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Technology29 Oct 2025

Molecules in motion: pioneering the era of supramolecular robotics

From cells that migrate to tissues that heal, nature abounds with systems capable of sensing and adapting to their surroundings. Replicating this level of adaptability in synthetic systems has remained a grand challenge in chemistry and materials science. Most artificial materials, though inspired by biology, still react to only one stimulus and lack the integrated responsiveness that characterizes living matter. A new study published online on August 7, 2025, in Volume 6, Issue 9 of the journal Accounts ...

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Technology29 Oct 2025

Perovskites reveal ultrafast quantum light in new study

Halide perovskites – already a focus of major research into efficient, low-cost solar cells – have been shown to handle light faster than most semiconductors on the market. The paper, published in Nature Nanotechnology, reports quantum transients on the scale of ~2 picoseconds at low temperature in bulk formamidinium lead iodide films grown by scalable solution or vapour methods. That ultrafast timescale indicates use in very fast light sources and other photonic components. Crucially, these effects appear in films made by scalable processing rather than specialised growth in lab-settings – suggesting a practical and affordable ...

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Technology29 Oct 2025

Underwater robot ‘Lassie’ discovers remarkable icefish nests during search for Shackleton’s lost ship off Antarctica

In a remote part of Antarctica's Western Weddell Sea, an area once hidden beneath a 200-metre-thick ice shelf, scientists have uncovered a new and unusual phenomena: extensive maintained fish nesting grounds arranged in patterns. When the A68 iceberg, measuring 5,800 square kilometres, calved from Larsen C Ice Shelf in 2017, it opened new access for research. A remotely operated vehicle (ROV) exploring the seafloor revealed more than 1,000 circular nests, each cleared of the layer of plankton detritus that blanketed ...

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Technology29 Oct 2025

Wearable robots you can wear like clothes: automatic weaving of “fabric muscle” brings commercialization closer

The commercialization of clothing-type wearable robots has taken a significant step forward with the development of equipment that can continuously and automatically weave ultra-thin shape memory alloy coil yarn—thinner than a human hair—into lightweight and flexible “fabric muscle” suitable for large-scale production. The Advanced Robotics Research Center at the Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM, President Seog-Hyeon Ryu), under the National Research Council of Science & Technology (NST, Chairman Young-Shik Kim), led by Principal ...

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Technology29 Oct 2025

Researcher improves century-old equation to predict movement of dangerous air pollutants.

A new method developed at the University of Warwick offers the first simple and predictive way to calculate how irregularly shaped nanoparticles — a dangerous class of airborne pollutant — move through air. Every day, we breathe in millions of microscopic particles, including soot, dust, pollen, microplastics, viruses, and synthetic nanoparticles. Some are small enough to slip deep into the lungs and even enter the bloodstream, contributing to conditions such as heart disease, stroke, and cancer. Most of these airborne particles are irregularly shaped. Yet the mathematical models used to predict how these particles behave typically ...

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Technology28 Oct 2025

USF study: AI and citizen science reveal potential first detection of invasive malaria mosquito in Madagascar

Media Contact: John Dudley (814) 490-3290 (cell) jjdudley@usf.edu Click here for images and a PDF of the journal article EMBARGOED UNTIL TUESDAY, OCT. 28, 2025, AT 9 A.M. ET Key takeaways: USF researchers used AI and citizen science to identify what may be the first Anopheles stephensi mosquito ever detected in Madagascar — a species capable of spreading deadly malaria across urban Africa. A single smartphone photo submitted through NASA’s GLOBE Observer app led to the discovery, showing how artificial intelligence and public participation ...

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Technology28 Oct 2025

Mount Sinai awarded $4.5M BD2 grant to advance research on the biology of bipolar disorder

The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is pleased to announce it has received a three-year, $4.5 million grant from BD2: Breakthrough Discoveries for thriving with Bipolar Disorder to investigate the neural mechanisms underlying bipolar disorder and pioneer novel neuromodulation-based treatment strategies. The team will be led by Ignacio Saez, PhD, Associate Professor of Neuroscience, Neurosurgery, Neurology at the Icahn School of Medicine and Director of the Human Neurophysiology Laboratory at Mount Sinai. Dr. Saez and his team are part of a select ...

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Technology28 Oct 2025

AI produces shallower knowledge than web search

Learning about a topic by interacting with AI chatbots like ChatGPT rather than following links provided by web search can produce shallower knowledge. Advice given on the basis of this shallow knowledge tends to be sparser, less original, and less likely to be adopted by others. Shiri Melumad and Jin Ho Yun conducted seven experiments with thousands of online participants who were randomly assigned to learn about various topics, including how to plant a vegetable garden, how to lead a healthier lifestyle, or how to cope with financial scams, using either large language models (LLMs) or traditional Google web search links. Participants ...

