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You can tell a lot about Homo sapiens from their joints. Mainly, you can tell…

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You can tell a lot about Homo sapiens from their joints. Mainly, you can tell…

What do water bottles, eggs, hemp, and cement have in common? They can be engineered into strange, but functional, energy-storage devices called supercapacitors.
As their name suggests, supercapacitors are like capacitors with greater capacity….

A tiny wireless chip placed at the back of the eye, combined with a pair of advanced smart glasses, has partially restored vision to people suffering from an advanced form of age-related macular degeneration. In a clinical study led by Stanford…

A new artificial intelligence system developed by researchers at the University of Surrey can forecast what a patient’s knee X-ray might look like one year in the future. This breakthrough could reshape how millions of people living with…

Imagine installing a new smart-home assistant that seems almost magical: It precools the living room before the evening price spike, shades windows before midday sun warms the house, and remembers to charge your car when electricity is cheapest….
Author(s): David Ehrenstein
A theory for the motion of a fluid “bump” inside a cylinder may lead to improved drugs for lung diseases.
[Physics 18, s142] Published Wed Oct 22, 2025
Author(s): Ryan Wilkinson
A new study suggests that a simple feedback mechanism enables the steady hovering of flapping insects and hummingbirds.
[Physics 18, s132] Published Wed Oct 22, 2025
Author(s): Matteo Rosati
An improved algorithm for learning the static and dynamic properties of a quantum system could have applications in quantum computing, simulation, and sensing.
[Physics 18, 165] Published Wed Oct 22, 2025

Claire chatted to competitors, exhibitors, and attendees at the Smart City Robotics Competition in Milton Keynes.
This bonus episode was sponsored by euRobotics, an international non-profit…

A day of strong sunlight can spoil more than just a beach outing — it can also harm the process of photosynthesis, the way plants and other organisms convert sunlight into energy. Underwater, however, certain algae have evolved a unique way to…