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Texas A&M researchers are studying how lunar regolith and robotics could help build a permanent human base on the moon.
Texas A&M sees lunar regolith, despite its dangers, as the key to building lasting infrastructure on the moon.
Joseph Shavitupda
A wireless chest sensor from Northwestern University can track stress signals in real time, offering hope for infants and vulnerable patients.
InnovationsWearable polygraph tracks hidden stress signals without wiresShy Cohen
Scientists developed a synthetic cell-like system that uses DNA nanopores to coordinate molecular transport and complex reactions.
HealthScientists build synthetic cells with programmable DNA poresMac Oliveau
Researchers at Concordia University created a high-fidelity CPR simulator to study how blood circulates during cardiac arrest in space.
SpaceNew CPR simulator could help save astronauts in spaceJoshua Shavit
Andreas Wallraff and Renato Renner (f.l.t.r.) next to the 30-meter link connecting two quantum chips. Using this experiment, ETH researchers generated certified perfect randomness for the first time.
InnovationsETH Zurich scientists create perfect randomness for the first timeShy Cohen
Researchers developed microrobot swarms that communicate through sound waves, allowing them to self-organize and adapt.
InnovationsScientists built bee-like smart robots that swarm using sound wavesShy Cohen
Researchers at ETH Zurich developed a geometric quantum swap gate that resists noise and operates across 17,000 neutral atom qubits.
InnovationsETH Zurich built an ultra-stable quantum gate across 17,000 qubit pairsShy Cohen
A new holographic 3D printing system from EPFL can rapidly create tissue-like structures using low-power lasers and living cells.
HealthNew holographic 3D printer could revolutionize tissue engineeringJoshua Shavit
NASA’s HPSC chip is showing major gains in speed and resilience, promising smarter autonomous spacecraft for future deep-space missions.
SpaceNASA’s HPSC chip transforms how spacecraft navigate, land, and exploreJoseph Shavit
Researchers developed Bee-Nav, a honeybee-inspired system that allows tiny drones to navigate and return home efficiently.
InnovationsBee-inspired navigation system lets tiny robots fly without GPSRebecca Shavit
A new reusable brick wall system from Austrian researchers could reduce construction waste and cut carbon emissions by 60%.
Green ImpactReusable brick walls could slash construction carbon emissions by 60%Rebecca Shavit
Researchers developed a semiartificial leaf that uses sunlight, carbon dioxide and engineered bacteria to grow living biomass.
Green ImpactResearchers turn sunlight and CO2 into living biomassRebecca Shavit
Mount Sinai scientists developed an AI system that learns how genes interact, opening new paths for disease research and drug discovery.
AINew AI model reads the language of genes to detect diseases fasterShy Cohen
A magnetoelectric crystal stores four stable magnetic states, hinting at future memory beyond binary computing.
AINew material stores four magnetic states per cell – exponentially increasing memory storageShy Cohen
Finnish researchers developed personalized 3D-printed ceramic bone implants that imitate natural bone and support healing.
HealthScientists develop 3D-printed ceramic bone implants — just like real human boneHannah Shavit-Weiner
A lunar laser locked to an ultrastable silicon cavity placed inside one of the Moon’s permanently shadowed craters could provide the infrastructure for a lunar time scale, Earth-Moon optical communication, satellite-based space distance measurements and imaging, and a space-based optical atomic clock.
SpaceDark crater laser could standardize lunar navigation and timekeepingJoseph Shavit
In this illustration, light is coupled into a nanoscale cavity and interacts with an atomically thin material, creating exciton-polaritons.
InnovationsUPenn physicists make ‘light’ work of computingShy Cohen