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The Future of Space Habitats

No space habitat has yet been constructed beyond Earth orbit, but many design proposals have been made and aerospace engineers are working on new technologies to turn this science fiction into reality. Take this quiz to learn more about space habitats.

A Soft Robot to Pack Your Groceries

Watch this video to learn more about a soft robotic hand that combines vision, motor-based proprioception, and soft tactile sensors to identify, sort, and pack a stream of unknown objects. A team from MIT...

The World’s First Truly Safe Inspection Drone

Watch this video to learn more about ETH’s student-built drone, which will operate free of external and visible propellers and is intended to be used for infrastructure inspection work. Part of...

Using AI to Boost Metalens Cameras’ Image Quality

Researchers have leveraged deep learning techniques to enhance the image quality of a metalens camera. The new approach uses AI to turn low-quality images into high-quality ones.

Plaster-Like Microlaser Device Accurately Measures Glucose Levels

Scientists have developed a plaster that measures body biomarkers that can indicate health or disease through sweat, paving the way for a new noninvasive and effective way...

Wearable Patch Provides Accurate, Continuous Measurement

Maintaining bodily water balance is essential for survival. Although sweat serves as a key indicator of physical and mental health, existing wearable technologies can only monitor...

Smartphone-Controlled Microfluidic Detects Flu

A spatial encoding of centrifugal microfluidic disc integrates a smartphone-controlled (SEDphone) platform for detecting influenza virus subtypes.

TI Fluid Systems Opens Facility to Create Cooling Products for EVs

TI Fluid Systems’ newest e-Mobility Innovation Center (eMIC) provides the North American market with a collaborative space to develop efficient thermal management...

Quantifying Generative AI in Defense Applications

DARPA seeks proposals for the new Artificial Intelligence Quantified (AIQ) program that aims to develop technology to assess and enable the guaranteed performance of generative AI.

Advancing Low-Carbon Building Materials for Construction

UBC’s nature-based solution with locally available earthen materials could aid in building climate-resilient infrastructure.

Dr. Nate Bridges: Helping Airmen and Guardians Achieve Their Greatest Potential

Watch this video to learn more about biomedical engineer Dr. Nate Bridges. His work in cognitive neuroscience looks to bridge the gap between technology and humans...

An Environmental Toolkit for Expeditionary Operations

The Environmental Toolkit for Expeditionary Operations was first conceptualized as a method to unify expeditionary inventories with off-the-shelf components and products. Now, 10 years...

AERRES: A More Reliable Architecture for Testing In-Flight EW Hardware and Software

The Air Force Research Lab’s App Enabled Rapidly Reprogrammable EW/EMS Systems (AERRES) experiment is focused on enhancing electronic warfare (EW)...

Robots, AI Could Help the Hunt for New Materials

Watch this video to see how — with the help of AI-guided robots — A-Lab could help identify and fast-track materials for several research areas, including batteries, energy storage, solar...

3D-Printed Living Material Could Clean Water

A University of California San Diego team has developed an “engineered living material.” Watch this video to learn how the 3D-printed structure made of seaweed-based polymer combined with...

How Nanomaterials Lead to Antimicrobial Surfaces

A team at Loughborough University is harnessing nanomaterials to develop next-generation functional paints and coatings to reduce bacteria and virus transmission. Watch this video to learn about...

Planning with a Scenario Mindset

Across the industry, strategic planners from OEMs and suppliers alike are scratching their heads. The number of strategic directions they currently face is unprecedented. Combine global trade friction...

AI + Computer Simulations = Enhanced Robotic Exoskeletons

Researchers have demonstrated a new method that leverages artificial intelligence (AI) and computer simulations to train robotic exoskeletons to autonomously help users save energy while walking, running, and climbing stairs.

SpaceX to Develop ISS Deorbit Vehicle for NASA

NASA has selected SpaceX to develop and deliver the U.S. Deorbit Vehicle that will provide the capability to deorbit the International Space Station (ISS) and ensure avoidance of risk to...

WATCH: Air Force Research Lab's First Flight of XQ-67A Drone

The Air Force Research Laboratory successfully flew the first of a second- generation of Autonomous Collaborative Platforms known as the XQ-67A demonstrator, built and flown in...

Airbus Starts Flight Testing Upgraded French Army Helicopter

Airbus Helicopters has started the flight testing campaign for the prototype of the NH90 Standard 2. This standard is one of the latest NH90 configurations and is being developed...

FirstElement Opens America’s First High-Volume, Fast-Fill Hydrogen Station for HD Trucks

It may be missing the food and hospitality trappings of what most would consider a proper “truck stop,” but the nation’s first high-volume,...

Immunotherapy: Drug Harnesses Immune System Against Cancer

Certain types of immune cells called regulatory T-cells, while vital for a balanced immune system, can hinder the cancer-killing process. Targeting these cells without affecting other...

The Bridge Recombination Mechanism — Next Generation Genome Design

Researchers have discovered the bridge recombinase mechanism, a precise and powerful tool to recombine and rearrange DNA in a programmable way. Going far beyond programmable...

Discovery Boosts Potential of New Cancer-Fighting Drugs

Scientists at Scripps Research have uncovered a critical feature that a promising new class of cancer drugs, known as CELMoDs, needs to be effective. CELMoDs are designed to attack cancer...

Drug-Loaded 3D Printed Films

Drug-loaded 3D printed films could change cancer treatments forever as world first research from the University of South Australia shows the new films kill liver cancer cells by more than 80%, with less systematic...

Euro NCAP Details New Testing for Heavy-Truck Safety Rating

Euro NCAP has revealed the elements it is considering as part of an upcoming Truck Safe rating, and how it intends to test and benchmark truck performance. The announcement was...

NASA’s Noise-Testing Tool Finds Applications Beyond Aircraft

Wireless microphone array quickly, cheaply, accurately maps noise from aircraft and much more.

5Ws of the Neuromorphic AI Drone

A team of researchers at Delft University of Technology has developed a drone that flies autonomously using neuromorphic image processing and control based on the workings of animal brains.