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Robotic 'smart clothing' contains fibers that monitor and regulate your breathing
“Robotic” textiles could help performers and athletes train their breathing, and help patients recovering from postsurgery breathing changes
Joseph Shavit
Nov 14, 2021


Major breakthrough in sustainable, cost-effective, large-scale energy storage
Researchers have synthesized a molecular compound that enables a stable flow battery that retains 99.98% capacity per cycle.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 14, 2021


Researchers answer a century old question about the origin of life
The missing link isn’t a not-yet-discovered fossil, after all. It’s a tiny, self-replicating globule called a coacervate droplet
Joseph Shavit
Nov 13, 2021


Chemists discover new way to harness energy from ammonia
A new way to convert ammonia to nitrogen gas through a process that could be a step toward ammonia replacing carbon-based fuels.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 12, 2021


Near-earth asteroid might be a lost fragment of the moon
A near-Earth asteroid named Kamo`oalewa could be a fragment of our moon, according to a new paper. Kamo`oalewa is a quasi-satellite.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 12, 2021


Police watch your social media posts. Invasion of privacy or fair game?
Since MySpace was launched in 2003, police have monitored social media searching for suspects and trying to predict crime trends.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 11, 2021


Robotic third eye helps wearers to navigate the world
Industrial design student Minwook Paeng has created a robotic Third Eye that is fixed to the forehead and looks out for obstacles.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 11, 2021


'Eggshell Planets' -- Earth-like exoplanets orbiting distant stars
Planets known as eggshell planets, which orbit distant stars, have ultra-thin crusts too thin to sustain tectonics and are hostile to life.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 11, 2021


New space telescope to peer back at the universe's first galaxies
Among other goals, James Webb will search the atmospheres of alien planets for what scientists call "biosignatures" -- the presence of life.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 11, 2021


How does homeschooling affect adolescents' character, health and well-being?
Compared to peers at public schools, adolescents who are homeschooled are more likely to report greater character strengths.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 11, 2021


Researchers turn on and off genes using CRISPR
Type 1 diabetes and cancer are just some of the disorders associated with specific genes not “turning on” and “turning off" as they should.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 10, 2021


Smart window material blocks heat transmission without blocking views
An international research team has invented a 'smart' window material that controls heat transmission without blocking views.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 10, 2021


Professor makes breakthrough achievement in quantum computing
Sutherland and his team set the world record for the most accurate entangling gate ever demonstrated without lasers.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 10, 2021


Quantum computing used to create time crystals
Norman Yao first described five years ago how to make a time crystal—a new form of matter whose patterns repeat in time instead of space.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 10, 2021


Major endorsement for new space mission to find 'Earth 2.0'
A major new space telescope searching for 'Earth 2.0'—to Succeed Hubble and the James Webb Space Telescope —is one step closer to reality.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 10, 2021


Engineers turn ordinary clothing into biosensors
Huanan Zhang has developed a process that turns clothing fabric into biosensors which measure a muscle's electrical activity as it is worn.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 10, 2021


3D printed vaccine patch offers 10x greater immune response than vaccination shots
Scientists at the UNC at Chapel Hill use 3D printer to produce microneedle vaccine patch that dissolves into the skin to boost immunity.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 9, 2021


Scientists detect a 'tsunami' of gravitational waves
A team of international scientists have unveiled the largest number of gravitational waves ever detected.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 9, 2021


Hunting for alien planets with a new solar telescope
Thousands of alien worlds are known to orbit stars beyond our solar system. And many more worlds, possibly harboring life.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 9, 2021


Can’t Sleep? It’s as simple as 4-7-8 and it really works
We as human being seems to be obsessed with two things. One, losing weight. And two, not getting enough sleep.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 9, 2021
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