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Physicists at CUNY confirmed Roger Penrose's 50-year-old black hole energy extraction theory by amplifying electromagnetic waves using a stationary RF device that mimics ultrafast spinning, with potential applications in communications, optics, and quantum technologies.
Cyborg cockroaches fitted with 3D-printed diving suits and oxygen tanks can now navigate flooded disaster zones, surviving underwater for hours. Developed at Nanyang Technological University, they could inspect pipes and tight...
ForSight Robotics performed the world's first fully robotic cataract surgery using its AI-driven JASPER platform. Backed by $125M in funding, the company is now seeking U.S. regulatory approval to address the global shortage of...
NVIDIA and Hugging Face expanded their LeRobot platform with new AI tools, including the Isaac GR00T 1.7 model, connecting NVIDIA's 3M robotics developers with Hugging Face's 16M AI developers to simplify robot development.
UC San Diego surgeons remotely controlled low-cost humanoid robots ($67K) to successfully remove pig gallbladders—a world first. Latency, recalibration, and reach limitations must be resolved before human application.
Using a Game Boy Camera attached to a telescope, a hobbyist photographed Jupiter and shared a DIY tutorial replicating the setup. The project proves that low-tech, creative tools can still capture impressive astronomical images.
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Researchers at UC San Diego performed the first humanoid robot-assisted gallbladder removals via teleoperation. Compared to costly fixed systems like da Vinci, humanoid robots are cheaper and more deployable, though recalibration...
Researchers developed a soft robotic heart that replicates HFpEF, a stiffening condition affecting 3M+ Americans. Using pressure-sensing artificial muscles, it models disease progression to help develop treatments targeting the...
This five-metal "super alloy," made by precisely controlling temperature and baking time, lets atoms self-organize into defect-free structures—producing a material twice as strong as steel with major potential across aerospace...
Ant Group's Robbyant open-sourced a full robot AI toolkit—covering vision, movement, and real-time 3D environment generation—positioning Ant as the go-to software platform for China's 100+ humanoid robot manufacturers.
Two Milky Way spiral arms are ~10% farther than previously thought, making our galaxy wider, heavier, and more lopsided. This was determined by tracking X-ray echoes from gamma-ray bursts—more accurate than using galactic...
Inspired by puffins, MIT and EPFL engineers built a sub-300g robot that uses the same flapping wings to both fly and swim, launching from water at 70 degrees to enable cheap, frequent ocean data collection.
Physicists have resolved a century-old debate by building a functional version of quantum mechanics using only real numbers, proving complex numbers are a convenient tool rather than a fundamental requirement.
Iron powder can store and transport renewable energy by burning it for electricity, with rust recycled back to iron using green hydrogen. Existing coal plant infrastructure can be repurposed, reducing costs and accelerating...
French scientists directly observed new ocean crust forming at the Southeast Indian Ridge, recording 150 million cubic meters of magma erupting in two hours, causing 4.2 meters of seafloor collapse — proving seafloor spreading...
Argonne National Laboratory's open-source ChemGraph framework lets users run complex chemistry simulations using plain language on the Aurora supercomputer, with AI agents automating workflows and lowering the barrier for...
ETH Zurich's 0.3-inch quantum chip stores data using microscopic vibrations rather than electromagnetic memory, separating processing and storage like a classical computer. It successfully ran quantum algorithms, potentially...
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a detailed infrared image of Centaurus A, a galaxy scarred by a collision 2 billion years ago—potentially previewing the Milky Way's own future merger with Andromeda.
LG and Nvidia have partnered to develop AI-powered robots for homes and industry, with LG opening a Robotics Business Center in Seoul to train its Robot Foundation Model, plus collaboration on AI data centers and vehicle driver...
The brain isn't a blank slate—it starts overconnected and prunes itself into precision. A mouse study shows the hippocampus begins with overly excitable neurons, forming vague memories that explain why humans recall almost...
Mistral's Robostral Navigate is an 8B model enabling robots to navigate complex environments using only an RGB camera, achieving 76.6% success on key benchmarks—outperforming multi-sensor systems across wheeled, legged, and...
Researchers found that artificially brightening Pacific clouds could weaken extreme El Niño events before they fully develop—a targeted, temporary approach that may reduce climate risks without requiring permanent geoengineering...
Radia has added Latecoere and Stirling Dynamics to its WindRunner supplier network, tasked with electrical wiring design and flight controls integration, respectively, advancing certification of the world's largest cargo aircraft.
BOHR, launched July 7 on a SpaceX Falcon 9, tests "NanoTritium" nuclear power in space by converting radioactive decay into electricity, enabling spacecraft to operate where solar power isn't available.