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Fernanda Torres, Mohammad Rasoulof join Venice Film Festival jury
The 82nd Venice Film Festival announced new additions to this year's competition jury, including actress Fernanda Torres and director Mohammad Rasoulof.
Tougher than steel: Japan looks to wood pulp to make lighter auto parts
KYOTO, Japan (Reuters) - The global push among carmakers to make ever lighter vehicles is leading some auto suppliers in Japan to turn to what seems like an unlikely substitute...
High-Efficiency Solar Cell Coating Process Achieved, Unaffected by Summer Humidity
A research team from the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST, President Oh Sang-Rok), led by Dr. Hae Jung Son from the Advanced Photovoltaics Research Center, announced that they...
Quantum Computing Paves the Way for Low-Carbon Building Operations
A new study published in Engineering presents an innovative approach to building energy management that combines quantum computing with model predictive control (MPC), aiming to enhance energy efficiency and drive...
AI Integration in Process Manufacturing: Progress, Challenges, and Future Outlook
A recent perspective article published in Engineering delves into the application of artificial intelligence (AI) in process manufacturing (PM), exploring how AI can be integrated with process systems engineering (PSE)...
Researchers Demonstrate a New Material to Reduce Power Consumption of Electronics
Research from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities gives new insight into a material that could make computer memory faster and more energy-efficient.
New Chemical Tool May Improve Development of Key Drug Components
Chemists have developed a novel way to generate a variety of highly useful chemical building blocks by harnessing metal carbenes, suggests new research.
Sn-Modified Catalyst Boosts Diesel Emission Control Performance
A recent study published in Engineering presents a significant advancement in the field of diesel vehicle emission control. The research focuses on enhancing the performance of selective catalytic reduction of...
Argonne and Partners Celebrate Aurora Supercomputer's Impact on Science with AI and Exascale Power
Argonne hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate Aurora, one of the world's most powerful supercomputers, now driving breakthroughs across science and engineering through its advanced AI, simulation and data analysis...
Surface Protonation Amplifies Carbon Nitride Nanosheet-Induced Phospholipid Extraction
This study systematically investigates the cytotoxicity evolution of protonated carbon nitride toward red blood cells and elucidates its underlying mechanisms, revealing that surface protonation amplifies carbon nitride nanosheet-induced phospholipid extraction...
Flexible Electrochromic Technology for Next-Generation Wearables
This article reviews recent advances in flexible electrochromic (EC) devices for wearable electronics, offering in-depth insights into material innovations, device structures, performance metrics, and practical applications. It also highlights the...
Nuclear Energy and AI Companies Seek Solutions at Argonne Summit
The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne, Idaho, and Oak Ridge National Laboratories co-hosted the AI x Nuclear Energy Executive Summit: Unleashing the Power for AI. It brought together leaders from...
New Research Expands Laser Technology
In a first for the field, researchers from The Grainger College of Engineering have reported a photopumped lasing from a buried dielectric photonic-crystal surface-emitting laser emitting at room temperature and...
3 tech solutions to societal needs will get help moving to market
Science & Tech 3 tech solutions to societal needs will get help moving to market © 2020 Feinknopf Photography / Brad Feinknopf Kirsten Mabry Harvard Office of Technology Development July 8, 2025 3...
David Rockefeller, university benefactor for 76 years, dies at 101
"David's integrity, strength, wisdom, and judgment—and especially his unequivocal commitment to excellence—shaped the University and made it the powerhouse of biomedical discovery it is today," said Russell L. Carson, chair...
In the News – Wall Street Journal – Brivanlou
Researchers Seek Guidelines for Embryo-Like Entities Created in Labs “Some researchers say the concern is premature. Scientists in the lab of Ali Brivanlou at the Rockefeller University in 2014...
Heaviest element could have fascinating atomic and nuclear spectra
Simulations suggest oganesson has extremely smooth electron and nucleon distributions
Japan’s SuperKEKB set for first particle collisions
Revamped accelerator will soon be smashing electrons and positrons together
Physicists beat Lorentz reciprocity for microwave transmission
New device could boost telecommunications and be adapted for photonics
Penny-sized laser could help driverless cars see the world so much clearer
Researchers have created an ultrasensitive laser the size of a penny that could improve lidar technology, boosting autonomous vehicles in the process.
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Scientists make 'magic state' breakthrough after 20 years — without it, quantum computers can never be truly useful
Scientists demonstrate a process called "magic state distillation" in logical qubits for the first time, meaning we can now build quantum computers that are both error-free and more powerful than...
600-year-old amethyst 'worthy of a duke' found in medieval castle moat in Poland
The amethyst was set in high-quality silver and probably once formed part of a brooch.
From passive to intelligent: Bioengineered organs meet electronics
Bioengineered organs are no longer just structural substitutes. A review published in Trends in Biotechnology introduces a groundbreaking concept: biohybrid-engineered tissue (BHET) platforms—living constructs integrated with electronics that can monitor,...
Why do we need sleep? Researchers find the answer may lie in mitochondria
Sleep may not just be rest for the mind—it may be essential maintenance for the body's power supply. A new study by University of Oxford researchers, published in Nature, reveals...
New AI-powered method accelerates protein simulations and reveals complex folding dynamics
An international team led by Einstein Professor Cecilia Clementi in the Department of Physics at Freie Universität Berlin has introduced CGSchNet, a machine-learned coarse-grained (CG) model that can accurately and...
Glowing under pressure: Hinge-like mechanophores for smarter polymeric materials
In a step toward smarter materials, researchers from the Institute of Science Tokyo collaborated with researchers from Switzerland to develop a smart hinge-like molecule that can indicate mechanical stress in...
Component reconnection drives filament splitting and double-decker formation in solar physics
A new study led by researchers from the Yunnan Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has unveiled a novel mechanism for filament splitting and the formation of double-decker filaments....