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Japan's Institute of Science Tokyo has launched a fully unmanned robotics lab where 10 robots, including the humanoid Maholo LabDroid, conduct medical experiments without human staff. The university plans to scale up to 2,000 robots by 2040, aiming to automate the entire research process and address growing labor shortages.
Germany's BIDI-EL project is turning parked EVs into temporary power sources for the country's first fully electric North Sea ferry. When the Frisia E-I docks, parked EVs and onsite solar panels feed energy into the charging...
Researchers at Seoul National University have built an artificial muscle that can move and sense at the same time — no external sensors needed. Using liquid metal channels inside a stretchy material, the muscle contracts when...
Researchers achieved 26.25% efficiency in perovskite solar cells by optimizing 2D/3D perovskite layer interactions, creating near-perfect crystal structures that minimize defects and extend operational lifetime to 24,000 hours.
Researchers developed a quantum dot emitter firing 40 million near-identical photons per second at telecom wavelengths, enabling direct fiber network compatibility—potentially accelerating large-scale quantum communication and a...
Chinese scientists created a water-based battery that can survive 120,000 charging cycles — equivalent to roughly 300 years of grid storage use. A neutral pH electrolyte prevents corrosion that typically destroys such batteries,...
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China tested Taiji's optical core, achieving picometer-level precision to detect gravitational waves from black hole mergers and early universe events. Full deployment is planned for the 2030s.
An X-ray-emitting "little red dot" spotted by the James Webb Space Telescope may be a transitional object tied to growing supermassive black holes, potentially explaining what powers these mysterious early-Universe structures.
Astronomers may have discovered the most massive black hole binary ever, totaling 60 billion solar masses in galaxy Abell 402-BCG. Webb telescope data revealed a star-free void where the two behemoths are spiraling toward a...
Mathematical unknowability — the idea that some problems can never be solved — turns out to have real-world applications in cybersecurity. Building on Kurt Gödel's 1931 incompleteness theorems, which proved that some mathematical...
Rotor blades breaking the sound barrier on Mars. That's not science fiction. That's what NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory just pulled off in a vacuum chamber designed to mimic the Red Planet's punishing atmosphere. Mars poses...
Scientists studying axolotls, zebrafish, and mice have identified a set of genes called SP genes that drive limb regeneration across all three species. Using CRISPR, researchers confirmed that removing SP8 prevented proper bone...
The 2022 Tonga eruption accidentally destroyed methane when seawater and ash blasted into the atmosphere, triggering a sunlight-driven chemical reaction. This could inspire new technologies to artificially remove methane and slow...
Chinese researchers have figured out how to control the Casimir force — a tiny quantum attraction between surfaces — by using magnetic fluid and magnetic fields. This breakthrough allows the force to switch from attraction to...
A new study challenges the long-held belief that Venus's extreme heat, pressure, and corrosive atmosphere would destroy any probes sent there. Researchers found that at least 7 of the 20 probes ever sent to Venus likely survived...
In the 1860s, British engineers faced a problem: Bermuda's porous limestone made building a traditional dry dock impossible, so they built a massive 8,000-ton floating dock in London and towed it across the Atlantic instead. Five...
Princeton University researchers have built a hybrid chip called 3D-MIND that merges 70,000 live neurons with flexible electronics, creating a direct link between biological brain cells and computing hardware. The system monitors...
Researchers confirmed that one-dimensional systems support a third particle type called anyons, beyond the standard bosons and fermions. Their quantum behavior can be fine-tuned via particle interactions, potentially enabling new...
Mathematics isn't just about proving theorems — its true value lies in creating clarity and understanding within a living community of thinkers. Mathematical knowledge can decay over time as experts retire, move on, or record...
Austrian scientists have cracked the mystery of uranium ditelluride (UTe2), a superconductor that loses its zero-resistance state at 10 Tesla but bizarrely regains it at 40–70 Tesla. By "wiggling" sand-grain-sized samples in...
Scientists have directly measured the real-time power of a black hole jet for the first time, using the Cygnus X-1 system located 7,200 light-years away. By tracking how the companion star's stellar winds bent and "danced" the...
Japanese researchers developed a polyionic liquid material that captures CO2 seven times more effectively by using larger counter anions and removing salt impurities from the synthesis process. This discovery could improve...
Ganymede may still be actively forming its core after 4.6 billion years, with ongoing iron separation powering its unique magnetic field — a process unseen on any other moon.
Researchers at Delft/QuTech used electrical signals to shuttle electrons between quantum dots, achieving 99% two-qubit gate fidelity and 87% quantum teleportation, combining chip-based scalability with the flexible connectivity...