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universe’s infancy
Space

Clearest images yet of the 380,000-year-old universe

Amit Malewar

Baby pictures of the universe.

black plastic recycling
Science

Researchers use sunlight to recycle black plastic

Jay Kakade

Due to black filler materials, black plastics have posed a serious challenge in ineffective sorting. Black plastic early has a 0% recycling rate, which...

Artificial Intelligence
AI & Machine Learning

New algorithm compresses LLM’s reams of data to increase privacy

Jay Kakade

Since the inception of the Large Language Models (LLMs), there has been an increasing load of automating tasks like translation, text classification, and customer...

Plane with covert feather wings
Technology

Bird-inspired rows of flaps can improve flight performance

Jay Kakade

Inspired by bird feathers called covert feathers, researchers at the University of Princeton have found that rows of flaps can enhance flight during maneuvers...

Researchers Reza Moini and Shashank Gupta create stronger and more durable building materials.
Technology

Engineers develop tougher concrete inspired by human bone

Amit Malewar

Human bone-inspired hollow concrete is 5.6 times more stronger

satellite
Technology

New technique makes low-orbit satellites high capacity

Ashwini Sakharkar

It enables these satellites’ antennas to manage signals for multiple users at once.

A microscopic image of two roundworms
Science

Nematode worms learn to avoid dangerous bacteria

PLOS

A bacterial molecule triggers the avoidance behavior, which persists for four generations.

The robot's segments can flatten and extend into cylinders.
Robotics

Soft Robotapillar crawls with ease through loops and bends

Ashwini Sakharkar

The soft robot bends and twists through mazes with ease.

a tiny optical device that makes holographic images larger and clearer
Technology

Holographic displays: Pioneering an immersive future

Amit Malewar

Setting the stage for a new era of immersive displays.

data visualization of quantum states
Physics

Physicists discover a novel quantum state in an elemental solid

Amit Malewar

This finding was completely unexpected.

Nanotechnology applications
Quantum Physics

An abrupt change in quantum behavior defies current theories of superconductivity

Amit Malewar

Surprising quantum phenomena.

quantum mechanically “entangled
Physics

Entangling individual molecules for the first time

Amit Malewar

A new platform for quantum science.

In this container, the researchers tested how robust and how reproducible the radio fingerprint is.
Technology

Using radio waves to remotely monitor nuclear weapons stockpiles

Ashwini Sakharkar

Researchers proposed a new method for monitoring nuclear disarmament treaties.

two solar technologies
Invention

Linking two solar technologies to improve both efficiency and stability

Amit Malewar

Win-win for efficiency and stability.

Scanning tunneling microscopy
Quantum Physics

The microscopic phases of magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene were observed for the first time

Pranjal Malewar

New study captures behavior of interacting electrons that give rise to insulating states.

Image showing water splash
Environment

Drops of seawater contain traces of an ancient world

Vidya Nagalwade

Seawater's chemical composition is linked to volcanic activity and climate change.

Image showing Machine learning
AI & Machine Learning

Incorporating human error into machine learning

Pranjal Malewar

How sure is sure?

Image showing t-cells of the immune system attacking growing cancer cells.
Biology

Viruses can chill or kill

Vidya Nagalwade

How eavesdropping viruses battle it out to infect us?

Image showing sugar glider.
Science

A tiny marsupial is redefining the origins of flying mammals

Vidya Nagalwade

Flying squirrels, sugar gliders & bats form their wing flaps with similar genetics.

The cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation
Space

New Universe’s cosmic expansion map confirms Einstein’s theory of gravity

Amit Malewar

For millennia, humans have been fascinated by the mysteries of the cosmos.

Image showing Aquifer thermal energy storage
Environment

Underground Water Could be the Solution to Green Heating and Cooling

Vidya Nagalwade

Seasonal energy storage improves climate change flexibility.

Using the dark matter distribution to test our cosmological model
Space

Research team measured a value for the ‘clumpiness’ of the universe’s dark matter

Amit Malewar

Using the dark matter distribution to test our cosmological model.

Natural loofah sponge.
Invention

Loofah-inspired hydrogel uses sunlight to purify contaminated water

Ashwini Sakharkar

It could potentially purify enough water to satisfy someone's daily needs, even when it's cloudy.

diamond with near-surface nitrogen-vacancy centers
Quantum Technology

Changing magnetic noise’s shapes in space and time are revealed via a new approach

Amit Malewar

It’s a fundamentally new technique.

quantum dots, seen through an electron microscope
Quantum Physics

Chemists created quantum dots at room temp using lab-designed protein

Amit Malewar

Scientists are making novel proteins that never arose in life, doing things that don’t exist in life.

hydrogen economy
Invention

New catalysts could be key for the hydrogen economy

Pranjal Malewar

Inexpensive catalyst uses energy from light to turn ammonia into hydrogen fuel.

Quantum fluctuations
Science

Exotic quantum state discovered at room temperature

Amit Malewar

The finding opens up a new range of possibilities for the development of efficient quantum technologies.

bacterial colonies grow in rough shapes
Science

A new way to understand bacteria

Pranjal Malewar

This knowledge could be critical for advancing medical and environmental research.

Image showing ice cubes
AI & Machine Learning

How does water turn into ice? Scientists simulated the initial steps of ice formation

Amit Malewar

The resulting simulation describes how water molecules transition into solid ice with quantum accuracy.

radiation residue from the Big Bang
Space

Scientists revealed the distribution of dark matter around galaxies 12 billion years ago

Amit Malewar

Further back in time than ever before.

Recent Stories

Mystery solved: Why foams are leakier than expected

Chemistry

Multilayered materials that work together, like nacre

Invention

Biodegradable fungi allow trash bags to decompose the organic waste

Invention

Scientists crack the mystery of the “orange fur” in cats

Wildlife

Research reveals how Sculpins use microscopic features to stay put

Wildlife