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An illustrative image showing a chip with high clock speed (Image source: AI-generated)

Photonics breakthrough could make smartphones more powerful, compact, and energy-efficient

A team of researchers at Zhejiang University has developed record-setting perovskite lasers, solving a major problem in integrated photonics. This development could provide the blueprint for the integration of tiny efficient lase...
Chibuike Okpara, 16 Sep 2025 13:16
Breakthrough in new sodium batteries: fully charged in just six minutes. (Image source: FutureZone)

Breakthrough in new sodium batteries: Full charge in just six minutes

Researchers at Lingnan University Hong Kong have unveiled a novel sodium battery that can be fully charged in just six minutes. Using an anode-free architecture, the team has succeeded in overcoming key weaknesses in existing tech...
Ulrich Mathey, 15 Sep 2025 13:54
Decorative image. Chinese scientists develop bone glue to fix fractures in three minutes (Image source: Tom Claes via Unsplash; cropped)

New bio-glue mends bone fractures in as little as 3 minutes, researchers say

A team of Chinese researchers has developed an injectable 'bone glue' inspired by the powerful adhesive oysters use underwater. The researchers claim the new material — which is naturally absorbed by the body — can bond fractured ...
Chibuike Okpara, 15 Sep 2025 02:35
Decorative image. New NASA satellite to keep ships safe (Image source: NASA; cropped)

This new satellite will help keep ships safe at sea

A new satellite — Sentinel-6B — will provide information that will help ships avoid these dangers. The satellite will track sea levels, wind speeds, and more. The new satellite is the result of a collaboration between NASA and thr...
Chibuike Okpara, 14 Sep 2025 21:04
Decorative image. GUARDIAN has passed Tsunami detection test (Image source: Markus Kammermann via Unsplash; cropped)

NASA reveals GUARDIAN detected tsunami about 40 minutes early, passing test

NASA’s GUARDIAN has passed a real-life test that proves it is one of the fastest tsunami monitoring tools available. It successfully detected a tsunami 30 to 40 minutes before the waves reached the coast.
Chibuike Okpara, 14 Sep 2025 09:40
The new sensor is designed to let users analyse their sweat (Image source: Innovosens AB INC)

Hydrosense: New wearable analyses sweat to track fluid and electrolyte loss

Available with an early bird discount, the Hydrosense is a new wearable device promising to deliver an additional metric for analysing physical activities, helping athletes determine exactly when to hydrate or replenish electrolyt...
Silvio Werner, 13 Sep 2025 13:00
NASA sharing details of the biggest evidence of life on Mars yet (Image source: NASA Video via YouTube; cropped)

Astronomy 101: Two glaring errors in NASA’s Mars announcement slip past the spotlight

The astronomy world is buzzing about NASA's strongest hint of ancient life on Mars. But amid the excitement, two senior officials made glaring errors so big they defy the known age and size of the cosmos. Here is what everyone mis...
Chibuike Okpara, 12 Sep 2025 19:19
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover (Image source: NASA, JPL-Caltech, and MSSS; cropped)

New NASA discovery could provide the best-ever evidence of past life on Mars

NASA’s Perseverance rover picked up samples from a location in Jezero crater last year. Scientists now believe this sample could provide evidence that Mars once had life on it.
Chibuike Okpara, 12 Sep 2025 19:11
For the first time, genetically modified pig kidneys can be evaluated in a clinical trial. (Image source: OpenAI)

Hope in the fight against global organ shortage: Pig kidneys cleared for clinical trials

The FDA has authorized the first clinical trial involving genetically engineered pig kidneys, signaling a move from isolated cases to structured patient testing. Developed by biotech company eGenesis, the organs have already demon...
Marius Müller, 11 Sep 2025 14:03
Image of the “Scotiafjellet” workspace as captured by the Mars Perseverance rover (Image source: NASA and JPL-Caltech)

Perseverance journeys into ancient megabreccia in search of Mars' earliest secrets

