Technology
New Battery Design Promises Safer, Repairable, More Sustainable Electric Vehicles
Electric-vehicle batteries are often described as the heart of the car, but researchers are increasingly focusing on another question: how...
Can This Simple Robot Outmaneuver a Human Hand?
A robot inspired by the function of the human hand rather than its anatomy has demonstrated an unusual combination of...
Silicon photonic integrated-circuit RF spectrum analyzer achieves 10 MHz resolution across broadband
Radio-frequency signals surround modern life, carrying data through mobile networks, satellites, radar systems, navigation equipment and countless wireless devices. Yet...
Cleveland Clinic Unveils Novel Partnership Model to Scale Ambient AI Medical Scribes
Ambient artificial intelligence is moving from experimental clinic rooms into the infrastructure of major health systems, and Cleveland Clinic is...
Tandem Solar Cells Put to the Test Under Real-World Sunlight
Two-terminal perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells have long been viewed as one of the most promising routes beyond the efficiency limits...
Brain Protein Defect Disrupts Fat Cravings, Dietary Intake, and Body Weight
Obesity research has increasingly moved beyond the stomach and into the brain, where specialized neural circuits help determine when an...
Mediterranean Basin Study Assesses Irrigation Water Quality and Wastewater Reuse Risks
A new study in Scientific Reports is placing an urgent question at the center of Mediterranean agriculture: when freshwater supplies...
New Imaging Technology Captures Seizures as They Happen
Scientists have captured a seizure moving through a living brain in three dimensions and in real time, offering one of...
Interference-Engineered Mach–Zehnder Modulator Achieves Ultra-High Extinction Ratio Optical Modulation
A new study describes an optical modulator designed to push one of the most important performance measures in modern communications...
Preclinical Data Require Clinical Context for Accurate Interpretation
The path from a promising laboratory result to an effective clinical treatment is often described as a pipeline, but a...
Scientists Compare Human Brains and Organoids Side by Side
For nearly 15 years, scientists have been building organoids—three-dimensional structures grown from stem cells that mimic selected features of organs...
Research finds some wars face a persistent risk of escalation
Military leaders often enter conflicts believing they can control their size, duration and intensity. A new statistical analysis led by...
How China’s Major Urban Agglomerations Link Urban Resilience and Carbon Efficiency
China’s biggest urban clusters are becoming the frontline of a global environmental experiment: how can densely populated regions remain resilient...
Smithsonian and NASA Team Up to Study Tropical Forests Across Continents
Tropical forests are often treated as a single planetary machine for absorbing carbon, but a new satellite-based analysis suggests that...
AI Uses Drone Imagery to Detect Bridge Defects and Assess Structural Condition
A new study is turning ordinary drone flights into a high-tech early-warning system for aging bridges, combining aerial imagery with...
Rice’s Huang Named SPIE Fellow for Contributions to Optics and Photonics
Shengxi Huang, an associate professor in Rice University’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has been elected a fellow of...
Turning Nanoscale Industrial Waste Fragments into Aqueous Battery Electrolytes
A waste stream once viewed as an expensive environmental liability could become an active ingredient in safer, longer-lasting batteries. Researchers...
Agentic Profiles Could Strengthen AI Governance
Artificial intelligence is moving rapidly from systems that answer questions to agents that can pursue objectives, make decisions and act...
Rice lab unveils rapid method to produce advanced materials
MXenes, a family of atomically thin materials known for combining high electrical conductivity with chemically active surfaces, may soon become...
Phytoplankton Responses to Drought and Flood Across the Yellow River Basin
The Yellow River Basin, one of China’s most important and environmentally pressured river systems, is revealing how profoundly water extremes...