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Technology28 Oct 2025

Pusan National University researchers show how AI can help in fashion trend prediction

Fashion trend forecasting helps companies predict which clothes will be popular in upcoming seasons. Traditionally, this has relied on experts’ intuition, experience and creativity. More recently, big-data analysis has been incorporated, offering deeper insights into consumer behavior. However, such methods pose technical barriers and remain out of reach for fashion students or small brands. Recent developments in artificial intelligence (AI) can balance the scales. Large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT have made big data analysis readily available to the public. LLMs draw ...

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Technology27 Oct 2025

Beyond electronics: harnessing light for faster computing

Many modern artificial intelligence (AI) applications, such as surgical robotics and real-time financial trading, depend on the ability to quickly extract key features from streams of raw data. This process is currently bottlenecked by traditional digital processors. The physical limits of conventional electronics prevent the reduction in latency and the gains in throughput required in emerging data-intensive services. The answer to this might lie in harnessing the power of light. Optical computing—or using light to perform demanding computations—has the potential to greatly accelerate feature extraction. In particular, optical diffraction operators, which are plate-like structures ...

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Technology27 Oct 2025

New software tool MARTi fast-tracks identification and response to microbial threats

Metagenomics is the study of all organisms present in a particular environment, such as soil, water, or the human body. A key part of metagenomic analysis is understanding what species are present (classification), how much of each there is (abundance), and the function of the microorganisms present. Real-time metagenomics - the immediate analysis of data while sequencing is in progress - holds the potential to speed up the detection, monitoring, and response to microbial threats in a multitude of settings, including agricultural, environmental, and biosecurity. However, one of the key barriers to realising the full potential of real-time metagenomics is the ...

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Technology27 Oct 2025

One bad safety review can tank an Airbnb booking — Even among thousands of positive ones, new study finds

When finding the right Airbnb property, reviews really matter. That’s the takeaway from new study involving the Binghamton University School of Management, which found that reviews mentioning an Airbnb property’s neighborhood safety problems can reduce bookings, lower nightly prices and make customers less likely to return — even if those represent a fraction of all the property’s online reviews. The study, co-authored by Assistant Professor Yidan Sun, explores how platforms like Airbnb balance financial incentives with customer welfare. While platforms might be ...

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Technology27 Oct 2025

How people learn computer programming

The ever-growing use of technology in society makes it clear that computer programming may be a valuable skill. But how do our brains learn to code? Cultural skills, like reading and math, typically emerge by repurposing brain networks that function for more innate purposes. Yun-Fei Liu and Marina Bedny, from Johns Hopkins University, tested whether this may be the case when people learn computer programming in their JNeurosci paper. The researchers recorded brain activity in study volunteers with no programming experience before and after they learned how to code using Python. A neural network in the left ...

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Technology27 Oct 2025

Online unsupervised Tai Chi intervention for knee pain and function in people with knee osteoarthritis

About The Study: This randomized clinical trial found that this unsupervised multimodal online tai chi intervention improved knee pain and function compared with the control at 12 weeks. This free-to-access web-based intervention offers an effective, safe, accessible, and scalable option for guideline-recommended osteoarthritis exercise. Corresponding Author: To contact the corresponding author, Kim L. Bennell, PhD, email k.bennell@unimelb.edu.au. To access the embargoed study: Visit our For The Media website at this link https://media.jamanetwork.com/ (doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2025.5723) Editor’s ...

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Technology27 Oct 2025

Computer scientists build AI tool to spot risky and unenforceable contract terms

Contracts written by employers and landlords often result in second parties—employees and tenants—facing unfair terms because these documents contain unreasonable or ambiguous clauses, leaving the second parties vulnerable to unjust expenses or constraints. For example, “Tenant must provide written notice of intent to vacate at a reasonable time”—commonly used phrasing in leases—is ambiguous because “reasonable” is undefined. Also, “Employee agrees not to work for any business in the United States for two years following termination,” often included in employee contracts, is unenforceable because many ...

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Technology27 Oct 2025

Yonsei University study finds air pollution sharply raises workplace accident risk

Air pollution is widely recognized as a public health hazard, but its role in workplace safety is often underestimated. A new study reveals that polluted air can make industrial accidents both more likely and more severe, adding a hidden layer to their human and economic costs. The research—led by Dr. Ning Zhang of Yonsei University in South Korea, in collaboration with Dr. Zaikun Hou of Shandong University and Dr. Huan Chen of the University of Cambridge—was published in Energy Economics on September 18, 2025. Using two decades ...

