3D-printed smart materials boost tactile sensor performance in wearable devices

The proposed metamaterial-based tactile sensing technology is expected to revolutionize the design of wearable devices and health monitoring. Credit: Dr. Soonjae Pyo / SeoulTech Tactile sensors are widely used in…

Integrated terrestrial/satellite 6G hyper-space communication successful in real-time flight tests

6G Hyper-space Communication. Credit: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute(ETRI) For the first time, Korean researchers have successfully demonstrated a 6G hyper-space communication technology that integrates terrestrial and satellite networks. As…

Astronomers discover one of the most massive binary stars in the galaxy

NGC 3603 is a starburst region located 22,000 light years away from the Sun, it’s the closest region of this kind known in our Galaxy Credit: ESO A research team…

Webb captures dusty wisps round a planet-forming disk

Webb’s view of planet-forming disc IRAS 04302+2247. Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, M. Villenave et al. For this new Picture of the Month feature, the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope…

Is there life on Saturn’s moon? Where there’s water, there’s a chance

Saturn’s moon Enceladus. Credit: NASA At first glance, Saturn’s moon Enceladus seems rather unremarkable: it is much smaller than the Earth’s moon and is far away and completely covered in…

CDC scales back foodborne illness tracking

by I. Edwards Federal health officials have cut back a long-running program that tracks foodborne illnesses in the United States. The Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network, known as FoodNet, will…

Probability theorem gets quantum makeover after 250 years

What would Thomas Bayes think? In 1763, he proposed a new approach to calculate probabilities. An international team has now updated his ideas to deliver a quantum Bayes’ rule. Credit:…

The rise of hyperreal digital culture

Bigfoot vlogs are an example of AI-generated content that has gained attention for its use of hyperrealistic storytelling and digital personas in online media. Credit: Georgia Institute of Technology From…

Galactic cannonballs: The mystery of hypervelocity white dwarfs may just have been solved

White dwarfs — the superdense, slowly cooling embers left behind when stars like our sun die — are usually quiet cosmic relics. A rare few, however, are anything but. In…

Balancing kratom’s potential benefits and risks − new legislation in Colorado seeks to minimize harm

David Bregger had never heard of kratom before his son, Daniel, 33, died in Denver in 2021 from using what he thought was a natural and safe remedy for anxiety.…