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Robot Mimics Human Sense of Touch to Better Sort Through Litter
A robotic sorting system that mimics the human sense of touch to sort through litter achieved a 98.85% accuracy rate in recognizing various domestic...
‘Hello, Voyager!’ Celebrated Spacecraft Is Once Again Transmitting After Nasa Repair from 15 Billion Miles Away
Last November, one of NASA's most famous craft, Voyager 1, stopped transmitting messages to the great anxiety of those responsible for receiving them.
It wasn't...
Airport Keeps Wildlife Away From Runways with Robot Disguised as Predator
Across Alaska last year, there were 92 instances of animal strikes on the state's runways.
This year, the Alaska Dept. of Transportation is rolling out...
Shape-Shifting Fiber Produces Fabrics That Shrink or Expand in Real-Time and Fit into Existing Manufacturing
Imagine if the same forces that shrink your wool sweater when you forget what water temp to wash it at could be used at...
Good News in History, February 19
Happy 38th Birthday to perhaps the greatest competitive female soccer player in history—the Brazilian colloquially called "Marta". Marta Viera da Silva holds the record for...
Good News in History, December 2
Happy 40th Birthday to Aaron Rodgers, the sensational NFL QB best known for his consistency, accuracy, and completions in the end zone. Playing almost...
Robotic Hand with Bones, Ligaments and Tendons Created for First Time Using 3D Printing
Using new innovations in 3D printing, scientists at ETH Zurich have succeeded for the first time in printing a robotic hand with bones, ligaments,...
‘Mating Glaciers’ High up in Pakistan’s Mountains Could Yield Climate Change Gamechanger
Recently, National Public Radio investigated a peculiar practice high in the Himalayas where locals are making "glacier babies" by introducing "male" glaciers to "female"...
Massachusetts Innovators Aim to Turn Ocean Plastic into Fuel–Right Onboard the Ship
Chemical engineers are pioneering a process to equip diesel ships with the onboard capacity to turn collected plastic garbage into fuel.
The result has been...
UPDATE—World’s First Drug to Regrow Teeth Enters Clinical Trials
In June, GNN reported on the first evidence of a drug that was able to regrow adult teeth in mice, after it was discovered...
NASA May Have Just Cracked the Code for Replacing Lithium in Batteries: ‘Double or even triple the energy’
Along with routinely launching robots across the final frontier, NASA is also involved in sustainable aviation research, and this division may have cracked the...
Robot Named Sorty McSortface Uses Mechanical Claws and AI to Sort Tons of Recyclables in Minutes
Conversations about artificial intelligence took off in the media after the debut of ChatGPT this year, but AI had already been coiling its industry-changing...
AI Can Accurately Detect 20% More Breast Cancers than Traditional Screening by Radiologists
A trained radiologist assisted by artificial intelligence was able to spot 20% more breast cancers in mammogram screenings without any increase in false positives,...
World’s First ‘Tooth Regrowth’ Medicine Moves Toward Clinical Trials in Japan
A drug showing promise in animal trials could provide the world's first method to regrow human teeth, or create normal tooth development in children...
Tiny Scaled Robot Inspired by a Pangolin Can Roll About and Could Deliver Lifesaving Medications
A pangolin-inspired small robot designed to perform safe and minimally invasive medical procedures inside of the body was revealed in a study published this...
More Than 5,000 Ocean Species Entirely New to Science Discovered by English Expedition in Pacific
More than 5,000 new marine species have been discovered by an English expedition in the Pacific.
They include strange shellfish, carnivorous sponges, sea cucumbers, worms,...
New Indoor Farm in Downtown Compton Grows 4.5 Million Pounds of Affordable Greens in One Year
Capable of growing 4.5 million pounds of leafy green vegetables per year, a new indoor vertical farm is getting its ribbon cut in the...
For New Rover, NASA is Swapping Buggy Shape for a Giant Snake in Hopes it Can Explore Icy Moon of Saturn
NASA is testing an all-terrain slithering robot to explore tunnels, glaciers, and snowdrifts on Saturn's icy moon of Enceladus.
The 13-foot-long (4 meter) machine is...
Life-Saving Breakthrough for Antibiotics Uses Shapeshifting Chemistry that Won 2022 Nobel Prize
New shape-shifting antibiotics could fight deadly medically-resistant bacterial infections responsible for more than 1.2 million deaths worldwide every year, according to a new study.
The...
Microbot That Targets and Captures Damaged Cells is Real-Life Pac-Man
A tiny controllable robot acts as a real-life 'Pac-Man'—identifying and gobbling up damaged cells in living things.
Scientists say the minuscule robot, which is seven...