Tech & Engineering

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27-May-2026

 

Quantum research points to future energy and computing technologies

University of California - Riverside
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists at the University of California, Riverside are making breakthroughs in understanding how quantum wave functions move across ultra-thin materials — research that could eventually improve solar energy technologies and help lay the groundwork for new forms of quantum computing.

Journal

Physical Review Letters

Funder

Development Command Army Research Office

27-May-2026

 

ORNL's Cait Clarkson earns SAMPE leadership award

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

Cait Clarkson, an R&D staff scientist in Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Manufacturing Science Division, has received the Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE) Young Professional Emerging Leadership Award, which recognizes outstanding early-career leadership in materials and process engineering.

27-May-2026

Study: Smartwatch app detects seizures with low rate of false alarms

American Academy of Neurology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In people with epilepsy, a new study has found a smartwatch application accurately detected tonic-clonic seizures, seizures with major convulsions, with a low rate of false alarms. The study was published May 27, 2026, in Neurology^® Open Access, an official journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

Journal

Neurology Open Access

27-May-2026

AI ads are almost indistinguishable from human-made work. They just don’t perform as well

Syracuse University
Reports and Proceedings

Ads generated by artificial intelligence are nearly indistinguishable from human-made ones, but new research shows they consistently underperform compared to human-made work when it comes to predicting short-term sales impact.

27-May-2026

Computer scientists earn technical excellence awards for outstanding work

Association for Computing Machinery
Grant and Award Announcement

ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, today announced the recipients of three prestigious technical awards. This year’s four awardees were selected by their peers for innovations to global wireless standards, machine learning, and 3D generative AI.

27-May-2026

 

Javad Khazaei earns NSF CAREER Award to streamline smart grid control

Lehigh University
Grant and Award Announcement

Lehigh University's Javad Khazaei wins an NSF CAREER Award to develop data-driven machine learning models to streamline smart grid control & microgrid resilience.

27-May-2026

 

Minutes instead of days: New 3D printing device and technique could speed up semiconductor research

University of Texas at Austin
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Faculty in the Cockrell School of Engineering developed a rare printer as part of a larger project to speed up production and lower costs of manufacturing semiconductors critical to modern electronics.

Journal

Nano Letters

27-May-2026

   

Optical device uses humidity to unlock hidden information, offers new option for data storage

University of California - San Diego
Peer-Reviewed Publication

UC San Diego engineers have developed an optical device that reveals hidden images and changes colors in response to different levels of humidity. The technology could lead to the development of new anti-counterfeiting labels, secure data storage, interactive displays and environmental sensors.

Journal

Light: Science & Applications

Funder

Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Silicon Valley Community Foundation

27-May-2026

Omnidirectional, sea-urchin-like robot defies traditional designs

Duke University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Duke University roboticists have introduced a design parameter called dynamic isotropy that measures how uniformly a robot can act in any dimension on space. Using this idea, they have built Argus: a sea anemone-like robot with no front, no back and 20 modular, telescoping legs radiating out from the central core, each tipped with a depth camera.

Journal

Science Robotics

Funder

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Army Research Laboratory