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This “robot bird” flies at 45 mph through forests—With no GPS or light

Unlike birds, which navigate unknown environments with remarkable speed and agility, drones typically rely on external guidance or pre-mapped routes.…

9 months ago

Astronomers observe largest ever sample of galaxies up to over 12 billion light years away

The largest sample of galaxy groups ever detected has been presented by a team of international astronomers using data from…

10 months ago

Computing: Shedding light on shadow branches

What happens when trailblazing engineers and industry professionals team up? The answer may transform the future of computing efficiency for…

10 months ago

Discovery of dopamine receptors in a previously overlooked part of the brain sheds light on the complex circuitry for anxiety and depression

Mount Sinai researchers have discovered distinct roles for two dopamine receptors located on nerve cells within the portion of the…

10 months ago

Juno Mission Sheds Light on Jupiter’s Storms and Volcanic Activity on Io

NASA's Juno mission has discovered a world of cyclones at Jupiter's north Jovian pole, a region of cooler stratospheric haze.…

11 months ago

Light fields with extraordinary structure: Plasmonic skyrmion bags

A research group at the University of Stuttgart has manipulated light through its interaction with a metal surface so that…

11 months ago

Rise and shine: Natural light lessens morning fatigue

Sleep is a necessary part of people's daily routine, but modern lifestyles and technology have ushered in an era of…

11 months ago

Metasurfaces: Bilayer device can control many forms of polarized light

Almost a decade ago, Harvard engineers unveiled the world's first visible-spectrum metasurfaces -- ultra-thin, flat devices patterned with nanoscale structures…

12 months ago

Scientists use light to unlock secret of atoms

A team of researchers from the University of Ottawa has made significant strides in understanding the ionization of atoms and…

12 months ago

Strong as steel, light as foam: High-performance, nano-architected materials

Researchers at the University of Toronto's Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering have used machine learning to design nano-architected materials…

1 year ago