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Ashwathi Menon dancing with a robot. Researchers find Indian dance gestures reveal richer movement building blocks than natural hand grasps.
A new study shows classical Indian dance gestures offer deeper insights into brain-controlled hand movement than everyday grasps.
Raz Devrajupda
Researchers developed a strong, recyclable cellulose plastic that dissolves in seawater, offering a new way to stop microplastic pollution.
Green ImpactPlant-based plastic fully dissolves in seawater eliminating microplastic polutionMac Oliveau
The DTU team (from left): Jens Arnbak Holbøll Nielsen, Axel Bogdan Bregnsbo, Zheng-Hao Liu, Ulrik Lund Andersen, Romain Brunel, Emil Erik Bay Østergaard, Óscar Cordero Boronat, Jonas Schou Neergaard-Nielsen.
InnovationsScientists reduce the time for quantum learning tasks from 20 million years to 15 minutesShy Cohen
Computer science doctoral student Yili “Angel” Wen is showcasing a new AI-supported tool that helps visually impaired programmers build, modify and check 3D models on their own.
AIScientists create new AI system to help visually impaired codersShy Cohen
A new Science paper explains why quantum technology faces its biggest scaling challenge yet and how history offers a path forward.
InnovationsQuantum technologies have reached a critical stage in their growthJoshua Shavit
The exosuit was integrated into a spacesuit for the ADAMA space mission simulation in Adelaide, Australia
SpaceSoft ‘muscle suits’ for space may also help patients walk againMac Oliveau
MIT researchers have discovered a way to enlist the liver to counter age-related declines in T-cells (shown), restoring their numbers and boosting the body’s response to vaccination.
HealthNew MIT mRNA therapy restores immune defenses lost with ageJoseph Shavit
Researchers at Purdue University have achieved a long-sought milestone, demonstrating what they call a “photonic transistor” that operates at single-photon intensities.
InnovationsScientists develop a photonic transistor powered by a single photonJoseph Shavit
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