Category: Innovation

Soft technologies for healthcare The goal of integrating sensors, computers, and other smart devices into the human body, whether for continuous health monitoring, controlling prosthetics, or in assistive technologies, has run into a fundamental physical conflict. Processors capable of artificial intelligence are primarily limited by the inherent rigidity of silicon-based platforms. When coupled to the […]

I only know what you already know. Few areas of human activity have embraced generative artificial intelligence with as much enthusiasm as academia and scientists in general, both in universities and research institutes as well as in companies. Physicists were not far behind, and the lack of results in the search for new physics – explanations that go beyond […]

Ryan Haines / Android Authority Strava has announced it is rolling out new features for hiking. The update includes new discovery and route planning, real-time tracking and navigation, and social sharing tools. These features are available to all Strava members at no cost. Strava supports a wide range of activities, ranging from running to yoga […]

Water for storing energy Is it possible to use pure water to store electrical energy? Vasily Artemov and colleagues at the Hamburg University of Technology in Germany have just demonstrated that yes, it is possible – with a little help, of course. By confining water in nanometer-sized channels inside clay minerals, Artemov created a supercapacitor […]

Metacristal First came the metamaterials, then the metasurfaces, and now we have arrived at the metacrystals. They are all different versions of artificial materials whose building blocks manipulate waves in ways that no natural material can. Mohammad Asgari and colleagues at Aalto University in Finland have taken this wave manipulation technology to the next level, reaching 3D […]

From electron computing to photon computing Eighty years ago, the world witnessed the birth of the electronic computing era through ENIAC, the world’s first general-purpose electronic computer. Inside it, electrons were used to solve complex numerical problems. Today, this same architecture continues to be the basis of general computing, but electrons are beginning to show […]

Astronomers have identified a distant quasar — or active nucleus of a galaxy — powered by a supermassive black hole that spews winds at a record speed of 30% the speed of light, equivalent to about 323 million km/h. According to researchers, this is the black hole wind faster already observed specifically at ultraviolet wavelengths. […]

Brazilian researchers are developing nanoparticles with the ability to transport therapeutic RNA molecules to skin cells (those that make up the skin) and silence the genes responsible for chronic inflammation. Technology can make the treatment of skin diseases such as psoriasis and vitiligo, more accurate and efficient. The initiative is being carried out by scientists […]

Apple’s first foldable iPhone may be just months away, but anyone hoping for a stealth black iPhone Fold may have to look elsewhere if the latest leak turns out to be accurate. With the clock ticking down to an expected September unveiling, we’re seeing more and more iPhone Fold leaks by the day. The latest […]