16+ hour, 22+ min ago   (487+ words) A few atoms of aluminum oxide could solve a key trade-off holding back next-generation 2D semiconductor technology. Taiwanese researchers have developed a new atomically thin “primer coat” for molybdenum disulfide (MoS₂) that lets you put an extremely thin gate insulator on top…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (530+ words) The debate over agentic mathematics has reached beyond mathematical proofs. A group of the world’s most decorated mathematicians is warning that the race to make AI solve difficult mathematics could damage the field it aims to advance. Twenty-five Fields Medalists…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (486+ words) OpenAI’s massive Navier–Stokes search involved 2.7 million messages and roughly 130 billion output tokens. OpenAI says one of its internal systems has found a finite-time singularity in the three-dimensional Navier–Stokes equations, potentially resolving one of mathematics’ seven Millennium Prize Problems....

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (523+ words) Davyne’s near-infrared response can be switched on and off, allowing security markings to appear for inspection and then become invisible again. Researchers in Finland have created a mineral-based material that hides security markings from view but reveals them under infrared…...

1+ week, 16+ hour ago   (494+ words) What if the material inside a wearable could carry electricity and ions at the same time? The next generation of wearable sensors may not be limited by electronics themselves, but by the materials carrying the current. Scientists need conductors that…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (101+ words) Interesting Engineering Almost every machine that needs to stay balanced relies on sensors, computations, and corrections thousands of times a second. Feedback control is so entrenched in modern engineering practices that stability and sensing have become nearly synonymous. Long before…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (326+ words) Canadian startup Sami Robotics is taking its multi-arm harvesting platform, SAMI, from broccoli to romaine lettuce, a crop still cut almost entirely by hand. 18 robotic arms, moving at once, cutting romaine lettuce with nobody in the field. This is SAMI,…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (507+ words) What if a 3D-printed object could reshape itself when its environment changed? Imagine printing an object that does not remain exactly as it came out of the printer. Expose it to heat, water, light, or another trigger, and it could…...

2+ week, 16+ hour ago   (907+ words) Extreme heat does more than make a machine uncomfortable. It can soften metals, damage electronic circuits, break down lubricants, and cause vital components to crack. The challenge is growing as data centers become more powerful and aircraft engines run hotter....

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (352+ words) Bean-Bot has no movement controls; its curved and flat sides interact with surfaces to roll, climb and flip itself over. Researchers have developed an unusual robot inspired by the unpredictable movements of Mexican jumping beans. Called BeanBot, the device moves…...