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Researchers at Purdue University have achieved a long-sought milestone, demonstrating what they call a “photonic transistor” that operates at single-photon intensities.
Purdue researchers show how one photon can control light using silicon avalanche detectors, opening doors for photonic computing.
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MIT researchers have built an ultrasonic device that shakes clean water out of air soaking materials in minutes, offering a fast, low power way to turn invisible humidity into a steady source of drinking water, even in dry regions.
InnovationsNew ultrasonic tech could turn every window into a water tapJoshua Shavit
A Concordia led study outlines a blueprint for 15 minute neighborhoods that grow vegetables on roofs and lots, power food delivery with solar sidewalks, and nearly eliminate transport emissions while strengthening local community ties.
Green ImpactResearchers model a sustainable, solar-powered, 15-minute cityJoshua Shavit
A team at Simon Fraser University has built a soft chest belt with 3D printed suction cup electrodes and built in AI that can pre diagnose 10 types of irregular heart rhythms, offering cleaner, faster monitoring in hospitals and remote communities.
AIOrigami 3D printed belt uses AI to spot dangerous heart rhythms in real timeShy Cohen
Abram Fluckiger, a CU Boulder undergrad, holds a block with five MOCHI layers sandwiched between two glass panes.
Green ImpactNew transparent window material could cut building energy loss by 50%Shy Cohen
A new MIT framework called SEAL allows language models to create their own study notes and choose how to train, improving learning without human-designed data.
AIMIT researchers teach AI models to learn from their own notesShy Cohen
An MIT team taught a micro-robot to fly like an insect. With AI control, the tiny flapping machine leapt to 447% more speed and pulled off 10 somersaults in 11 seconds, even in windy tests.
AITiny flapping drone matches insect speed with an AI brainShy Cohen
Spectra is Sandia National Laboratories’ newest supercomputer and the second in the Vanguard program, which explores advanced computer architectures for national security applications.
AIRevolutionary supercomputer uses adaptive chips to boost speed and cut powerShy Cohen
A dress designed by Zoe Alvarez ’25, a fashion design major, and inspired by the magnificent riflebird, uses the ultra-black material (the dots nearest the blue) and other deep-black fabrics. The ultrablack fabric created in the Responsive Apparel Design Lab is the darkest fabric currently reported.
InnovationsScientists turn everyday wool into record-breaking ultrablack fabricRebecca Shavit
Researchers have developed artificial tendons for muscle-powered robots. They attached the rubber band-like tendons (blue) to either end of a small piece of lab-grown muscle (red), forming a “muscle-tendon unit.”
InnovationsMIT engineers give biohybrid robots a power upgrade with synthetic tendonsShy Cohen
A sweeping study revealed how WhatsApp quietly exposed who used the app worldwide, even while message texts stayed encrypted.
InnovationsScientists discovered a major security vulnerability in WhatsAppShy Cohen
Physicists from research groups at the University of Stuttgart, Saarbrücken, and Dresden conducting an experiment on quantum teleportation (from left to right: Tobias Bauer, Marlon Schäfer, Caspar Hopfmann, Stefan Kazmaier, Tim Strobel, and Simone Luca Portalupi).
InnovationsScientists achieve first-ever quantum teleportation between separate semiconductor chipsShy Cohen
A Johns Hopkins AI tool now guides medical students during suturing practice, pointing to a future where robots and software reshape surgery and training.
AIThe future of surgery is learning from machinesShy Cohen
Scientists in Vienna and London have shown that even years after an arm amputation, detailed movement commands survive in the nerves. By combining targeted muscle reinnervation with implantable microelectrodes, they can decode single motor neuron signals and link them to specific finger and wrist movements, opening the door to far more intuitive bionic prostheses.
HealthNext-gen bionic arms read nerve signals years after amputationShy Cohen
Stephan Ramos, Seung Kim and Preksha Bhagchandani discuss their Type 1 diabetes research.
HealthStanford researchers cure type 1 diabetes in mice by resetting the body’s immune systemMac Oliveau
Researchers led by Nathalie de Leon have developed a magnetic sensing technique using quantum entanglement to detect previously hidden fluctuations in advanced materials such as superconductors. The researchers implant point defects in lab-grown diamonds to reveal an unprecedented look at magnetic field structure and correlated noise, a quantity that is beyond the reach of existing instruments.
InnovationsNext-generation quantum sensor sees the magnetic world in unprecedented detailShy Cohen
A new ion beam study of the disputed Jordan lead codices finds some pieces made from clearly modern lead and others from metal more than 200 years old, reopening the debate over whether any of these strange little books could be genuinely ancient.
InnovationsNew tests show Jordan lead codices are not all modern fakesRebecca Shavit