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NASA Tracks a Large Anomaly in the Earth's Magnetic Field

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NASA tracks the South Atlantic Anomaly, a weakened region in the magnetic field that stretches 1,800 miles. (Image Credit: NASA Goddard/YouTube) For years, NASA researchers have been keeping a close eye on a weakened part of the magnetic field calle...
- 17 Apr 2025
Scientists Develop 3D Holographic Display Where Objects Can be Touched and Manipulated

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The FlexiVol volumetric display does away with rigid diffusers in favor of elastic ones that can be touched and handled safely. (Image credit: Public University of Navarra) Scientists from the Public University of Navarra (UPNA) have developed Flexi...
- 16 Apr 2025
Researchers Turn Light into a Supersolid State for the First Time

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System in reciprocal and coordinate space. (Image Credit: Nature (2025) An international team of engineers, nanotechnologists, and physicists has made it possible to transform laser light into a supersolid. This breakthrough could ultimately unlock ...
- 12 Mar 2025
Researchers Put Mouse Brain Samples in Suspended Animation and Successfully Revived Them

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The brain slices underwent directional cooling via a copper cylinder immersed in liquid nitrogen. (Image Credit: bioRxiv) For the first time, scientists at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg cryogenically froze and revived hippocampal slices of m...
- 11 Mar 2025
Nasa’s Cone-Shaped Telescope to Unveil More About the Universe

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NASA’s SPHEREx telescope could give scientists a better understanding of the universe. (Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech) We’re getting a better glimpse of the cosmos soon! The SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, E...
- 28 Feb 2025
Canon Drops World’s First 410MP Image Sensor with 24K Resolution

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The CMOS sensor packs a staggering 24,592 x 16,704-pixel resolution, the largest ever achieved in a 35mm full-frame sensor. (Image credit: Canon) Canon recently unveiled the world’s first CMOS image sensor that packs 410MP, which is equivalent...
- 19 Feb 2025
Upgrade Zigbee Devices and Turn Them into Motion Sensors with A Firmware Update

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Three or four Zigbee devices grouped within a room act as virtual sensors that detect human movement, turning the lights on/off. (Image Credit: Ivani) Zigbee bulbs and plugs have gotten a whole lot better. With a simple firmware update, these smart ...
- 18 Feb 2025
China Develops Robot Inspired by Cats for Space Applications

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The robot lands on its feet like a cat, adjusting its position in mid-air. (Image Credit: Journal of Astronautics) Researchers at the Harbin Institute of Technology developed a cat-like robot that twists and lands on its feet while falling. Powered ...
- 6 Feb 2025
Landing Zones Canada Unveils Stealthy New Drone

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The APDS can switch from supersonic to low loitering speeds. (Image Credit: Landing Zones Canada) Landing Zones Canada recently built an efficient, reliable payload delivery drone called the Eagle Advanced Payload Delivery System (APDS). This cuttin...
- 5 Feb 2025
10 Fun Innovations I liked at CES 2025

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The robot vacuum has an arm and a claw to help homeowners with tedious cleanups. (Image Credit: Roborock) We get tired of seeing socks on the floor and going through all that back-breaking work to pick them up. Thankfully, the Roborock Saros Z70 ro...
- 22 Jan 2025
Lab on a Chip: From Humble Beginnings to the Latest Innovations

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The microfluidic chip is a lab-on-a-chip device that can be used to detect diseases or check the patient’s compatibility with drugs. Image credit: Wikipedia) Lab on a Chip (LOC) is described as a microfluidic device that integrates one or mor...
- 2 Jan 2025
Drones Take Advantage of Next-Gen MEMS Technology for Modern Agriculture

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(Image credit: Pixabay) Drones are fast becoming an invaluable tool in the agriculture industry, undertaking multiple roles to ensure healthy and maximum crop yields. According to a recent report from DJI, over 300,000 drones operate globally, treat...
- 31 Dec 2024
Time-of-Flight Imaging: Low-cost sensing with ams/OSRAM TMF8828 and Pi Pico

