Category: Engineering

At first glance, the lettuce sea slug (Elysia crispata) looks like a leafy underwater alien. But what’s hiding inside its frilly green body is far more fascinating than its salad-like appearance.

Instead of just digesting its food, this…

Researchers at Xi’an Jiaotong University in China have found a novel approach to synthesizing superheavy element nuclei beyond uranium using less beam energy than conventional approaches. This could open up newer possibilities in making…

Scientists have replicated a forgotten but crucial experiment that took place in 1938. The first-ever triton-deuterium (colloquially referred to as DT) fusion experiment that was accidentally performed by University of Michigan physicist A. J….

Researchers have explored how early modern humans migrated by sea from Taiwan to southern Japan approximately 30,000 years ago. 

To unravel the mysteries of these difficult ancient voyages, the researchers employed a unique combination of…

Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists have used artificial intelligence to predict the behavior of molten lithium chloride with an accuracy normally reserved for high-end quantum calculations, yet in a fraction of the time.

Reporting in…

The US Navy is accelerating its investment in autonomous undersea warfare with a new solicitation for the Ocean Explorer (OEX) Large Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (LUUV), an ultra-large submarine designed for ocean-scale, long-endurance…

Berkeley engineers have unveiled the Berkeley Humanoid Lite, a low-cost, fully open-source humanoid robot designed to help beginners enter the world of robotics.

Built from 3D-printed parts and off-the-shelf components, the robot costs under…

Researchers have found a greener, safer way to get gold from ore and discarded electronics. This innovative approach promises to cut down on the toxic waste associated with gold extraction.

On June 26, an interdisciplinary team of experts led…