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Entangled photons crossed Chicago-area fiber carrying enough optical power to support 36 terabits of conventional data per second.
Quantum entanglement over internet fiber survived 24.4 kilometers of heavy data traffic with more than 94 percent fidelity.
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Two teleoperated robots work as a team to perform a laparoscopic gallbladder removal during a pre-clinical trial.
HealthSurgical First: Humanoid robots perform gallbladder surgery in living animalsMac Oliveau
Scientists develop a device that lets machines adapt to light like the human eye, improving vision in complex environments.
InnovationsNew artificial eyes could bring human-level vision to robotics and self-driving carsShy Cohen
Scientists find that AI cannot solve certain problems, even with infinite data, reshaping how we trust machine learning systems.
AIScientists reveal limits of AI – where it succeeds and where it failsShy Cohen
Mechanically guided blood vessel growth could help engineers build organized capillary networks inside artificial tissues and organs.
HealthMIT scientists develop a new way to grow artificial blood vesselsRebecca Shavit
A neural bypass for paralysis restored hand movement, grip control and wrist sensation, with some benefits lasting after stimulation.
HealthBrain implant helps paralyzed man move his hand and feel touch againMac Oliveau
The Phantom Twist drone spins so quickly that motion blur turns it into a faint haze, making it 10 times less visible than a quadcopter.
InnovationsNew Phantom Twist drone spins so quickly that it virtually disappearsRebecca Shavit
The FCC space mirror approval allows Reflect Orbital to test artificial sunlight despite warnings about astronomy and safety.
SpaceFCC approves giant space mirror as astronomers warn of risks to the night skyJoseph Shavit
New modular nanorobots can move, target cells, and deliver drugs, offering a new path for precision medicine and industry.
HealthNew nanorobots can target cancer cells with precisionShy Cohen
Dr. John Nassour (left) and Nicolas Berberich (right) are testing the newly developed glove. In the background: Prof. Gordon Cheng.
HealthLife-changing robotic glove restores hand function for paralysis patientsMac Oliveau
Mano Raj Dhanalakshmi Veeraraj and Joan Vila-Comamala, both from the PSI Center for Photon Science, with the achromatic neutron lens outside the Swiss Spallation Neutron Source SINQ.
InnovationsFirst-of-its-kind achromatic neutron lens brings the world into sharper focusShy Cohen
Microwave rocket propulsion tests reveal progress in beam tracking, plasma control and thrust, but major efficiency barriers remain.
SpaceCan rockets ride on a microwave beam? A radical launch idea is moving beyond the labJoseph Shavit
Autonomous distributed quantum entanglement links distant qubits through a shared bath of correlated microwave photons. ISTA PhD student and the study’s first author, Alejandro Andrés-Juanes, in the lab.
InnovationsQuantum bath keeps distant qubits entangled without human controlShy Cohen
Researchers at MIT created a new kind of hydrogel, a soft, water-rich material that behaves much like conventional hydrogels but also allows air to move through it.
InnovationsNew hydrogel could transform wearable medical devicesRebecca Shavit
Iowa State University and Ames National Laboratory researchers have experience synthesizing alloys with magnetic properties.
AIScientists use AI to search for the next generation of ultra-powerful magnetsShy Cohen
Artistic impression of a superconducting quantum heat engine. Aalto University researchers built the first cyclic quantum heat engine in a superconducting circuit, extracting real work from heat in a single qubit near absolute zero.
InnovationsWorld’s first superconducting quantum heat engine looks to transform quantum computingJoseph Shavit
A ribozyme found by accident selectively repairs broken RNA, suggesting early life could have preserved its genetic code without any proteins.
HealthNo proteins required: Newly discovered enzyme can hunt and mend broken RNAMac Oliveau