Matt Shipman

Oct 10, 2025

‘Chinese Lantern’ Structure Shifts Into More Than a Dozen Shapes for Various Applications

The rapid shape-shifting behavior of the structures can be controlled remotely using a magnetic field. 

Oct 8, 2025

Designing Polymers for Use in Next-Generation Bioelectronics

New research offers insights into how to fine-tune the electronic properties of polymers for use in applications such as implantable electronics and light-harvesting technologies. 

Oct 8, 2025

Hardware Vulnerability Allows Attackers to Hack AI Training Data

Researchers have identified the first vulnerability that allows attackers to compromise the data privacy of AI users by exploiting the physical hardware on which AI is run. 

Oct 7, 2025

Engineers Develop Solid Lubricant to Replace Toxic Materials in Farming

Farm equipment used to plant seeds relies on solid lubricants, but existing solid lubricants pose toxicity concerns. Researchers have created a new lubricant that works better and is nontoxic. 

Oct 7, 2025

Some Like It Hot: Composite Metal Foam Proves Resilient Against High Stresses at High Temperatures

Coupled with the material’s high strength-to-weight ratio, the finding suggests that CMF could be used in applications ranging from automobile engines to aerospace components to nuclear power technologies. 

Oct 1, 2025

Where Financial Advisors Grew Up Influences Their Business Ethics

The study underscores that where we are raised plays a significant role in establishing our core code of ethics, regardless of where we live and work as adults. 

Oct 1, 2025

‘Embodied’ AI in Virtual Reality Improves Programming Student Confidence

Giving AI “peers” in virtual reality a body that can interact with the virtual environment can help students learn programming. 

Sep 22, 2025

The Bears’ Fall Feast

Autumn acorns can be a game-changer for bears -- and the mountain ecosystems they call home. 

Sep 16, 2025

Chemical Warfare and Soil Saviors: The Secret Life of Leaves

Leaves are more remarkable than you think, and autumn leaves play an important role that many people do not know about. 

Sep 16, 2025

Study Highlights Possible Path Forward for Teaching Writing to Students With Disabilities

New research suggests a technique called performance feedback could be a valuable tool for helping students with disabilities become stronger writers. 

Sep 11, 2025

Study Finds Blind Spot for Some Auditors Who Use Tech-Based Fraud Tests

Auditors are more likely to ignore red flags raised by data analytics -- unless they helped create the tools themselves. 

Sep 8, 2025

Tackling Ethical Questions About Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

Increased use of TMS raises a number of ethical questions. Are health care providers doing enough to track adverse side effects? Are patients able to make informed decisions about TMS? 

Aug 26, 2025

Study IDs What Can Help Collaborative Groups Actually Accomplish Their Goals

Research suggests a specific administrative approach improves the ability of collaborative groups to deliver the services they were created to provide. 

Aug 25, 2025

Can We Trust AI? Global Research Team Offers Framework for Tackling this Question

An international team of researchers has put forward a framework to answer one of the biggest questions facing artificial intelligence technologies: can AI be trusted? 

Aug 25, 2025

Meet Rainbow: The Multi-Robot Lab Racing to Discover the Next Quantum Dots

Rainbow autonomously discovers nanoparticles critical for next-generation displays, solar cells, LEDs and quantum-engineering technologies.