NASA’s Perseverance rover just began a systematic exploration of rocks at Scotiafjellet. These rocks are expected to be the oldest rocks the rover will ever get to study. They could serve as a time capsule into Mars’ early history...
Chibuike Okpara, 10 Sep 2025 23:37
Supercapacitors have advantages that could turn them into eco-friendly alternatives to batteries (Image source: GPT-image-1)

Supercapacitors might become an ultra-thin and sustainable alternative to batteries

Supercapacitors could be an efficient solution for smart devices and IoT applications. Pouch supercaps are ultra-thin, maintenance-free, non-toxic and offer a longer lifespan than conventional batteries.
Ulrich Mathey, 09 Sep 2025 22:05
A conceptual image of the battery (Image source: AI-generated)

Breakthrough battery is fire-safe, water-based, organic, durable, and recyclable

Researchers in Japan have developed a new organic polymer that is water-soluble and also easily recyclable, a breakthrough that could lead to a new generation of safer and greener batteries.
Chibuike Okpara, 09 Sep 2025 18:33
Decorative image. Scientists have found a new way to control light waves. (Image source: Sebastián Brito via Unsplash)

Faster and more powerful electronics: New method to control terahertz light could transform electronics

Scientists have developed a new method to precisely control tiny waves of light and electrons, a breakthrough that could lead to lightning-fast communications and more powerful quantum devices.
Chibuike Okpara, 09 Sep 2025 12:26
Solid-state batteries from BASF and Welion are ready to go into production (Image source: BASF)

Semi-solid-state battery from BASF and Welion is ready for production

For the first time, BASF is supplying cathode materials for semi-solid-state batteries to the Chinese manufacturer Welion. This move marks a milestone for the commercialization of solid-state batteries and should accelerate mass p...
Ulrich Mathey, 08 Sep 2025 15:41
Decorative image. A high-tech helmet (Image source: AI-generated)

No surgery needed: New ultrasound helmet enables deep brain stimulation

Researchers from UCL and the University of Oxford have collaborated to develop an ultrasound helmet that can non-invasively stimulate regions deep inside the brain with unprecedented precision. This could potentially be used for t...
Chibuike Okpara, 08 Sep 2025 15:25
According to OpenAI researchers, language model hallucinations occur because current evaluations reward incorrect answers while penalizing honest expressions of uncertainty. (Image source: OpenAI)

AI hallucinations: Researchers have found the cause – and a solution

Anyone using AI to look up information should be aware that it may be fabricated. OpenAI researchers now say they have identified the cause of this problem as well as a way to fix it.
Marius Müller, 08 Sep 2025 13:31
Decorative image. This image illustrates the potential of the new tech (Image source: AI-generated image)

Future devices could hold more data in far less space, thanks to new molecular tech

Researchers at the Institute of Science Tokyo have made a breakthrough in memory tech. They successfully developed a novel material that features tiny switchable molecules which are stable at high temperatures. This breakthrough c...
Chibuike Okpara, 07 Sep 2025 18:55
NASA astronaut Joe Acaba installing hardware to test controlling pressure in cryogenic fuel tanks (Image source: NASA; cropped)

NASA’s next resupply mission to help advance cancer and semiconductor research

NASA and its partners are preparing to launch a resupply mission that will carry over 11,000 pounds (about 5 metric tons) of supplies. Among these supplies are materials for research that could revolutionize several aspects of sci...
Chibuike Okpara, 06 Sep 2025 23:52
An illustrative image of time crystal (Image source: AI-generated image)

First-ever visible 'time crystal' might power the next big tech innovations

A duo of researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder has created the first macroscopic “time crystal” — a phase of matter that exists in constant, repeating motion that is visible to the naked eye. The researchers say it has...
Chibuike Okpara, 06 Sep 2025 22:20
This image shows the installation of the inner hadronic calorimeter within the sPHENIX (Image source: Brookhaven National Laboratory; cropped)

Brookhaven’s 1,000-ton sPHENIX detector proves ready to unlock secrets of the Big Bang

