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A new holographic 3D printing system from EPFL can rapidly create tissue-like structures using low-power lasers and living cells.
EPFL researchers developed a faster holographic 3D bioprinter that creates living tissue-like structures in minutes.
Joshua Shavitupda
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
An example of a neat-film-based molecular solar thermal (MOST) system, created by researchers in 2022.
Green ImpactRechargeable solar battery ‘bottles the Sun’ for a rainy day or a cold nightBreaking Science
A new MIT wristband uses ultrasound and AI to track hand motion from the wrist, helping users control robots and virtual objects.
InnovationsMIT ultrasound wristband revolutionizes AR, VR and robotic movementShy Cohen
Researchers are using hyperspectral imaging and machine learning to scan chicken eggs for embryo health, sex and quality.
Green ImpactAI egg scanners make poultry hatcheries more humaneHannah Shavit-Weiner
New printed artificial neurons can fire brain-like electrical signals and activate real neurons, opening paths for neuroprosthetics and efficient AI hardware.
HealthPrinted artificial neurons can communicate with living brain cellsRebecca Shavit
Harvard engineers created 3D-printed artificial muscles that bend, twist, grip, and reshape when heated.
InnovationsGroundbreaking, 3D-printed, artificial muscles bend and twist on demandShy Cohen
A blood-based biological age measure may help predict dementia risk and earlier onset, especially for vascular dementia.
HealthBlood-based aging clock predicts dementia risk years before symptomsMac Oliveau
MLB’s torpedo bat is drawing attention for shifting weight and reshaping how hitters think about contact.
InnovationsDo torpedo bats actually give baseball players an edge?Amyn Bhai