MIT researchers developed a new system that enables a robot to use reflected Wi-Fi signals to identify the shape of a 3D object that is hidden from view, which could be especially useful in warehouse and factory settings. 

Neuromorphic computing, which mimics architecture of brain, could support growing energy demands of AI

In the U.S., fungal spore allergy season started, on average, more than three weeks ealier in 2022 than it had been in 2003.

Sustainable materials—powered by sunlight and living microbes—that remove pollutants from water, release oxygen into a wound or heal themselves after damage could become simpler to create thanks to new research by a team of biologists and engineers at UC San Diego. 

Researchers led by UCLA bioengineers, have developed a seemingly simple yet effective tool: a smart, self-powered magnetoelastic pen that could help detect early signs of Parkinson’s by analyzing a person’s handwriting.

A fast, precise new 3D printing advance samlessly merges soft and hard properties into a single object using different colors of light. The breakthrough technology could pave the way for next-generation prosthetics, flexible medical devices and stretchable electronics that move naturally with the body, much like a human joint or ligament.

A new study uncovers that the pandemic strains of Vibrio cholerae only emerge when unique modular gene clusters and allelic variations acting as nonlinear genetic bottlenecks are acquired. This genomic framework could help predict and prevent future cholera outbreaks by identifying environmental strains with pandemic potential.

Groundwater input to coral reefs directly affects water chemistry and triggers a cascade of changes in the coastal ecosystem, according to a new study led by University of Hawaiʻi (UH) at Mānoa oceanographers. Freshwater from land that flows into the ocean beneath the sea surface, termed submarine groundwater discharge, was found to increase nutrient availability, change acidity of the seawater, and impact the process by which corals build their skeletons. This research, published recently in Ecological Monographs, provides critical insights into the complex interactions between the land and ocean