A new particle detector at Brookhaven National Laboratory has passed an important “standard candle” test, showing it has the level of precision needed to study the quark-gluon plasma of the early universe.
Chibuike Okpara, 06 Sep 2025 18:23
A 3D-printed model of The Thinker (Image source: Vinicius Amano via Unsplash; cropped)

MIT system makes eco-friendly 3D prints stronger with less plastic

A team of researchers at MIT has developed a new toolkit called SustainaPrint. This toolkit strategically reinforces the critical zones of 3D prints, allowing for greener and more sustainable 3D-printing without sacrificing much o...
Chibuike Okpara, 06 Sep 2025 03:15
A Hyundai EV charging at modern charging station (Image source: Yrka Pictured via Unsplash; cropped)

Breakthrough EV battery could deliver 500 miles on a 12-minute charge

A joint research team from KAIST and LG Energy Solution has developed a new electrolyte for lithium-metal batteries which they claim solves the long-standing “dendrite problem.” This could enable a new generation of long-range, fa...
Chibuike Okpara, 05 Sep 2025 21:56
A scanning electron microscope image of a micrometeorite impact crater in a particle of asteroid Bennu material (Image source: NASA, and Zia Rahman)

NASA finds stardust older than the solar system in asteroid Bennu

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission collected samples from the small asteroid Bennu. Scientists traced the samples to the pre-solar system era to discover how and from what the sample matter was formed.
Chibuike Okpara, 05 Sep 2025 15:48
Red Hat and Axiom Space put a data center in low orbit (Image source: Generated using OpenAI)

Red Hat and Axiom Space power on the first data center in low orbit

Thanks to Axiom Space and Red Hat, edge computing is now making its way to space. Known as AxDCU-1, the first orbital data center prototype is now being tested on the International Space Station. Instead of transmitting data to Ea...
Codrut Nistor, 04 Sep 2025 17:55
Uncanny valley effect: Study shows immune response to human-like avatars. (Image source: GPT-image-1)

Uncanny valley effect: Study shows immune reaction to human-like avatars

A recent study investigated the connection between the uncanny valley effect and immune responses. Researchers at the University of Hamburg found that incredibly human-like avatars in virtual reality environments can stimulate the...
Ulrich Mathey, 04 Sep 2025 17:24
A person using a medical tonometer (Image source: Mockup Graphics via Unsplash; cropped)

Stubborn high blood pressure drops with an experimental drug that inhibits aldosterone

An experimental drug called baxdrostat has been shown to significantly lower blood pressure in individuals with resistant or uncontrolled hypertension. This was demonstrated in a large international Phase III clinical trial.
Chibuike Okpara, 04 Sep 2025 03:05
A decorative image that depicts bent ice producing electricity (Image source: AI-generated image)

Scientists find ice generates electricity when bent, possibly explaining lightning

An international research team has found that ordinary ice is flexoelectric, a discovery that might have major technological implications and even solve the age-old mystery of how thunderstorms generate lightning.
Chibuike Okpara, 03 Sep 2025 18:36
An Apple Watch SE on a table (Image source: Onur Binay via Unsplash; cropped)

Future smartwatches and smart rings could be powered by body heat

A team of scientists at Peking University has developed a new, highly elastic thermoelectric rubber that can convert body heat into electricity. This breakthrough could lead to self-charging smartwatches, smart rings, etc.
Chibuike Okpara, 03 Sep 2025 14:33
Lois Lane and Superman pause amid Metropolis rubble (Image source: Warner Bros. Pictures / Jessica Miglio via Batman News)

Superman, rendered: The engineering that makes James Gunn’s reboot feel new

James Gunn’s Superman (2025) doesn’t try to win the loudness war. It wins the clarity war. The team stacked practical flight rigs, photographed skies on an LED stage, locked the show’s look before VFX, and built the sound mix in t...
Jonathan Bester, 03 Sep 2025 12:17
Hubble Space Telescope in Earth's orbit (Image source: NASA; cropped)

Mysterious tiny objects emitting super-powerful X-rays: Hubble captures sharp image of NGC 7456

