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Battery made from water and clay could be used on Mars

New Scientist Feed - Thu, 10/24/2024 - 10:55am
A new battery design that uses only water, clay and graphene could source material on Mars and be more sustainable and accessible than traditional batteries
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From accessibility upgrades to a custom cat-food bowl, this mobile 3D printer can autonomously add features to a room

Matter and energy from Science Daily Feed - Thu, 10/24/2024 - 10:21am
Researchers created MobiPrint, a mobile 3D printer that can automatically measure a room and print objects onto the floor. The team's graphic interface lets users design objects in a space that the robot has mapped out. The prototype, which the team built on a modified consumer vacuum robot, can add a range of objects to rooms.
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From accessibility upgrades to a custom cat-food bowl, this mobile 3D printer can autonomously add features to a room

Computers and Math from Science Daily Feed - Thu, 10/24/2024 - 10:21am
Researchers created MobiPrint, a mobile 3D printer that can automatically measure a room and print objects onto the floor. The team's graphic interface lets users design objects in a space that the robot has mapped out. The prototype, which the team built on a modified consumer vacuum robot, can add a range of objects to rooms.
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Fire-risk blocking self-powered hydrogen production system

Matter and energy from Science Daily Feed - Thu, 10/24/2024 - 10:20am
By using a water-splitting system with an aqueous electrolyte, this system is expected to block fire risks and enable stable hydrogen production.
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Scientists develop grain-sized soft robots controlled by magnetic fields for targeted drug delivery

Matter and energy from Science Daily Feed - Thu, 10/24/2024 - 10:19am
A team of scientists has developed grain-sized soft robots that can be controlled using magnetic fields for targeted drug delivery, paving the way to possible improved therapies in future.
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Scientists develop grain-sized soft robots controlled by magnetic fields for targeted drug delivery

Computers and Math from Science Daily Feed - Thu, 10/24/2024 - 10:19am
A team of scientists has developed grain-sized soft robots that can be controlled using magnetic fields for targeted drug delivery, paving the way to possible improved therapies in future.
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Non-electric touchpad takes sensor technology to extreme conditions

Matter and energy from Science Daily Feed - Thu, 10/24/2024 - 10:19am
Researchers have developed the world's first soft touchpad that can sense the force, area and location of contact without electricity. The device utilizes pneumatic channels, enabling its use in environments such as MRI machines and other conditions that are unsuitable for electronic devices. Soft devices like soft robots and rehabilitation aids could also benefit from this new technology.
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Non-electric touchpad takes sensor technology to extreme conditions

Computers and Math from Science Daily Feed - Thu, 10/24/2024 - 10:19am
Researchers have developed the world's first soft touchpad that can sense the force, area and location of contact without electricity. The device utilizes pneumatic channels, enabling its use in environments such as MRI machines and other conditions that are unsuitable for electronic devices. Soft devices like soft robots and rehabilitation aids could also benefit from this new technology.
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Quantum experiments and high-performance computing: New methods enable complex calculations to be completed extremely quickly

Computers and Math from Science Daily Feed - Thu, 10/24/2024 - 10:19am
Scientists have used high-performance computing at large scales to analyze a quantum photonics experiment. In specific terms, this involved the tomographic reconstruction of experimental data from a quantum detector.
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Quantum experiments and high-performance computing: New methods enable complex calculations to be completed extremely quickly

Matter and energy from Science Daily Feed - Thu, 10/24/2024 - 10:19am
Scientists have used high-performance computing at large scales to analyze a quantum photonics experiment. In specific terms, this involved the tomographic reconstruction of experimental data from a quantum detector.
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New AI tool predicts protein-protein interaction mutations in hundreds of diseases

Computers and Math from Science Daily Feed - Thu, 10/24/2024 - 10:18am
Scientists have designed a publicly-available software and web database to break down barriers to identifying key protein-protein interactions to treat with medication. The computational tool is called PIONEER (Protein-protein InteractiOn iNtErfacE pRediction). Researchers demonstrated PIONEER's utility by identifying potential drug targets for dozens of cancers and other complex diseases.
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New method of flexing on electronics

Matter and energy from Science Daily Feed - Thu, 10/24/2024 - 10:17am
If a phone or other electronic device was made of soft materials, how would that change its use? Would it be more durable? If hospital health monitoring equipment was made of less rigid components, would it make it easier for patients to wear? While electronics of that type may still be far in the future, researchers have developed an innovative method for constructing the soft electronic components that make them up.
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New method of flexing on electronics

Computers and Math from Science Daily Feed - Thu, 10/24/2024 - 10:17am
If a phone or other electronic device was made of soft materials, how would that change its use? Would it be more durable? If hospital health monitoring equipment was made of less rigid components, would it make it easier for patients to wear? While electronics of that type may still be far in the future, researchers have developed an innovative method for constructing the soft electronic components that make them up.
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Key to low-cost, long-lasting renewable batteries for electric vehicles

Matter and energy from Science Daily Feed - Thu, 10/24/2024 - 10:17am
Lithium-sulfur batteries have never lived up to their potential as the next generation of renewable batteries for electric vehicles and other devices. But mechanical engineers have now found a way to make these Li-S batteries last longer -- with higher energy levels -- than existing renewable batteries.
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Successful experiment paves the way for new element

Matter and energy from Science Daily Feed - Thu, 10/24/2024 - 10:17am
Scientists have found an alternative way to produce atoms of the superheavy element livermorium. The new method opens up the possibility of creating another element that could be the heaviest in the world so far: number 120.
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No significant PFAS emissions caused by waste incineration, study finds

Matter and energy from Science Daily Feed - Thu, 10/24/2024 - 10:14am
Fluoropolymers have become an integral part of modern society, both in industrial and consumer applications. When these high-performance materials reach the end of their useful life, they can end up in both industrial and household waste. Researchers analyzed the contribution of waste incineration of fluoropolymers to the release of low-molecular, non-polymeric fluorinated compounds. Their experiments showed nearly complete destruction of fluoropolymers in combustion at the temperatures and residence times typical of European incinerators.
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AI-generated news is harder to understand, study finds

Computers and Math from Science Daily Feed - Thu, 10/24/2024 - 10:14am
Readers find automated news articles poorer than manually-written texts in relation to word choice and use of numbers.
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Researchers improve speed and accuracy of 3D surface measurements

Matter and energy from Science Daily Feed - Thu, 10/24/2024 - 10:13am
Researchers have developed a faster and more accurate method for acquiring and reconstructing high-quality 3D surface measurements. The approach could greatly improve the speed and accuracy of surface measurements used for industrial inspection, medical applications, robotic vision and more.
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AI in medicine: New approach for more efficient diagnostics

Computers and Math from Science Daily Feed - Thu, 10/24/2024 - 10:08am
Researchers have developed a new AI tool that uses imaging data to also detect less frequent diseases of the gastrointestinal tract.
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Young people's moods directly affected by social media 'likes'

Computers and Math from Science Daily Feed - Thu, 10/24/2024 - 10:08am
Young people today are growing up in a social media-saturated world where technology plays a central role in shaping most of their experiences. And the rapid rise of social media use has consequently created parental and societal fears about young people's social and psychological well-being. Now, a team of researchers has used real social media data to show that young people may indeed be more sensitive to social media feedback (likes) than adults, and that this directly impacts their engagement and their mood.
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