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Researchers at the University of Virginia recently confirmed a vital principle governing heat flow in thin metal films necessary to design faster, smaller, and more efficient devices. They claim their work is a breakthrough in understanding…

Orca Semiconductor’s new OS2000 IO-Link communications transceiver improves Industry 4.0 intelligence. Enabling seamless, bi-directional communication between sensors, actuators, and control systems, Orca claims improved productivity,…

At its Memphis World Hub, FedEx upgraded a new automated sorting facility where, within its  1.3 million square feet, it handles 56,000 packages per hour. The technology within the facility includes a six-sided package scanner, new weighing…

In 2013, a Carnegie Mellon University team called "Epiphany" released a small game on the Ouya, an Android-based micro-console developed via Kickstarter. They called their game "It Takes Two," and in it, a circle and a square must…

Bredt's rule was first reported in textbooks in 1924: double bonds cannot exist at certain positions on organic molecules if the molecule's geometry deviates too far from what we learn in textbooks. UCLA chemists say it’s not true. Their…

Dealing with variables is no small feat, especially in complex systems where many variables converge. MIT engineers are on it. They developed an algorithm to identify variables that likely influence other variables in a complex system. The…

After refusing to pay fines for blocking pro-Russian YouTube channels, Google owes Russia 2 undecillion rubles. That’s a 2, followed by 36 zeroes, or said another way, $20 decillion $20 billion trillion trillion. In case you're curious as…

Spatial computing combines the physical and digital worlds, enabling users to interact with digital objects as if they were in the real world; it is a fusion of digital content with the physical environment, enabling new ways to interact…

Photonic memory development for AI processing has been problematic. It gains speed by sacrificing energy usage. For the first time, however, an international team of electrical engineers developed a new method for photonic in-memory…

A research team at the University of Virginia developed protective coatings that enable turbine engines to run at higher temperatures. According to lead researcher, professor, and chair of the Department of Materials Science and…

Meet STAR1, a bipedal robot from Robot Era in China. The robot measures 5 feet 7 inches and weighs in at 143 lbs. Oh, and it can run over 8 mph, so it’s the fastest in its class to date. It’s secret? A pair of sneakers and a little bit of…

Researchers at the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST) unveiled a vision system inspired by feline eyes to enhance object detection in various lighting conditions. Using a unique shape and reflective surface, the system…

There’s now an easier way to ID unique molecules. UCF NanoScience Technology Center researchers developed a special “barcode” to identify molecules. Led by UCF NanoScience Technology Center Professor Debashis Chanda, the team developed a…

Penn Engineers created a new algorithm allowing robots to react to complex physical contact in real-time, enabling autonomous robots to succeed at previously impossible tasks. Known as "consensus complementarity control" (C3), the algorithm…

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) just awarded nearly $975,000 to Charles Paillard, a University of Arkansas research professor of physics and director of the Smart Ferroic Materials Center, to study aluminum scandium nitride at the…