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AI can detect hypertension and diabetes from facial videos while retinal scans may help identify people at risk of dementia.
Facial videos and routine eye scans could become powerful AI screening tools for hypertension, diabetes and dementia.
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MIT’s 3D-printed bifur-circuits let smart structures change shape while preserving electrical connections and sensing their form.
InnovationsMIT’s new ‘bifur-circuits’ let smart devices change shape without losing powerShy Cohen
Scientists created living fungal fabric that can repair itself, repel water, produce colors, block UV light and biodegrade in soil.
Green ImpactThe future of fashion: Living fungal fabric that repairs itself and blocks UV lightRebecca Shavit
A team of University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers has developed an implantable, battery-free pacemaker that’s charged by a patient’s heartbeat.
HealthHeartbeat-powered pacemaker could eliminate the need for battery replacementsJoseph Shavit
NASA’s Roman telescope will map billions of cosmic objects while probing dark energy, black holes and distant worlds.
SpaceNASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is about to open a vast new window on the universeJoseph Shavit
A compact magnetic platform creates paired radio-frequency waves without bulky cryogenic equipment.
InnovationsMIT device creates linked microwave signals at room temperature without extreme coolingShy Cohen
Smartphone navigation for blind people gets a boost from Mobilio, which combines sensors, AI and personalized audio guidance.
AISmartphone app helps blind users navigate faster and avoid obstaclesJoshua Shavit
An ADN green rocket thruster ignited electrically at room temperature, eliminating the need for a preheated catalyst bed.
SpaceScientists develop a greener, catalyst-free, rocket thruster to power the next generation of spacecraftJoseph Shavit
This cookie is made using waste plant materials and plastic and could feed humans everywhere from submarines to spaceships.
Green ImpactScientists recycle plastic bottles and corn waste into protein-rich cookiesJoshua Shavit
University of Waterloo researchers are using AI, sensors and data science to decode modern house fires and improve evacuation safety.
AIAI helps predict dangerous fire conditions in modern homesShy Cohen
A new machine-learning model maps global glacier ice thickness using more than 7 million measurements.
AIAI maps ice levels beneath the world’s glaciers – could raise global sea levels by over a footJoshua Shavit
A new study shows that moving particles in liquid can perform complex computations, opening the door to energy efficient computing systems.
InnovationsScientists build computer from microscopic particles in liquidRebecca Shavit
Space habitat design could shape astronaut mental health on long missions by influencing sleep, privacy, connection, and homesickness.
SpaceSpace habitat design could shape astronaut mental health on Mars missionsJoseph Shavit
UCLA’s lying mirror optical technology uses structured light to replace many different input images with the same deceptive output.
InnovationsUCLA engineers build a ‘lying mirror’ that displays a fake reflected imageJoshua Shavit
Researchers developed an AI model that reads routine cancer slides to predict tumor type, TP53 mutations and survival-related outcomes.
AIAI model predicts 32 cancer tumor types from images already used in hospitalsShy Cohen
The XPRIZE Healthspan competition advances 20 teams testing ways to restore muscle, brain and immune function as people age.
Health$101 million XPRIZE Healthspan competition advances 20 teams to finals with UCSD named as testing hubJoseph Shavit
Time crystal synchronization in a semiconductor links distant spin oscillators through diffusing spin-polarized electrons.
InnovationsNew semiconductor turns billions of spin oscillators into a shared time crystalJoseph Shavit