Hubble’s image of NGC 7456 is the latest Hubble Picture of the Week. The galaxy has a lot going on in and around it, and Hubble has captured these activities in detail.
Chibuike Okpara, 02 Sep 2025 22:38
Pictured: OpenBCI's Galea Biosensing headset (Image source: OpenBCI)

China's new roadmap aims for global BCI leadership by 2030

Beijing has unveiled a national plan to accelerate brain-computer interfaces from laboratory research to clinical use by 2027 and foster globally competitive industry champions by 2030.
Nathan Ali, 02 Sep 2025 15:59
The community advisers who worked with researchers on the project (Image source: Penn State)

New system translates individual-specific gestures into speech for those with limited communication

Researchers from Pennsylvania State University have developed a new system that uses wearable sensors and AI to learn an individual's unique gestures. This new system aims to give people with motor or visual impairments an efficie...
Chibuike Okpara, 02 Sep 2025 15:05
World's first 6G chip delivers up to 100 Gbps and comes from China (Image source: Generated using OpenAI)

World's first 6G chip comes from China sporting speeds up to 100 Gbps

Promising ultra-fast data speeds of up to 100 Gbps alongside low latency and enhanced connectivity, the world's first 6G chip was unveiled by scientists from Peking University and the City University of Hong Kong. Since the chip i...
Codrut Nistor, 02 Sep 2025 12:41
An illustrative image showing a chip with a high clock speed (Image source: AI-generated image)

Smartphones and computers could get a big boost in performance, thanks to an accidental discovery

While researching a new way to monitor corrosion and cracking in nuclear reactors, an MIT research team discovered something unexpected. They discovered that their technique can also be used to precisely control a material's prope...
Chibuike Okpara, 31 Aug 2025 19:11
An artist's illustration of the lumps within Mars' mantle (Image source: NASA and JPL-Caltech; cropped)

Mars has a lumpy interior caused by 4.5-billion-year-old collisions, study shows

Using data from NASA’s InSight lander, researchers have discovered structures deep inside Mars’ interior. These giant lumps are serving as a time capsule to show us what happened to the planet 4.5 billion years ago.
Chibuike Okpara, 30 Aug 2025 21:39
An artists depiction of the Ramses mission (Image source: ESA-Science Office; edited)

ESA and JAXA to seize ultra-rare chance to study a 1,230-foot asteroid in a close Earth flyby

Asteroid Apophis is projected to fly past Earth at close range in 2029. ESA, in collaboration with JAXA, is making preparations to observe Apophis’ reaction to Earth’s gravity and tidal forces as it passes by.
Chibuike Okpara, 30 Aug 2025 12:05
A conceptual Image of the James Webb Space Telescope deploying in orbit (ESA; cropped)

Webb's picture of the month: ESA releases gorgeous image of the Butterfly Star

The James Webb Space Telescope has zoomed in on IRAS 04302+2247’s protoplanetary disk, about 525 light-years away from Earth. Scientists are using this observation to study the dust grains within the disk and how they can eventual...
Chibuike Okpara, 30 Aug 2025 10:55
A depiction of the new batteries (Image source: the researchers; cropped)

EVs might get a lot cleaner, thanks to recyclable solid-state batteries from MIT

In a fresh approach to tackling present and future electronic waste, researchers at MIT have created a self-assembling battery material. This new material allows disassembly of the entire device by simply dissolving its core compo...
Chibuike Okpara, 30 Aug 2025 01:16
The James Webb Space Telescope (Image source: NASA)

After 200 years, Webb manages to image the extra-hot central star of Caldwell 69

NGC 6302 — also known as the Butterfly Nebula or Caldwell 69 — is known for having an elusive core, thanks to the warm dust cloud blocking it. Webb’s latest look at the nebula’s structure has helped scientists pierce into that clo...
Chibuike Okpara, 29 Aug 2025 19:08
The official NASA logo in a black background (Image source: NASA)

NASA is calling volunteers for the next mission to put humans on the Moon

NASA is calling for ground station operators to help track the crewed Artemis II Moon mission, a voluntary collaboration designed to test and understand commercial tracking capabilities for future deep space exploration.
Chibuike Okpara, 28 Aug 2025 08:23
Particulate matter in electric cars: UCLA study shows increased levels at charging stations during fast charging. (Image source: Pixaline on Pixabay)

