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Soft robotic gloves that let stroke survivors practice hand therapy from home
Lebanese American University engineers 3D-printed a 159-gram robotic rehab glove that mirrors therapist hand gestures with 99.44% accuracy.
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AI just outperformed human doctors in a medical diagnostic challenge.
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Antibody medicines redesigned at once for stronger disease fighting and fewer side effects
Bioengineers in Wuhan used artificial intelligence to upgrade three clinical antibodies, boosting target binding strength up to 13.4 times.
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Advanced lung tumors shrunk enough for doctors to remove them completely with surgery
Doctors in 11 countries treated 142 lung cancer patients before surgery, clearing 96.2% of operated tumors completely.
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What if the ocean could help solve the world's freshwater crisis?
Solar-powered desalination is turning seawater into usable freshwater using energy from the sun.
The global market is projected to grow 9.2% annually, while some research suggests system costs could fall 20 to 50% by 2030.
Cheaper freshwater could mean new opportunities for agriculture, growing cities, and communities facing water scarcity.
We're finding smarter ways to turn abundant natural resources into solutions for humanity.
The future of water could look very different.
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From turning sunlight into fresh water, pulling water from the air to storing renewable energy for hours and developing cars that fly, these four innovations are pushing the boundaries of what technology can do. Discover how today’s breakthroughs could help solve real-world challenges and reshape the future.
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Brain implants that read movements of the whole body from one tiny spot
Caltech scientists read movement signals for 12 body parts in two paralyzed men using sensors in the brain's hand area.
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Crops that switch on helpful soil microbes only around their own roots
Stanford and Delaware scientists engineered mustard, tomato and poplar roots that boosted helpful soil bacteria activity 3,100 times.
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Lightweight carbon-based solar cells that rival rigid silicon panels in power
Chemists in China and Sweden built paper-thin solar films that turn 20.65% of sunlight into electricity, tripling their lifespan.
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A protein released by exercised bone slows whole-body aging and extends life
Scientists in China gently pressed the shinbones of older mice twice a week, extending their remaining lifespan by 9.4%.
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Cancer-fighting immune cells built straight inside the living body
Biotech scientists gave mice one injection that turned 15% of their immune cells into cancer fighters without lab manufacturing.
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Governments & Court Are Starting to Take Action Against “Smart” Glasses
Governments and courts around the world are considering regulations and new rules for smart glasses as public concern grows about being recorded without their consent.
Lawmakers in the European Union, Norway, and South Korea have begun to study the issue, with Norway calling for a temporary ban at parks, beaches, and museums.
Meanwhile, New York's Unified Court System recently banned smart glasses from all its court facilities.
Several other courts in the United States have followed suit.
Reading our Ice Age ancestors' family story from the dirt of their caves
From 22,000-year-old Spanish cave dirt, Vienna-led scientists pulled more than 294,000 pieces of human DNA without a single bone.
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A group of Democratic lawmakers has reintroduced legislation that would restrict federal use of facial recognition and other biometric technologies.
The legislation would prohibit a federal agency or federal official acting in an official capacity to “acquire, possess, access, or use” a biometric surveillance system in the U.S
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On September 30, the Senate Homeland Security Committee held a hearing titled “Rogue AI: Securing the Homeland Against AI Agent Attacks”.
The hearing comes after a summer of dozens of reported “rogue AI” incidents where AI agents developed by Meta, Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic attempted to hack websites and break out of their testing environments.
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Learning hard skills faster by putting your whole body into the lesson
U.S. scientists found that of 160 volunteers, those who swung a virtual lightsaber or punched learned tricky patterns better.
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A visitor from another star carries ice that tells us about the world it came from
NASA-led astronomers found 13 times more heavy hydrogen in interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS than in a local comet, signaling extreme cold.
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Clean power stored in batteries made from a molecule found in plants, animals and people
Chemists at Zhengzhou University built a water-based battery that kept 98% of its storage capacity over 2,200 charge cycles.
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Factories with invisible pipes that carry water, powder and sparks through open air
Helsinki-led engineers steered water, powder, gas and even sparks midair using 256 tiny sound emitters.
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A world running on clean hydrogen made from water and plentiful metals
A robot lab tried about 1,200 recipes in four months, finding common-metal mixes as good as platinum in lab tests.
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