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Technology27 Oct 2025

KIST demonstrates world's first ultra-precise, ultra-high-resolution distributed quantum sensor with 'entangled light'

Precise metrology forms a fundamental basis for advanced science and technology, including bioimaging, semiconductor defects diagnostics, and space telescope observations. However, the sensor technologies used in metrology have so far faced a physical barrier known as "standard quantum limit". A promising alternative to surpass this limit is the distributed quantum sensor-A technology that links multiple spatially separated sensors into a single, large-scale quantum system, thereby enabling highly precise measurements. To date, efforts ...

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Technology24 Oct 2025

Data Protection is transforming humanitarian action in the digital age, new book shows

Humanitarian organisations must go beyond reactive compliance to data protection laws if they are to continue using technology in a principled, safe, and trusted way in the digital age, experts have said. The sector must share knowledge and best practices for protecting the data of affected populations and shape the technologies it uses as they become central to the way aid is delivered around the world. In a new book, the experts highlight the risk of “scope creep”, where technologies initially created for emergency relief can be repurposed or used for other aims, potentially undermining ...

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Technology24 Oct 2025

AI unlocks the microscopic world to transform future manufacturing

A recent review published in Engineering highlights particle vision analysis (PVA), a rapidly developing field at the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and microscopic imaging. The review emphasizes the potential of PVA to accelerate discovery, strengthen quality control, and promote sustainable production across nanomanufacturing, biomanufacturing, and pharmaceuticals. Particles underpin materials and processes across sectors, and their microscopic behaviors determine performance, safety, and ...

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Technology24 Oct 2025

Virtual reality helps people understand and care about distant communities

For many of us, climate change feels like a distant threat – damage that happens in the future somewhere far away to people we know little about. A new Stanford University-led study reveals how virtual reality can close that distance, enabling users to explore faraway places, develop a sense of attachment to those places, and care more about how a warming world is wreaking havoc on people’s lives. The findings, published this week in Scientific Reports, show that VR experiences significantly reduce people’s indifference to climate change-driven damages in faraway places compared to viewing static images. The findings demonstrate ...

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Technology23 Oct 2025

New center aims to make the future of trauma survivors brighter

The Medical University of South Carolina has been awarded more than $11 million by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences over five years to establish a Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) to build resilience after trauma, which will be known as the South Carolina Building Resilience through Innovative Interventions to promote Growth and Health after Trauma COBRE, or the BRIGHT Center. The BRIGHT Center will be directed by clinical psychologist Carla Kmett Danielson, Ph.D., the first woman to lead a COBRE at MUSC. This will also be the first COBRE led by faculty members in ...

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Technology23 Oct 2025

Smart hormone technologies could help sugarcane survive droughts and floods

As climate extremes become more frequent, sugarcane growers face a double challenge: droughts that parch their crops and floods that drown them. A new review highlights how applying plant hormones from outside the plant, rather than waiting for natural processes—can strengthen sugarcane’s ability to cope with both too little and too much water. The study, published in Agricultural Ecology and Environment, examines how exogenous phytohormones such as abscisic acid (ABA), gibberellins (GA), and auxins can improve sugarcane’s drought and waterlogging tolerance. These tiny signaling ...

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Technology23 Oct 2025

Robots that flex like US: The rise of muscle-powered machines

Forget gears and motors. The next generation of robots may run on living muscle. Scientists are now fusing biological tissue with engineered structures to create "biohybrid robots"—machines that flex, contract, and move using the same power source we do: cells. The potential could be striking. Imagine tiny robots swimming through your bloodstream to deliver drugs, engineered tissues that help heal damaged organs, or living systems that model diseases more faithfully than any computer. But so far, most of these robots are fragile lab prototypes, more science experiment than practical tool. A new review in the International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing maps out how to get ...

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Technology23 Oct 2025

FAU Engineering researchers make great ‘strides’ in gait analysis technology

A study from the College of Engineering and Computer Science and the Sensing Institute (I-SENSE) at Florida Atlantic University reveals that foot-mounted wearable sensors and a 3D depth camera can accurately measure how people walk – even in busy clinical environments – offering a powerful and more accessible alternative to traditional gait assessment tools. Gait, the pattern of how a person walks, is an increasingly important marker of overall health, used in detecting fall risk, monitoring rehabilitation, and identifying ...

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Technology23 Oct 2025

One step closer to quantum computers that work properly

Quantum computers are computers that are much faster at performing some important types of computational tasks than many of today's machines. Sounds perfect, right? But for now, the building blocks that perform the calculations in the quantum computer, so-called quantum bits or "qubits", are too unstable to make quantum processors that are large enough to be really useful. "Quantum computers are completely dependent on qubits remaining stable in order to perform the special calculations they are designed for," says Jacob Benestad, who recently ...

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