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ETH Zurich Engineers Develop Small Magnets That Achieve 38 and 42 Tesla

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Schematic diagram showing the coils for the magnets. (Image Credit: Science Advances (2026). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adz5826.) High-field magnets, especially those for Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) or particle accelerators, are massive, sometimes bui...
- 25 Mar 2026
Device Twists Light, Revealing Its Handedness

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Harvard researchers developed a device that differentiates the left-or-right handedness of light. (Image Credit: Mazur group at Harvard SEAS) Researchers at Harvard’s John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) recently d...
- 24 Mar 2026
Denmark Installs Red Street Lights, Helping with Biodiversity

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Denmark installed red LEDs in 2022 to help with biodiversity. (Image Credit: Light Bureau) Engineers design things for interaction, for humans. HMI, GUI, touchscreen, simple buttons and switches. We interpret the world back to us. But, what if we di...
- 18 Mar 2026
Researchers Develop Water-Based Enzyme Inks, Simplifying the EBFC Manufacturing Process

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Example of a skin patch health monitor. (Image Credit: Bing Image Creator) Wearable biosensors are quickly evolving, with smaller devices like flexible skin patches continuously monitoring physiological signals. These analyze sweat to measure metabo...
- 13 Mar 2026
SWOT Spots Large Waves During Major Storms

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Storm Eddie produced an ocean wave that reached 19.7 meters tall. (Image Credit: ESA/Planetary Visions) Ocean waves that grow to over twenty meters could threaten maritime safety, offshore infrastructure, and coastal communities. However, measuring ...
- 12 Mar 2026
Transatlantic TAT-8 Fiber-Optic Cable is Being Removed from the Seabed

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(Image Credit: pixabay) For over twenty years, the Trans-Atlantic Telephone 8 (TAT-8) cable sat on the ocean floor in its out-of-operational-use state. Now, SubSea Environmental Services is pulling it from the seabed close to Portugal. The world&rsq...
- 6 Mar 2026
Researchers Create the World’s Smallest QR Code

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The smallest QR code is 1.98 square micrometers and can only be seen under an electron microscope. (Image Credit: TU Wien) TU Wien recently collaborated with Cerabyte, a data storage company, to create the smallest QR code measuring just 1.98 square...
- 25 Feb 2026
NASA Made Its Sea Level Changes Data Publicly Available

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NASA’s reference grid of sea surface height anomalies. (Image Credit: NASA) For over three decades, NASA has been using Sea Surface Height (SSH) products derived from satellite altimetry (TOPEX/Poseidon, Jason series, and Sentintel-6) to track...
- 18 Feb 2026
Researchers Captured a Visualization of a Hydrogen Atom’s Electron Orbital

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These images demonstrate on-resonance tunneling ionization through the Coulomb potential, with non-resonant ionization shown in A) and C). Meanwhile, B) shows resonant ionization producing a two-node wave function pattern. (Image Credit: Stodolna et...
- 30 Jan 2026
How many gas sensors can be connected to an ESP32 microcontroller?

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I am working on an Electronic Nose / gas sensing project using ESP32. I want to know how many gas sensors can be connected to ESP32 and what are the limitations.
- 21 Jan 2026
Clouds of Microplastics Discovered in China

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This diagram shows ring slices with polymer composition (C-rich, C+0-rich, C+others fractions) for atmospheric microplastics (outer) and nanoplastics (inner) groups, plastic fluxes from single events, TSP from 5-day composites (d, day). (Image...
- 20 Jan 2026
LEGO Introduces New Smart Brick at CES 2026

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LEGO unveiled the Smart Brick, set to launch later this year. (Image Credit: LEGO) The most important announcement at CES 2026 in Las Vegas, LEGO unveiled a more interactive way to play---the Smart Brick, the main piece of its upcoming Smart Play sy...
- 16 Jan 2026
Connector Design for Harsh Environments: Miniaturization, IP Ratings, and Signal Integrity