Fine dust from electric cars: UCLA study reveals increased levels at charging stations during fast charging

A study by the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) shows that the air at DC fast-charging stations for electric vehicles has significantly higher PM2.5 concentrations than usual. This is caused by fans in the electrical c...
Ulrich Mathey, 27 Aug 2025 19:57
US study confirms: Electric cars cause fewer emissions than combustion engines. (Image source: SEAS)

US study confirms that electric cars produce less emissions than combustion engines

A recent study by the University of Michigan shows that electric vehicles produce lower greenhouse gas emissions overall than combustion engines, hybrids and plug-in hybrids. The study utilized a comprehensive cradle-to-grave anal...
Ulrich Mathey, 27 Aug 2025 15:18
An electric car plugged in (Image source: Emma Smith via Unsplash; cropped)

Biowaste could power next-generation batteries for cheaper EVs and solar systems

Researchers in Australia are working to develop a method for turning common organic waste into biochar — a charcoal-like substance commonly used for soil improvement, but could serve as a component for cheaper and safer sodium-ion...
Chibuike Okpara, 26 Aug 2025 21:43
An image showing the Sun with solar flares. (Image source: Buddy_Nath - Pixabay)

A solar flare 10 times larger than Earth was photographed on the Sun

The Sun is in full activity, as shown by this incredible photograph from a researcher showing two unique events. And one of them measures more than ten Earths stacked on top of each other.
Alexis Stegmann, 26 Aug 2025 09:07
The new diabetes sensor (Image source: Huanyu Cheng)

New breath sensor can diagnose diabetes in minutes, researchers show

A team of researchers led by Huanyu Cheng, an associate professor at Pennsylvania State University, has developed a cost-effective sensor that can detect diabetes and prediabetes. The new sensor, which works by measuring acetone l...
Chibuike Okpara, 26 Aug 2025 08:51
imec and Ghent University stack 120 silicon/silicon-germanium layers on 300mm wafers for 3D DRAM. Generic RAM sticks. (Image source: Harrison Broadbent, Unsplash)

Deposition breakthrough enables the development of 120-layer high-density 3D DRAM

imec and Ghent University have demonstrated 120 alternating silicon and silicon-germanium layers on 300mm wafers, a key step toward horizontally stacked 3D DRAM.
Nathan Ali, 26 Aug 2025 08:11
Image of the Falcon 9 rocket at launch (Image source: NASA; cropped)

NASA’s SpaceX 33rd Resupply mission launches with over 5,000 pounds of supplies

NASA is sending supplies to the International Space Station (ISS). The cargo spacecraft is not only loaded with crew supplies, but also contains materials for experiments that could advance both space and Earth science.
Chibuike Okpara, 25 Aug 2025 20:58
An X-ray image of a human torso (Image source: Umanoide via Unsplash; cropped)

Heat-hairstyling pollution linked to lung damage and cognitive decline

New research led by a Purdue University assistant professor and her Ph.D. student shows that a typical hairstyling routine involving heated tools can expose individuals to nanoparticle pollution comparable to standing in dense hig...
Chibuike Okpara, 25 Aug 2025 18:55
A 30 million year old fossil oreodant bone (Image source: Matt Artz via Unsplash)

NASA launches mission to prevent bone depletion on the ISS

NASA’s SpaceX 33rd commercial resupply mission has launched with more than 5,000 pounds (2,270 kilograms) of supplies. Amongst other things, it is carrying the materials for bone loss research. This research could be critical in m...
Chibuike Okpara, 24 Aug 2025 23:38
Blood cells under a microscope (Image source: ThisisEngineering via Unsplash; cropped)

New microscope tech could give the deepest looks yet into living brain tissue

A new microscope system developed at MIT combines advanced light and sound technologies to create images of single cells deep within the brain tissue. This breakthrough could enable the advancement of neuronal studies.
Chibuike Okpara, 24 Aug 2025 22:00

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