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Tech Xplore / Air-powered artificial muscles could help robots lift 100 times their weight
Researchers at Arizona State University are developing bio-inspired robotic "muscles" that will enable robots to operate in boiling water, survive abrasive surfaces, bypass impediments that keep their motorized counterparts ...
Medical Xpress / New, more effective delivery method for eye cancer treatment is derived from pig semen
Getting past the barrier surrounding the eye is a difficult but necessary part of treating retinoblastoma (RB)—a form of eye cancer that is more common in children. Once the barrier is penetrated, RB responds well to treatment. ...
Tech Xplore / Crashing waves vs. rising tides: Overturning prior views about how AI could overtake human workers
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has said that AI could surpass "almost all humans at almost everything" shortly after 2027. While AI's capabilities are certainly improving, such rapid progress might seem at odds with findings ...
Medical Xpress / Mechanisms behind tumor suppressor BAP1 highlight new treatment strategies for aggressive cancers
A team of scientists led by the National Cancer Center Singapore (NCCS) and Duke-NUS Medical School (Duke-NUS) has found a new approach for treating some of the world's most aggressive cancers associated with BAP1 mutations. ...
Phys.org / Engineered E. coli dependency may help contain microbes to defined areas
Take a typical fish out of the water and it won't live long. It gets the oxygen it needs from the water it swims in. In a similar way, scientists are exploring dependency as a method of controlling what microbes can do and ...
Phys.org / Backyard birdwatchers help scientists uncover what hawks really like to eat
Anyone who keeps a bird feeder has likely had the same uneasy thought after seeing a sudden blur of wings in the yard: What was that hawk doing here?
Phys.org / Oregano, rosemary and 'time': Long-term swine study shows natural-compound benefits
In the search to replace antibiotic growth promoters with effective alternatives in modern swine production, plant-based essential oils are showing potential to provide lasting benefits. In a rare long-term public study that ...
Medical Xpress / Premature and small births are linked to lifelong learning problems
Being born early or at a lower weight is linked to lower IQ scores and poorer educational outcomes in school and beyond, according to a new study published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics. Researchers from the UK and the Netherlands ...
Phys.org / Webb eyes a pair of planet-forming disks
This month's NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope Picture of the Month offers us a two-for-one on brand new stars—with some potential planets thrown in as well. This visual highlights Webb's views of the protoplanetary ...
Phys.org / Superconductivity switched on in material once thought only magnetic
Superconductivity—the ability of a material to conduct electricity without any energy loss to heat—enables highly efficient, ultra-fast electronics essential for advanced technologies such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) ...
Phys.org / A 500-million-year-old clawed predator rewrites the origin of spiders and horseshoe crabs
It had been a long day of teaching for Rudy Lerosey-Aubril. As a reward, he returned to cleaning an intriguing Cambrian arthropod fossil he had recently received for review. At first, the specimen showed all the expected ...
Tech Xplore / Gold coating could solve long-standing challenge with zinc batteries
As the demand for more reliable power systems grows in the renewable energy sector, the race is on to develop batteries that cost less but have a longer lifespan. While zinc-based batteries are safer and more cost-effective ...