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Table of Contents Introduction Quick Overview How Does it Work? I2C Registers Overview Reading and Writing Registers Application Mode Pages USB UART Interface Browser Based App Summary Introduction Time-of-Flight sensors are fascinating. They...
- 11 Dec 2024
Researchers Extracted Ancient DNA to Bring Back the Iberian Lynx from Extinction

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(Image Credit: Miller_Estzer/pixabay) Welcome to… Holocene Epoch park. The Iberian lynx went nearly extinct, and now it’s making a comeback. Thanks to conservation efforts, its population grew from 25 in 2002 to over 400 reproductive fe...
- 29 Oct 2024
MIT Researchers Capture Images of Atoms Flowing In an Edge State

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A rending of the quantum fluid (gold) flowing along a laser light wall (green) and moving around obstacles. (Image Credit: Sampson Wilcox/MIT) MIT researchers recently observed edge states in a cloud of ultracold sodium atoms. They also captured ima...
- 10 Oct 2024
Scientists Identify Unusual Signal that Reverberated Around the World for Nine Days

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The seismic activity was the result of a massive landslide in Greenland's Dickson Fjord, which caused a 200-meter-high mega-tsunami that sloshed back and forth roughly 10,000 times in nine days. (Image credit: Wikipedia) On September 16, 2020, ...
- 24 Sep 2024
Torch Sensors’ Detection System Can Help Humans Fight Wildfires

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The solar-powered sensors detect wildfires before they spread. (Image Credit: Torch Sensors) Torch Sensors COO Vasya Tremsin saw a massive California wildfire in 2018 while driving from Lake Tahoe. He realized how monumental the wildfires became aft...
- 13 Sep 2024
Scientists Develop Groundbreaking Imaging System That Captures Events at 250 Billion Frames Per Second

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The fsLS-CUP system rapidly captures image sequences of soot scattering, PAH fluorescence, and incandescence in flames. (Image Credit: Yogeshwar Nath Mishra, Peng Wang, Florian J. Bauer, Murthy S. Gudipati, and Lihong V. Wang) Researchers from the C...
- 5 Sep 2024
Researchers Develop Smart Mask for Health Monitoring

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The EBCare mask measures biomarkers in the wearer’s breath. (Image Credit: Caltech/Wei Gao and Wenzheng Heng) Scientists at the California Institute of Technology recently created a smart mask prototype that monitors exhaled breath condensate ...
- 4 Sep 2024
Researchers Train Goo to Play Ping Pong

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(Image Credit: Perlinator/pixabay) In an attempt to better understand how biological neural networks (BNNs) work, the University of Reading researchers trained goo to play Pong. They achieved this by connecting the lump of ionic electro-active polym...
- 26 Aug 2024
Building the impedance measurement circuit

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Dear Members, I hope you are all doing well. I am a PhD student and completely new to circuit design. I need a compact-sized circuit and prefer not to use an impedance analyzer due to its bulkiness. I am looking to build a circuit capable of automati...
- 10 Aug 2024
Tech At the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics --- What to Expect

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Judges will rely on OMEGA’s SCAN’O’Vision ULTIMATE footage to help determine winners in close races. (Image Credit: OMEGA) I’m always a big fan of the Olympics when it rolls around. I’m particularly excited about this ...
- 26 Jul 2024
Engineers Develop LED Device to Kill Cancer Cells

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The LED device could help fight deep-seated cancers. (Image Credit: University of Notre Dame) Cancers near or on the skin can be effectively treated through specific light types. However, deep-seated cancers surrounded by blood, tissue, and bone are...
- 17 Jul 2024
Paradromics, a Neuralink Competitor, Is Set To Start Testing Its Brain Implant Next Year

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Paradromics' BCI, expected to launch in 2029, helps patients suffering from ALS, spinal injuries, and other conditions communicate and move. (Image Credit: Paradromics) Neuralink is facing some competition. Next year, neurotech start-up Paradrom...
- 27 Jun 2024
Gel Sensor Generates Voltage from Slight Vibrations

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Image a represents the alkyl–π liquid and an alkyl–π gel in vials. Meanwhile, image b shows the response of the alkyl–π gel vibration sensor to 17 Hz vibrations. (Image Credit: Takashi Nakanishi National Institute for Mate...
- 25 Jun 2024