Robots can now learn to use tools—just by watching us

Credit: UIUC HCA LAB Despite decades of progress, most robots are still programmed for specific, repetitive tasks. They struggle with the unexpected and can’t adapt to new situations without painstaking…

AI method reconstructs 3D scene details from simulated images using inverse rendering

New immunotherapy approved in England for people with severe birch pollen allergies

Credit: Andrea Piacquadio from Pexels Around 25% of hay fever sufferers in the UK are allergic to birch tree pollen. This means that for a good chunk of the population,…

Trump, Intel announce deal giving US a 10% stake in chipmaker

US chipmaker Intel has agreed to give the United States a 10-percent equity stake in the firm. Chipmaker Intel has agreed to give the US government a 10% stake in…

Researchers develop privacy-focused speech recognition for children

The Lonestar6 (left) supercomputer and Corral data management and storage systems (right) at the Texas Advanced Computing Center are resources available through allocations awarded by the UT System Research Cyberinfrastructure…

Physics-inspired computer architecture solves complex optimization problems

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A line of engineering research seeks to develop computers that can tackle a class of challenges called combinatorial optimization problems. These are common in real-world applications…

Pairing food waste and nanocatalysts to reduce carbon emissions in aviation

Illustration of the experimental setup. Credit: The Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana – Champaign For researchers from The Grainger College of Engineering at the University…

The rise of effortless exercise

Credit: cottonbro studio from Pexels It can look almost too easy: athletes gliding along on a bike, runners shuffling at a pace slower than most people’s warm-up, or someone strolling…

Quantum technology expands global network in search for dark matter

GNOME measurement station at Leibniz IPHT in Jena: Dr. Theo Scholtes (left) and Göran Hellmann adjust a quantum magnetometer used in the search for traces of dark matter. In continuous…

Carbon capture technologies lead the charge against climate change

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researchers are testing a new method of capturing CO2 from energy-intensive industries and converting it into valuable chemicals and fuels. In a potential game-changer for heavy…