Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Scientists are striving to discover new semiconductor materials that could boost the efficiency of solar cells and other electronics. But the pace of innovation is bottlenecked…
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Playing games with robots makes people see them as more humanlike
Cozmo, a small interactive robot with a vivid, expressive personality. Credit: University of East Anglia The more we interact with robots, the more human we perceive them to become—according to…
Open-source engine enables high-performance data processing for Internet of Things devices
Credit: CC0 Public Domain The Berlin Institute for the Foundations of Learning and Data (BIFOLD) announces the open-source release of NebulaStream, a next-generation stream processing engine built for the unique…
3D-printed magnetoelastic smart pen may help diagnose Parkinson’s
A schematic showing the structure of the smart pen used to capture handwriting signals for Parkinson’s diagnostics. Credit: Jun Chen Lab/UCLA Every year, tens of thousands of people with signs…
Top Latin American court urges “control” of fossil fuels in climate ruling
Latin America’s top court of human rights has decided for the first time that people have the right to a “healthy climate” without “dangerous” human interference, and has urged states…
Foreign medical residents fill critical positions at US hospitals, but are running into visa issues
A group of resident doctors talks with a senior doctor inside Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center on Tuesday, July 1, 2025, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Credit:…
How dairy might disrupt your sleep and dreams
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Ebenezer Scrooge tried to wave away the ghost of Jacob Marley by blaming the apparition on “an undigested bit of beef … a crumb of cheese.”…
This photo of the nearby Sculptor galaxy spans 65,000 light years
This handout provided by the European Southern Observatory shows a detailed, thousand-colour image of the Sculptor Galaxy captured with the MUSE instrument at ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT). Credit: ESO…
Best Canon lenses in 2025: Get the best lens for your Canon camera this Amazon Prime Day.
Looking to upgrade your Canon camera? Changing the lens can give it a new lease of life, but with so many lenses on offer, where do you start? With help…
How AI is helping researchers to demystify gut bacteria
VBayesMM uses paired microbiome-metabolite data, with microbial species as input variables and metabolite abundances as target variables. Credit: Briefings In Bioinformatics (2025). DOI: 10.1093/bib/bbaf30 Gut bacteria are known to be…
