Technology
Optical anisotropy enables more robust skyrmion-based information storage
A team of researchers reports a new route to making skyrmions—tiny, swirling magnetic textures that can behave like stable information...
Flexible thin-film electronics that reposition and connect themselves
Fukuoka, Japan—A team at Kyushu University has unveiled prototype thin-film electronic modules that can automatically dock and undock from one...
New perception-based technology brings AR glasses closer to real life
A major snag in optical see-through augmented reality (AR) is the trade-off between realism and usability. When occlusion-capable head-mounted displays...
Osaka University, DNAFORM and INRB develop portable rapid Ebola diagnostic system
In May 2026, the World Health Organization declared an international public health emergency over an outbreak of Ebola virus disease...
Researchers Launch Physics-Informed Digital Twin to Revolutionize Thermal Energy Systems
A new review is turning Physics-Informed Neural Network–Digital Twins (PINN-DT) into a serious contender for real-world thermal energy optimization. By...
AI Review Shows How Tools Help Nurses Manage Chronic Disease More Proactively
AI is moving from buzzword to bedside tool, as a new umbrella review in JMIR Nursing reports that artificial intelligence–enabled...
ORNL Grid Researchers Achieve IEEE Senior Membership Recognition
Three researchers from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have been elevated to Senior Member status in...
University Professor Uses Artificial Intelligence to Improve Road Safety
A University of Houston civil engineering professor is using artificial intelligence to help agencies make pavement-related decisions that can reduce...
Quantum materials breakthrough may enable electronics in extreme environments
University of Arizona researchers report a proof-of-concept advance for graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) as radiation-tolerant sensing elements. The team integrated nine-atom-wide...
Federal Ginseng Rules Struggle to Accurately Predict Plant Health
Wild American ginseng has long been regulated by rules that rely on plant age and leaf count, but a new...
Experts Urge Europe to Recognize Wildlife as Individuals Able to Suffer
Wildlife rules across the EU and the UK are falling short of their own promises, according to a new peer-reviewed...
Biochar Enables Earthworms to Survive Copper and Glyphosate Pollution
Agricultural soils are rarely exposed to just one stressor at a time, yet most risk assessments still evaluate pollutants in...
Global study finds shipping and human activity reshape bacteria in port waters
Ports are critical nodes in global commerce, but they also act as ecological mixing chambers where shipping activity, wastewater inputs,...
UCLA Engineers Integrate High-Powered Terahertz Systems Onto One Semiconductor Chip
High-frequency radiation in the terahertz (THz) band—sitting between infrared light and microwaves—has long tempted engineers with capabilities such as ultrafast...
Global analysis reveals changing early-onset inflammatory bowel disease burden worldwide
A new global analysis suggests that early-onset inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)—diagnosed in childhood—may be undergoing a geographic and demographic shift,...
Stealthy Spinning Drone Blends In With Everyday Objects
By exploiting a quirk of human vision, engineers at Northwestern University have built a drone that nearly disappears—right when you’re...
Experts Reach Consensus on Bedside PDA Closure for Extremely Low-Birth-Weight Infants
A panel of international experts has issued new consensus guidance aimed at improving how patent ductus arteriosus (PDA)—a persistent fetal...
Genome Editing Reinvents Perilla, Boosting Potential of Traditional Herb
Traffic lights aren’t the only things that can shift from red to green. A team at Hiroshima University reports that...
Scalable Nearly-Pure MOF Membranes Enable Energy-Efficient Gas Separations
Metal–organic framework (MOF) membranes have long promised energy savings for gas separations, yet turning laboratory breakthroughs into scalable devices has...
Maternal and Cord Mitochondrial DNA Heteroplasmy, Copy Number Linked to Preterm Birth
Preterm birth (PTB)—delivery before 37 weeks—remains a major contributor to neonatal illness and long-term developmental risk. Despite decades of research,...