Innovation News

Innovations Researchers power drones using ground-based green laser light

Nanocrystals and wing channels helped a laser receiver stay cooler while producing electricity for a drone motor.

Innovations New ultra-black automotive coating uses carbon nanotubes to absorb 99.9% of visible light Shy Cohen

AI Brain-inspired AI model adapts and plans without massive data centers Shy Cohen

Innovations How did the first-ever clockmaker know what time to set?Joseph Shavit

Green Impact UC Irvine’s new map predicts which California homes are most likely to burn in a wildfire Amyn Bhai

Innovations MIT engineers create a stretchy yarn designed to be melted down and recycled Shy Cohen

Green Impact New process extracts 90% of the oil locked in waste coffee grounds – producing clean bio-diesel Shy Cohen

Innovations A nuclear reactor buried one mile below ground moves from concept to a Kansas test site Shy Cohen

Health Handheld breath detector reveals when the body starts burning fat Mac Oliveau

Green Impact New, battery-like, device sucks carbon dioxide directly out of the air Shy Cohen

Innovations Scientific breakthrough brings quantum entanglement to existing telecom networks Shy Cohen

Health Surgical First: Humanoid robots perform gallbladder surgery in living animals Mac Oliveau

Innovations New artificial eyes could bring human-level vision to robotics and self-driving cars Shy Cohen

Discoveries Bacteria can turn toxic uranium into stable, environmentally safe form Joshua Shavit

Health MIT scientists develop a new way to grow artificial blood vessels Rebecca Shavit

Health Brain implant helps paralyzed man move his hand and feel touch again Mac Oliveau

Innovations New Phantom Twist drone spins so quickly that it virtually disappears Rebecca Shavit