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- How to help assembly-line robots shift gears and pick up almost anything
A University of Washington team created a new tool that can design a 3D-printable passive gripper and calculate the best path to pick up an object. The team tested this system on a suite of 22 objects -- including a 3D-printed bunny, a doorstop-shape…
- 29 Jul 22, 2:24pm - - A 'nano-robot' built entirely from DNA to explore cell processes
Constructing a tiny robot from DNA and using it to study cell processes invisible to the naked eye... You would be forgiven for thinking it is science fiction, but it is in fact the subject of serious research. This highly innovative 'nano-robot' sho…
- 28 Jul 22, 11:59am - - Programming pH
Researchers have developed a technique to control pH at the local level, creating a dense array of microsites where the amount of protons is 100 to 1000 times higher than the average in the rest of the solution.
- 27 Jul 22, 6:14pm - - New catalyst leads to more efficient butadiene production
Researchers have developed a new catalyst that improves the efficiency of converting butane, a component of natural gas, into butadiene -- a widely-used building block in synthetic rubber and a variety of plastics.
- 27 Jul 22, 6:13pm - - Breakthrough quantum algorithm
Physicists are claiming significant progress in using quantum computers to study and predict how the state of a large number of interacting quantum particles evolves over time. This was done by developing a quantum algorithm that they run on an IBM q…
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- newBurgerAI creates custom burgers tailored for taste, health and the planet
Stanford researcher Ellen Kuhl estimates that there are some 1043 potential burger recipes in the world. And with BurgerAI, a new tool developed in her lab, artificial intelligence can now design the best one for you based on your age, taste, nutriti…
- 4 hours ago 26 Jun 26, 2:00pm - - newAgentic AI bot helps scientists speak to robots, speeding up experiments
Researchers at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory use a slew of autonomous robots to design and implement experiments. However, setting up an experiment on an autonomous lab robot is surprisingly slow. The effort require…
- 20 hours ago 25 Jun 26, 9:20pm - - newEnergy-saving membrane can separate crude oil at room temperature
An international research has developed a membrane technology that could significantly reduce the energy required for crude oil refining by replacing part of the century-old distillation process.
- 21 hours ago 25 Jun 26, 8:40pm - - Extrusion retrofit system designed to help manufacturers get into ShAPE
A new invention from the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) could soon help manufacturers more easily adopt the lab's patented Shear Assisted Processing and Extrusion (ShAPE) technology, enabling faster manufacturing…
- 1 day ago 25 Jun 26, 3:00pm - - Perovskite solar cells need decades-long durability. New work shows which fast-aging tests come closest
Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) could conquer the mass market within a few years, perhaps even being produced in Europe. Their large-scale production is highly cost-effective, and unlike silicon solar cells, their production is less energy-intensive. H…
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