
Artificial neuron prototype: nanofluidic slits can play the role of ion channels and allow neurons to communicate. Ion clusters achieve the ion transport that causes…
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Secrets of Highly Efficient Swimming Uncovered for Design of Next-Generation Underwater Drones
Fish are thought to adjust their tail stiffness in order to swim efficiently over a wide range of speeds, but how and when they tune…
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Innovative New Material Inspired by Chain Mail Transforms from Flexible to Rigid on Command
Engineers have developed a material inspired by chain mail that can transform from a foldable, fluid-like state into specific solid shapes under pressure. Credit: Caltech…
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3D Kirigami Building Blocks Designed To Make Dynamic Metamaterial Structures
In a proof of concept, researchers created more than a dozen reconfigurable building blocks. Each block consisted of eight connected paper cubes and could be…
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Eye Tracking Virtual Reality Technology To Make MRI a New Experience
Researchers from King’s College London have created a novel interactive VR system to be used by patients when undertaking an MRI. In a new paper published in Scientific…
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Science Made Simple: What Is Plasma Confinement?
Image of the inside of a magnetic confinement experiment during plasma discharge. In a tokamak, plasma particles are confined and shaped by magnetic field lines…
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