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Inspired by the cracked, water-retaining skin of African elephants, architect Dorit Aviv and materials scientist Shu Yang have designed a cement-based tile that captures and slowly evaporates water, lowering surface temperatures without air conditioning.
Researchers created elephant-inspired cement tiles that trap water and cool buildings through slow evaporation.
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Thousands of dead satellites, spent rocket components and fragments of spacecraft circle Earth at tremendous speeds.
SpaceScientists develop a way to capture space junk using robots and spinning magnetsJoseph Shavit
A new dual-gate tribotronic transistor array could help robots, prosthetics and wearable devices sense touch and nearby objects.
HealthNew electronic skin sensor detects touch, pressure and nearby objectsJoshua Shavit
The lab of Robert Boyd, right, the William F. Krupke Distinguished Professor in Optics, has spent more than a decade refining the new imaging system, with contributions from PhD students including Yang Xu ’26 (PhD), center, and physics doctoral student Long Nguyen, left.
AINew optical shutter uses light and AI to see through dense fog and tissueJoshua Shavit
A new Virginia Tech study shows how PVC waste can be transformed into high-performance synthetic oil for lubricants.
Green ImpactScientists turn hard-to-recycle PVC plastic into high-performance engine oilJoseph Shavit
Imperial researchers developed Clavina, a modular photonic quantum processor that expands what light-based quantum computers can do.
Innovations‘Shape-shifting’ quantum computer uses light to switch between different tasksShy Cohen
Dr Jordan Noronha holding a sample of the floating titanium.
InnovationsFirst-ever floating titanium looks to transform marine constructionJoseph Shavit
A biodegradable nanomaterial helped rats regrow substantially more bone by activating repair signals already present in the body.
HealthNew ‘Nanobone’ material could help the body regrow bones without painful graftsJoshua Shavit
Graphene advances and a Moon-anchored Spaceline offer two possible routes toward cheaper travel between Earth and deep space.
SpaceA space elevator connecting Earth and the Moon could be closer than everJoseph Shavit
Quantum-optical spin glass apparatus: The curved mirrors (green-tinted cylinders at center) form an optical cavity to trap photons inside a stainless-steel vacuum chamber. The windows allow lasers to create and trap quantum gases (not present in this photo) between the mirrors.
AIAn atom-and-photon network just found a new way to store AI memoriesShy Cohen
MIT physicists find recoil and fermion statistics prevent a proposed radioactive condensate from producing a neutrino laser.
DiscoveriesMIT physicists show why a laser made of neutrinos is impossibleJoseph Shavit
A silicon-photonic processor captured energy levels, a symmetry transition and topological behavior using one spectroscopy method.
InnovationsQuantum chip opens new way to read complex quantum systemsShy Cohen
Digital brain twins may depend less on raw computing power than on how precisely scientists can measure and continually update a living brain.
HealthCreating a digital copy of the human brain faces a bigger problem than simulating 86 billion neuronsJoshua Shavit
NIST physicists John Bollinger and Matt Affolter adjust a laser system used to trap beryllium ions, creating crystals that could help uncover elusive dark matter.
InnovationsNIST scientists invent a quantum crystal detector to hunt for dark matterJoseph Shavit
A powerful pulsed magnet expands the shock layer around spacecraft models, advancing a possible new approach to surviving reentry heat.
SpacePowerful new magnetic system could help spacecraft survive the brutal heat of reentryJoseph Shavit
A physics-informed neural network rebuilt simulated mantle flow from limited surface and temperature clues.
AIPhysics-trained AI reveals how Earth’s deep interior changed over timeJoshua Shavit
AI can detect hypertension and diabetes from facial videos while retinal scans may help identify people at risk of dementia.
AIAI can detect hypertension and diabetes by looking at your face and eyesShy Cohen