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A route for avoiding defects during additive manufacturing

“Additive manufacturing has yet to reach its potential in part because tiny bubbles or pores can form, creating weak spots in finished parts. Research published in Science reveals how the pores form and offers insight into controlling the machines to …

A shapeshifting material based on inorganic matter

“By embedding titanium-based sheets in water, a group led by scientists from the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science has created a material using inorganic materials that can be converted from a hard gel to soft matter using temperature changes …

Accurate and Efficient 3D Motion Tracking Using Deep Learning

“A new sensing method has made tracking movement easier and more efficient. A research group from Tohoku University has captured dexterous 3D motion data from a flexible magnetic flux sensor array, using deep learning and a structure-aware temporal bilateral filter …

Air filled fibre cables capable of outperforming standard optical fibres

“The next generation of optical fibre could be a step closer as a new study has shown that fibres with a hollowed out centre, developed at the University of Southampton, could reduce loss of power currently experienced in standard glass …

Andes RISC-V Vector Processor NX27V is Upgraded to RVV 1.0

“Andes Technology Corporation, a leading supplier of high efficiency, low-power 32/64-bit RISC-V processor cores and Founding Premier member of RISC-V International, today announces the first commercial RISC-V vector processor IP, AndesCore™ NX27V, is upgraded to support …

Arecibo Observatory telescope collapses in Puerto Rico months after cables snap

“A huge, already damaged Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico has completely collapsed after its 900-ton receiver platform fell onto the reflector dish below. The telescope has played a key role in astronomical discoveries for more than half a century …

Caltech-Led Lunar Trailblazer Mission Approved to Begin Final Design and Build

“After one year of preliminary design and several reviews, NASA has confirmed the Caltech-led Lunar Trailblazer mission to proceed to final design and build. Selected in June 2019 with planned flight system delivery in October 2022, the Lunar Trailblazer mission …

Carbon dioxide converted to ethylene — the ‘rice of the industry’

“Understanding intermediates of the electrochemical CO2 reduction to ethylene. Encouraging catalyst design-a key component of CO2 utilization using renewable energy. In recent times, “electrochemical conversion (e-chemical)” technology-which converts carbon dioxide to high-value-added compounds using renewable electricity-has gained research attention as …

Chinese team test jet engine ‘able to reach anywhere on Earth within 2 hours’

“Prototype flown in hypersonic wind tunnel simulating flight conditions at nine times the speed of sound The ‘sodramjet’ engine could offer the biggest hope so far of commercial flight reaching hypersonic speed, the scientists say Chinese scientists have built what …

Computer-aided creativity in robot design

“MIT researchers’ new system optimizes the shape of robots for traversing various terrain types. So, you need a robot that climbs stairs. What shape should that robot be? Should it have two legs, like a person? Or six, like an …