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Joseph Shavit
Jan 9, 2022
Blood test helps predict who may benefit from lung cancer screening
A blood test, combined with a risk model based on an individual’s history, more accurately determines who will benefit from screenings.
Joseph Shavit
Jan 7, 2022
Making quantum computers even more powerful
Engineers at EPFL have developed a method for reading several qubits – the smallest unit of quantum data – at the same time.
Joseph Shavit
Jan 6, 2022
Breakthrough in separating plastic waste: Machines can now distinguish 12 different types of plastic
It's very difficult to tell the difference between different types of plastics, and this is what makes it difficult to separate and recycle.
Joseph Shavit
Jan 5, 2022
New 'Cyberman' robot has the dexterity to both open Coke bottles & lift 30kg weights
Beomni 1.0 robot is being endorsed as one of the most sophisticated general-purpose humanoid robots using AI on the planet.
Joseph Shavit
Jan 4, 2022
Self-repairing electronics are on the way
Self-repairing robots and devices abound in sci-fi movies. What if the cracked screen of your mobile phone healing itself overnight?
Joseph Shavit
Jan 4, 2022
New fitness sensor uses sweat to monitor real-time performance
Researchers have developed a prototype wearable sensor, developed with a new MXene–hydrogel compound, which may prove valuable to athletes.
Joseph Shavit
Jan 1, 2022
Could transparent wood be the window to the future?
Could looking through trees be the view to a greener future? Trees replacing the clear pane glass in your windows is not science fiction.
Joseph Shavit
Dec 31, 2021
Introducing the world's first punk rock band made completely of robots
What happens when you give a robot a guitar? Well, turns out it'll sprout a mohawk and go join a punk rock band.
Joseph Shavit
Dec 30, 2021
Innovation in solar cell technology produces a thousand times more power
Most solar cells are currently silicon based; however, their efficiency is limited. This has prompted researchers to examine new materials.
Joseph Shavit
Dec 28, 2021
Researchers use electron microscope to turn nanotube into tiny transistor
Researchers have used a unique tool inserted into an electron microscope to create a transistor that’s 25,000 times smaller than a hair.
Joseph Shavit
Dec 27, 2021
Newly developed injectable, adhesive surgical gel prevents scar tissue
Up to 90% of patients who undergo open abdominal or pelvic surgery develop postoperative adhesions, or scar tissue.
Joseph Shavit
Dec 22, 2021
MIT Engineers Test An Idea For A New Hovering Rover
Aerospace engineers at MIT are testing a new concept for a hovering rover that levitates by harnessing the moon’s natural charge.
Joshua Shavit
Dec 21, 2021
Two eyes better than one: An innovative strategy for precision agriculture
The agricultural field is a testbed for rapidly developing technologies involving unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and image processing tech.
Joseph Shavit
Dec 18, 2021
Shifting conferences online cuts carbon footprint 94%
The COVID-19 global pandemic has shown humanity a new way to reduce climate change: Scrap in-person meetings and conventions.
Joseph Shavit
Dec 17, 2021
New, low-cost, lighting technology can brighten lives in the developing world
There are approximately 840 million people worldwide who do not have access to electricity despite rural electrification efforts.
Joseph Shavit
Dec 17, 2021
“Drink your peas!” – Benefits of supplementing cow milk with plant protein
Scientists developed a new method of incorporating plant-based protein into cow milk, using current standard dairy processing equipment.
Joseph Shavit
Dec 17, 2021
‘Good virus’ may help scientists treat incurable eye disorders
Researchers from West Virginia University are studying how a benign virus can make new treatments for eye diseases possible.
Joseph Shavit
Dec 16, 2021
Gene therapy advance shown to restore severe hearing loss
Hearing loss has been linked to mutations in ~100 different genes, but up to 16 percent of genetic hearing loss can be traced to STRC gene.
Joseph Shavit
Dec 15, 2021
Flat-pack cardboard habitat pods give animals displaced by wildfires a fighting chance
Flat-pack habitat pods might be the salvation of small ground-dwelling animals trying to survive after bushfires.
Joseph Shavit
Dec 15, 2021
‘Super trees’ may help save Houston … and beyond
New study establishes live oaks and American sycamores as champions among 17 "super trees" that will help make Houston more livable.
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