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Polyvinyl chloride is one of the most produced plastics in the world, ranking third by volume. It's in nearly everything: hospital equipment, plumbing, window frames, housing trim, tents, shower curtains, and even our clothing. It coats the…

The NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) says that the United States has sustained 338 weather and climate disasters where damage costs reached or exceeded $1 billion since 1980. These events cost more than $2.295…

Approximately 190 million people around the globe have conditions that impair their ability to move and function independently. Assistive robots can give them more freedom while reducing the need for caregiving. These robots are not widely…

Fidget spinners were all the rage in 2017. What if we could harvest the energy used to send them spinning to power small devices or wearables? We may be able to soon, thanks to researchers at Osaka Metropolitan University. The team…

Researchers at the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) innovated a device that generates twisted neutrons with well-defined orbital angular momentum—until now considered impossible. The innovation enables the study of next-generation…

Do you want to play a game? Creating artificial intelligence agents that compete and cooperate as effectively as humans remains a challenge—the issue is enabling AI agents to anticipate the future behaviors of other agents when they are…

The James Webb Space Telescope revealed the first detailed molecular and chemical portrait of a distant world's sky. The telescope’s array studied WASP-39 b, a planet nearly as massive as Saturn orbiting a star some 700 light-years away.…

According to physicists at the University of Basel, there is a negative correlation between the spins of an entangled pair of electrons from a superconductor. The researchers used spin filters made of nanomagnets and quantum dots. They…

I just read a fascinating article in the MIT Technology Review by Antonio Regalado, "How much would you pay to see a woolly mammoth?" This story has everything, the mega-rich investor (Peter Thiel), an oversized (potentially) dangerous and…

Materials informatics (MI) today involves AI and machine learning and has the potential to transform materials development. An IDTechEx research report, "Materials Informatics 2023-2033," covers the emerging field and includes case studies…