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(Image credit: Pixabay) Engineers working in industrial, automotive, marine, or outdoor systems know that connectors aren't just passive hardware; they can be a critical point of failure when environments become extreme. Dust, moisture, vibratio...
- 14 Jan 2026
Researchers Develop Tactile Screen That Can Be Seen and Felt

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Researchers developed a screen patterned with tiny pixels that expand outward, forming bumps when illuminated, allowing users to see and feel the animations. (Image Credit: UC Santa Barbara) Researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara...
- 9 Jan 2026
Modern Measurement: How Oscilloscopes and Analyzers Are Adapting to Today’s Designs

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(Image credit: Unsplash) Electronic designs have become increasingly complex over the decades. A single device can combine high-speed digital interfaces, mixed-signal control loops, RF connectivity, and power electronics, all packed into a tight for...
- 9 Jan 2026
Close-Up - Massive Tsunami Captured for the First Time Ever

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Image showing the tsunami recorded by the DART buoys and SWOT satellite. (Image Credit: The Seismic Record) On July 29, 2025, a magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck the Kuril-Kamchatka region, triggering a huge tsunami that rolled across the Pacific. Luc...
- 3 Dec 2025
Starfront Observatories Let Amateur Astronomers Get Closer to the Stars Using Robotic Telescopes

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Astronomers and astrophotographers can rent prime space to deploy their telescopes to explore the night sky. (Image credit: Starfront Observatories) Located near Rockwood, in central Texas, Starfront Observatories built a unique facility that allows...
- 7 Nov 2025
Learn About PC-Based USB Oscilloscopes and the Advantages of PicoScope 7 with element14 and Pico Technology

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(Image credit: element 14) Recently element14 hosted a one-hour technical webinar, "Scoping Out PC-based USB Oscilloscopes," featuring Ben Ellis, Technical Applications Engineer at Pico Technology. The session, which streamed live on September 11, 2...
- 24 Oct 2025
Meet WOWCube, A Rubik's Cube Reimagined

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Cubios plans to release the WOWCube later this year. (Image Credit: Cubios) We're familiar with the Rubik's Cube, a favorite childhood 3D twisty puzzle. But, now there's a new twist: WOWCube! Developed by Cubios, this cube is a puzzle r...
- 15 Oct 2025
MEMS and How It Changed The Sensing World

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An IMU-MEMS sensor. (Image Credit: Gladiator Technologies) The research and development of MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) technology started in the 1960s. It has seen commercial adoption and industry growth since the 1980s, accelerating in ...
- 3 Oct 2025
Researchers Develop and Deploy an Underwater Color-Correcting Tool

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SeaSplat clears any obstructions in an underwater image and applies color corrections. (Image Credit: MIT) Researchers from MIT and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI) developed SeaSplat, a tool designed to produce a replica image of the u...
- 17 Sep 2025
Your Heart Rate Can be Monitored Using WiFi

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The team used an affordable ESP32 chip to monitor heart rates. (Image Credit: Erika Cardema/UC Santa Cruz) Researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have developed Pulse-Fi, a new technology that uses WiFi signals to monitor heart ra...
- 9 Sep 2025
Scientists Develop a New Trick to See Nanoparticles

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Image showing light scattering of sub-15 nm objects inside and outside a plasmonic nanocavity. (Image Credit: Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-63380-8) Researchers from the University of Twente engineered a new technique that ma...
- 3 Sep 2025
Scientists Split a Photon, Demonstrating it Still Has Angular Momentum

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For the first time, scientists split a single photon (green) into two photons (red) and conserved angular momentum. (Image Credit: Robert Fickler/Tampere University) Scientists at Tampere University split a single photon into two, demonstrating tha...
- 27 Aug 2025
Researchers Develop Mini Brains to Understand Neurological Conditions

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Development of Multi-Region Brain Organoids using integrated single-nucleus analysis. (Image Credit: AdvancedScience) How many neurons create awareness? Researchers at Johns Hopkins University (JHU) created mini brains called brain organoids compose...
- 14 Aug 2025