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Bizarre Things: Matter & Energy
August 2, 2023

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Thermal Imaging Innovation Allows AI to See Through Pitch Darkness Like Broad Daylight

Engineers have developed HADAR, or heat-assisted detection and ...

Sun 'Umbrella' Tethered to Asteroid Might Help Mitigate Climate Change

Earth is rapidly warming and scientists are developing a variety of approaches to reduce the effects of climate change. An astronomer has proposed a novel approach -- a solar shield to reduce the amount of sunlight hitting Earth, combined with a tethered, captured asteroid as a counterweight. ...

Scientists Create Novel Approach to Control Energy Waves in 4D

Everyday life involves the three dimensions or 3D -- along an X, Y and Z axis, or up and down, left and right, and forward and back. But, in recent years scientists have explored a 'fourth dimension' (4D), or synthetic dimension, as an extension of our current physical ...

New Chemical Process Makes It Easier to Craft Amino Acids That Don't Exist in Nature

Chemists describe a powerful new way to create new-to-nature, 'unnatural' amino acids, which could find use in protein-based therapies and open up novel branches of organic ...
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All About the Benjamins: Researchers Decipher the Secrets of Benjamin Franklin's Paper Money

During his career, Benjamin Franklin printed nearly 2,500,000 money notes for the American Colonies using what the researchers have identified as highly original ...

ROSE: Revolutionary, Nature-Inspired Soft Embracing Robotic Gripper

Soft robotic grippers could greatly increase productivity in many fields. However, currently existing designs are overly complex and expensive. A research team has developed ROSE, a novel embracing ...

New Superconductors Can Be Built Atom by Atom

The future of electronics will be based on novel kinds of materials. Sometimes, however, the naturally occurring topology of atoms makes it difficult for new physical effects to be created. To tackle ...

Search for Dark Matter

Scientists have applied a promising new method to search for dark matter particles in a particle accelerator. The method is based on the observation of the spin polarization of a particle beam in a ...

Fungi Blaze a Trail to Fireproof Cladding

Scientists have shown it's possible to grow fungi in thin sheets that could be used for fire-retardant cladding or even a new kind of fungal ...

Surgical and Engineering Innovations Enable Unprecedented Control Over Every Finger of a Bionic Hand

For the first time, a person with an arm amputation can manipulate each finger of a bionic hand as if it was his own. Thanks to revolutionary surgical and engineering advancements that seamlessly ...

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Generative AI 'Fools' Scientists With Artificial Data, Bringing Automated Data Analysis Closer

The same AI technology used to mimic human art can now synthesize artificial scientific data, advancing efforts toward fully automated data ...

Pump Powers Soft Robots, Makes Cocktails

在过去的几年中,研究人员一直在developing soft analogues of traditionally rigid robotic components. In fluid-driven robotic systems, pumps control the pressure or flow of the ...

Training Robots How to Learn, Make Decisions on the Fly

Mars rovers have teams of human experts on Earth telling them what to do. But robots on lander missions to moons orbiting Saturn or Jupiter are too far away to receive timely commands from Earth. ...

Capturing the Immense Potential of Microscopic DNA for Data Storage

A 'biological camera' bypasses the constraints of current DNA storage methods, harnessing living cells and their inherent biological mechanisms to encode and store data. This represents a ...

Revolutionary Self-Sensing Electric Artificial Muscles

Researchers have made groundbreaking advancements in bionics with the development of a new electric variable-stiffness artificial muscle. This innovative technology possesses self-sensing ...

Bees Make Decisions Better and Faster Than We Do, for the Things That Matter to Them

Research reveals how millions of years of evolution has engineered honey bees to make fast decisions and reduce ...

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These Lollipops Could 'Sweeten' Diagnostic Testing for Kids and Adults Alike

A lollipop might be a sweet reward for a kid who's endured a trip to the doctor's office, but now, this candy could make diagnostic testing during a visit less invasive and more enjoyable. ...

Holograms for Life: Improving IVF Success

In a world-first, 3D holographic images of an embryo have been developed. The images are created using minuscule amounts of light in a fraction of a ...

Researchers Create Highly Conductive Metallic Gel for 3D Printing

Researchers have developed a metallic gel that is highly electrically conductive and can be used to print three-dimensional (3D) solid objects at room ...

Artificial Cells Demonstrate That 'Life Finds a Way'

A study using a synthetic 'minimal cell' organism stripped down to the 'bare essentials' for life demonstrates the tenacity of organism's power to evolve and adapt, even in ...

Growing Bio-Inspired Polymer Brains for Artificial Neural Networks

A new method for connecting neurons in neuromorphic wetware has been developed. The wetware comprises conductive polymer wires grown in a three-dimensional configuration, done by applying square-wave ...

Displays Controlled by Flexible Fins and Liquid Droplets More Versatile, Efficient Than LED Screens

Flexible displays that can change color, convey information and even send veiled messages via infrared radiation are now possible, thanks to new research. Engineers inspired by the morphing skins of ...

Turning Old Maps Into 3D Digital Models of Lost Neighborhoods

Imagine strapping on a virtual reality headset and 'walking' through a long-gone neighborhood in your city -- seeing the streets and buildings as they appeared decades ago. That's a ...

NeuWS Camera Answers 'Holy Grail Problem' in Optical Imaging

Engineers have demonstrated full-motion video camera technology that can 'see' through light-scattering media. The research could potentially be used in cameras that peer through fog, ...

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