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- How to help assembly-line robots shift gears and pick up almost anything
A University of Washington team created a new tool that can design a 3D-printable passive gripper and calculate the best path to pick up an object. The team tested this system on a suite of 22 objects -- including a 3D-printed bunny, a doorstop-shape…
- 29 Jul 22, 2:24pm - - A 'nano-robot' built entirely from DNA to explore cell processes
Constructing a tiny robot from DNA and using it to study cell processes invisible to the naked eye... You would be forgiven for thinking it is science fiction, but it is in fact the subject of serious research. This highly innovative 'nano-robot' sho…
- 28 Jul 22, 11:59am - - Programming pH
Researchers have developed a technique to control pH at the local level, creating a dense array of microsites where the amount of protons is 100 to 1000 times higher than the average in the rest of the solution.
- 27 Jul 22, 6:14pm - - New catalyst leads to more efficient butadiene production
Researchers have developed a new catalyst that improves the efficiency of converting butane, a component of natural gas, into butadiene -- a widely-used building block in synthetic rubber and a variety of plastics.
- 27 Jul 22, 6:13pm - - Breakthrough quantum algorithm
Physicists are claiming significant progress in using quantum computers to study and predict how the state of a large number of interacting quantum particles evolves over time. This was done by developing a quantum algorithm that they run on an IBM q…
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- newSpray-on concrete innovation could transform bridge repairs
More than 40,000 bridges in the United States are deemed structurally deficient, and as many as 221,000 are deemed in need of repair, according to the American Road & Transportation Builders Association. Florida International University (FIU) researc…
- 19 mins ago 25 Mar 25, 9:05pm - - newExploring the effect of sulfur composition on tin sulfide for improving solar cell performance
Solar cells convert sunlight into clean energy—but if the solar cells themselves are made of toxic materials, it almost defeats the purpose. That's where tin sulfide (SnS) comes in. SnS is an environmentally friendly, naturally abundant, and relati…
- 5 hours ago 25 Mar 25, 4:43pm - - newElectronics-free robots can walk right off the 3D-printer
Imagine a robot that can walk, without electronics, and only with the addition of a cartridge of compressed gas, right off the 3D-printer. It can also be printed in one go, from one material.
- 6 hours ago 25 Mar 25, 3:05pm - - newNew geometric design of material provides safer bicycle helmet
By using new geometric shapes in shock-absorbing material, researchers at the Universities of Gothenburg and Isfahan have developed a bicycle helmet that provides better protection against head injuries. The material absorbs shock by contracting bila…
- 8 hours ago 25 Mar 25, 1:52pm - - newTemporary accommodation, affordable modular housing can help communities recover from natural disasters
The beginning of 2025 saw wildfires sweep through Los Angeles—leaving a trail of devastation, destroying thousands of homes and displacing many more LA residents. According to reports as of early February 2025, more than 18,000 structures were dama…
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