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May 18, 2026

Nondestructive Testing Paves Way for Genetic Analysis of Historical Parchments

The technique offers new insights into everything from trade routes to agricultural practices dating back 1,300 years – without harming the valuable manuscripts.

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Oct 20, 2025

How to Make ‘Smart City’ Technologies Behave Ethically

New approach allows policymakers and technology developers to better align the values programmed into smart city technologies with the ethics of the people who will be interacting with them.

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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.

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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.

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Jul 1, 2025

New Attack Can Make AI ‘See’ Whatever You Want

A new way of attacking AI vision systems controls what the AI “sees,” and is effective at manipulating the most widely used computer vision systems.

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Apr 24, 2025

Could Self-Driving Labs Lead to a New Era of Scientific Research?

How a new approach to research could expedite work on sustainable energy, emerging diseases and other global challenges.

Dec 12, 2024

Researchers Demonstrate New Technique for Stealing AI Models

Researchers have demonstrated the ability to steal an AI model without hacking into the device where the model was running.

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Oct 11, 2024

Engineering Perovskite Materials at the Atomic Level Paves Way for New Lasers, LEDs

New technique dictates precisely how layered hybrid perovskite materials convert electrical charge into light.

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Aug 7, 2024

‘Amphibious’ Sensors Make New, Waterproof Technologies Possible

Researchers have demonstrated a technique for creating sensors that can function both in air and underwater.

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Jun 19, 2024

Researchers Create New Class of Materials Called ‘Glassy Gels’

Glassy gels are extremely hard, but not brittle – they can stretch up to five times their original length.

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Apr 11, 2024

Synthetic Platelets Stanch Bleeding, Promote Healing in Animal Models

Researchers have developed synthetic platelets that can be used to stop bleeding and enhance healing at the site of an injury.

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Feb 27, 2024

AI-Driven Lab Speeds Catalysis Research

The new tool, called Fast-Cat, can provide more information in five days than is possible in six months of conventional testing.

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Jan 16, 2024

Modified Soft Material Promises Better Bioelectronics

The advance is an order-of-magnitude improvement in the ability of soft bioelectronic materials to function efficiently in biological environments.

illustration shows two pieces of metal foam being welded together using an induction welder. Several inches away from the site of the weld (which is white hot), the metal foam is cool enough to touch with a bare hand.

Dec 14, 2023

Researchers Find Way to Weld Metal Foam Without Melting Its Bubbles

Traditional welding impairs the qualities that make metal foams desirable. Now researchers have found a solution.

illustration shows the shape of a brain, but made up of circuits.

Dec 4, 2023

AI Networks Are More Vulnerable to Malicious Attacks Than Previously Thought

A study finds AI tools are more vulnerable than previously thought to targeted attacks that effectively force AI systems to make bad decisions.