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 40 Years of Superconductor Science Just Got Turned Upside Down by a Stunning Discovery  - A material that carries electricity without resistance may be held back by its own structure, challenging 40 years of assumptions about copper-based superconductors. A crystal that scientists thought had the same structure throughout is actually a patchwork of two subtly different arrangements of atoms....

 Locusts get a sensory assist from nanomaterials—helping them detect more chemicals  - Scientists have long explored the idea of using insects as our agents in the field in places where humans won't fit or survive. Imagine a cockroach in an earthquake zone, able to skitter into the rubble to map out exactly ...

 Under-Skin Implant Controls Prosthetic Arms  - Phantom Neuro captures reliable muscle signals with less invasive surgery

 Supramolecular chemical ligation of helical polymers  - Chemical ligation of synthetic polymers is achieved via supramolecular polymerization followed by dynamic covalent polycondensation in a process that does not require thermal activation.

 Global Tek's new Thailand plant enters trial production in 3Q26, targeting AI liquid cooling and aerospace opportunities  - Global Tek Industrial held an opening ceremony on the 20th for its Super Smart Manufacturing Park in Chonburi, Thailand. Spanning 177,600 square meters, the facility is the group's largest single production base. Having entered trial production in the third quarter of 2026, the plant will expand beyond...

 Scientists Turn a Cancer-Fueling Protein Into a Powerful New Weapon Against Tumors  - A protein that helps cancer grow could become an unlikely ally in treating it, with laboratory and mouse experiments showing that activating it in engineered immune cells curbs tumor growth. Colorectal cancer has become the leading cause of cancer-related death in people under 50, and chemotherapy and...

 AI agents are only as good as the personal information you share. That raises privacy concerns  - Matt Robb wanted to sell his computer keyboard. So he made a listing on Facebook Marketplace—and, as an experiment late last month, he put Meta's new artificial intelligence agent Muse in the driver's seat.

 Chernobyl’s Radioactive Debris Is Defying Scientists’ Expectations 40 Years Later  - Some of Chernobyl’s radioactive debris is more resilient than scientists expected, offering clues to when the material trapped inside could escape into the environment. Radioactive dust still contaminates the soil around Chernobyl four decades after explosions scattered debris from the nuclear reactor...

 Consumer apprehension grows as US retailers adopt AI-assisted pricing tools  - U.S. consumers aren't just frustrated with high prices. They're angry and confused about the increasingly high-tech ways that restaurant chains and major retailers are setting those prices.

 New method predicts iron ore behavior for lower-carbon steelmaking  - Reducing carbon dioxide emissions from steelmaking requires more efficient ways to turn iron ore into iron. While hydrogen-based technologies offer a promising path toward lower-carbon steel production, conventional blast ...

 Ukraine Claims First Drone Evacuation Of Wounded Soldier  - Ukraine armed forces claim first-ever evacuation of wounded infantryman from front lines using heavy-lift hexacopter

 Scientists Discover Exercise Changes the Body in Ways We Never Fully Understood  - Salk Institute researchers have created a molecular map of how healthy mice respond to exercise, offering clues that could help improve performance and reduce injury risk. Exercise can help the body resist disease and dysfunction and recover from illness. Studies have also linked it to more than 30 percent...

 Nanoscale tech tracks proteins inside living neurons to guide Alzheimer's and Parkinson's drug discovery  - A technology developed at The University of Queensland allowing scientists to observe how disease-related proteins behave inside living neurons will be used to advance early drug discovery for neurodegenerative diseases. ...

 [News] Intel Claims Industry’s Only High-Volume 300mm InP Silicon Photonics Capability as CPO Gains Momentum  - Intel is expanding its silicon photonics capabilities as demand for high-bandwidth optical interconnects grows across AI and high-performance computing (HPC). According to Wccftech, at the 2026 Open Compute Project (OCP) Global Summit, Intel claimed to be the only high-volume foundry capable of supp......

 Precision Timing Special Report  - Choose timing with confidence: compare crystals, oscillators, RTCs, MEMS, and atomic references for reliable designs—download the guide. The post Precision Timing Special Report appeared first on EE Times .

 New communications toolkit to help care providers prepare for cyber incidents  - Digital Care Hub has launched a series of new resources to help adult social care providers plan how they will communicate with key stakeholders in the event of a cyber incident. These include people receiving care, families, ...

 Plasmonic coating on bacterial surfaces paves the way for rapid sepsis diagnosis  - A research team led by senior researcher Minyoung Lee and principal researcher Sunggyu Park of the Advanced Bio and Healthcare Materials Research Division at the Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS), has developed ...

 Elon Musk unveils Tesla's 'flying' car  - Tesla CEO Elon Musk unveiled what he described as a "flying" car, equipped with thrusters, during a livestreamed event at his SpaceX rocket company's facility on Thursday.

 Scientists May Have Solved a Billion-Year-Old Mystery About DNA’s Evolution  - On an early Earth exposed to intense ultraviolet radiation, the evolution of DNA may have depended on an unexpected molecular advantage. Early life on Earth faced intense ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun without the protection of an ozone layer. Yet DNA came to rely on thymine, a chemical building...

 Spreading Life to Bleached Coral  - Coral bleaching is a major problem for ocean ecosystems as the ocean gets warmer. Researchers at Stanford have found a new method for regenerating bleached corals. Scientists working on coral …read more

 Switch tracks: Rewiring rolling stock for a new era  - Fast-growing markets in Asia are difficult for global rail OEMs to access. Value could shift from new builds toward servicing and renewals—while OEMs prepare for future opportunities.

 Real-time driver warning system helps prevent animal collisions  - It's 9 p.m. on a rural mountain highway when a 750-pound (340-kilogram) elk steps onto the road, its silhouette hidden from an oncoming driver by a curve in the terrain. Suddenly, a roadside sign illuminates: "Wildlife Detected ...

 Birduino Plays Bird Calls on Demand with NFC-enabled Cards  - All [Hannah Robertson]’s Birduino needs is for one to tap an NFC-enabled card to the reader, and the device plays one of the vocalizations associated with the bird shown on …read more

 Carbon calculator finds screw pile foundations emit less than concrete in two real-world projects  - An Abertay University student has helped a local sustainable engineering company better understand the carbon impact of its operations through a real-world industry research project.

 Building businesses that last  - What comes after launch? Successful founders and venture builders offer lessons in what it takes to keep growing.

 Not Getting Enough Daylight Could Be Linked to a Higher Risk of Dementia  - Researchers found that insufficient exposure to bright daytime light may be a stronger predictor of dementia than several established risk factors. Greater exposure to bright light during the day may be associated with a lower risk of developing dementia, according to research involving nearly 88,000...

 EU and U.S. Power Firms Scrutinize Supply Chains for Chinese Parts  - Concerns over grid security are driving new rules around components

 Closing the women’s health gap: Switzerland’s CHF 7 billion opportunity  - Addressing the women’s health gap in Switzerland could deliver eight additional healthy days per year for every woman and potentially contribute more than 7 billion Swiss francs in annual GDP by 2040.

 Switching languages can change a chatbot's personality test results  - Ask an AI chatbot to complete a personality questionnaire in English, then give it the Mandarin version, and its answers paint a different picture. In tests of five systems, switching languages changed how strongly the responses ...

 Scientists Discover a Powerful New Weapon Against a Dangerous Gut Infection  - The promise of an experimental treatment for C. difficile gut infections lies partly in the bacteria it leaves alive, according to early laboratory and mouse research. Broad-spectrum antibiotics can disrupt the gut’s microbial community, allowing a bacterium already living there to multiply unchecked....