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A team of researchers has beaten its own record for the fastest swimming soft robot, drawing inspiration from manta rays to improve their ability to control the robot's movement in the water.

A new coding tool will help make it easier for children to portably program a popular educational micro-computer on the fly. Researchers from Lancaster University's School of Computing and Communications working in partnership ...

Creating realistic 3D models for applications like virtual reality, filmmaking, and engineering design can be a cumbersome process requiring lots of manual trial and error.

Dr. Tim Kelly calls it "the magic of science"—when what you think is going to happen doesn't, but what you learn in the process promises to inform advances in a new type of solar cell. Solar cells, which convert sunlight ...

Large-scale production of organic solar cells with high efficiency and minimal environmental impact. This can now be made possible through a new design principle developed at Linköping University, Sweden. In the study, published ...

Researchers at CAMERA, the University of Bath's Centre for Analysis of Motion, Entertainment and Research Applications, have developed open access software that analyzes motion capture data, without using markers. They have ...

Three-dimensional object detection is crucial for autonomous vehicles. It utilizes point cloud data generated by LiDAR to help autonomous vehicles identify surrounding objects. This technology is essential for the safety ...

By studying how light reflects from the surface of metals, engineers can now tell if manufactured parts meet quality control standards. This time- and cost-effective technology opens new avenues for quality control of safety-critical ...

Solar cells based on perovskites, a class of materials with advantageous optoelectronic properties, have recently achieved power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) comparable to those of some silicon-based photovoltaics. Moreover, ...

Generative models, artificial neural networks that can generate images or texts, have become increasingly advanced in recent years. These models can also be advantageous for creating annotated images to train algorithms for ...

A team of scientists at UNSW Chemistry have successfully developed an organic material that is able to store protons—and they have used it to create a rechargeable proton battery in the lab.

During your first driving class, the instructor probably sat next to you, offering immediate advice on every turn, stop and minor adjustment. If it was a parent, they might have even grabbed the wheel a few times and shouted ...