Young Leader Driving Innovation in Automotive Manufacturing
Alanna Vanden Kroonenberg, section manager at TRQSS, has been recognized among Manufacturing Automation’s Top 10 Under 40 for 2024, a…
Reinforcement Learning Drives Magnetic Soft Robot Control
Magnetic soft robots (MSRs) have emerged as a promising class of devices in biomedical and precision engineering due to their…
Zinc Phthalocyanine Films Achieve Ultra-Sensitive THC Vapor Detection
Organic thin-film transistors (OTFTs) based on zinc phthalocyanine (ZnPc) have demonstrated remarkable sensitivity to tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) vapor, reaching part-per-billion detection…
Soft Robotics Sculpture Mimics the Rhythm of Breath
In a fusion of art, engineering, and speculative design, MIT student Mateo Fernandez has developed an inflatable anthropomorphic sculpture that…
Nano-Clay Boosts Strength in Lightweight Resin Composites
An international research collaboration led by Dr. Umar Abdul Hanan of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia has unveiled a method to significantly…
ELVIS: Multi-Modal Microscopy for Autonomous Life Detection
Microscopy remains one of the most direct tools for detecting microbial life, capable of revealing morphology, motility, and fluorescence signatures…
Uganda Turns Banana Waste Into High-Value Materials
Uganda, ranking second only to India in global banana production and consumption, generates about 10 million metric tons of bananas…
Non-Invasive Damage Detection for Soft Robotic Grippers
Damage detection in soft robotics presents a persistent challenge, particularly in industrial applications where repetitive tasks can turn minor cuts…
Surface-Engineered GaN Nanowires Boost CO? Hydrogenation
Vertically aligned gallium nitride (GaN) nanowires were synthesized on 4-inch silicon (111) wafers using molecular beam epitaxy under nitrogen-rich conditions,…