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To develop batteries that last longer on a single charge, more energy must be stored without increasing their size or weight. A research team led by Dr. San Moon and Dr. Jungdon Suk at the Korea Research Institute of Chemical ...

A quick search of humanoid robot videos will deliver demonstrations of two-legged robots playing soccer, dancing, jumping several feet in the air, even competing in kickboxing matches. It is all dazzling, certainly. But roboticist ...

Researchers from the Biointegrated Materials and Engineering group at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) have shown that adding trace amounts of different metal ions to chitosan can locally tune how stiff, ...

An international team of engineers has adapted a medical imaging technique to give 3D-printed materials the ability to sense where they are being damaged and track how that damage develops in real time.

University of Waterloo engineers have developed a low-cost, customizable 3D-printed filter that removes up to 90% of microplastics from water, offering an inexpensive solution for residential and industrial use. The work ...

More than 6 million U.S. homes have solar panels on their roofs—but what if you could generate power inside your house, too? Researchers at Binghamton University have developed a new type of wallpaper that turns moisture ...

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman introduced a "remarkably capable, always-on" artificial intelligence agent at an appearance Tuesday, a day after the company halted the rollout of a more advanced model over safety concerns.

OpenAI will not release its newest artificial intelligence model, known as Astra 6.1, after internal testing showed it did not meet safety standards, the company confirmed Monday.

VENTRA is a new sustainable concept car developed by the student team TU/ecomotive. The electric vehicle captures particulate matter generated by tires and brakes while driving, encourages a more sustainable driving style ...

Swimming can take a lot of muscle. But as MIT engineers have found, even a single layer of muscle cells can power through water if designed right. In a paper published Sept. 28 in the journal Advanced Functional Materials, ...

A Venus flytrap closes its leaves to trap prey when it senses a stimulus. Taking inspiration from this plant, KAIST researchers have combined the roles of skin that senses approaching objects and muscle that grasps them in ...

As more people turn to LLMs for advice on interpersonal matters, the ethical foundations of the tools' replies increasingly have the power to shape individual lives and, at scale, the social fabric itself.