The researchers' method: introducing ripples in 2D material, molybdenum disulfide to achieve two orders of magnitude enhancement in carrier mobility at room temperature, allowing electrons to move faster through the material. Credit: Dr. Wu Jing, A*STAR, Institute of Materials Research and Engineering.Two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors are semiconducting materials with thicknesses on the atomic range, which...
A report states that Tesla and Honda's self-driving cars had 363 accidents in a year.We were assured a very near future where autonomous machines would be serving our demands and vehicle ownership would be rendered unneeded: robots would rapidly and effectively deliver our orders, and we might squeeze in a couple of more hours...
AMANO Jun-ichi/WikimediaIn Kasukabe, Japan lies the world's biggest underground floodwater facility. Large artificial concrete caverns that compose the Metropolitan Area Outer Underground Discharge Channel, also called the G-Cans project, sprawl under the city's surface-level infrastructure.The large subterranean drainage system was developed to prevent devastating flooding of the waterways that surround the city. Because of...
A hairpin loop from a pre-mRNA. Highlighted are the nucleobases (green) and the ribose-phosphate backbone (blue). Note that this is a single strand of RNA that folds back upon itself. Credit: Vossman/ WikipediaA new computational method created by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center successfully matches data from correspondent gene-expression...
Credit: CI Photos/ShutterstockJosiah Zayner is the first individual known to have modified his personal DNA and he revealed the planet just how easy it is to do, live-streaming the process on his blog, "Science, Art, Beauty". Zayner claims this was the second time he has genetically changed himself.Utilizing CRISPR, a fairly new gene-editing method,...
Examples of abnormal signals. Shown are raw data, log-spectrogram, and obtained coefficient distribution per level for two abnormal measurements of the slider rail 0 at SNR 0 dB. Credit: DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2106598119Sounds offer crucial info regarding how well a device is running. ETH scientists have now developed a new machine learning strategy that detects whether...
Credit: Renascença.Russia's failure to attain an immediate victory over Ukraine has carried the West to consider what its own goals in the conflict need to be. In performing that, it must walk a fine line between the disgrace of insufficient action and the danger of strategic hubris.VIENNA-- We know what Russian President Vladimir Putin...
The M-RCV system. Credit: Israel Ministry of Defense/FacebookThe weapon will be used for advanced reconnaissanceIn April of 2022, the Ministry of Defense of Israel tested its new laser-based missile defense system named Iron Beam, and now, the Ministry declared it would start testing a new robotic crewless combat vehicle on Monday that is under...
Researchers at IIT and INAIL in Italy are working on new concepts of wearable robotic exoskeletons for the reduction of the risks of work-related injuries. Credit: IIT-Istituto Italiano di TecnologiaScientists at IIT-Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (Italian Institute of Technology) and INAIL (Italian Worker's Compensation Authority) have designed and produced innovative prototypes of wearable robotic...
Flame nanoparticle deposition was utilized to make robust nano-sensors that can spot pesticide residues on apple surfaces within minutes. Credit: Georgios A Sotiriou and Haipeng Li.Researchers in Sweden at Karolinska Institutet have developed a tiny sensor for spotting fruit pesticides in just a few minutes. The method, referred as a proof-of-concept in a paper...
