A study participant places one of the night vision lenses in his eye. (Photo credit: Yuqian Ma, Yunyo Chen, Hang Zhao) Scientists have developed night vision contact lenses that they claim can give people 'super vision'. These lenses, which use…
An Amazon Vulcan robot picks items from storage pallets. (Image courtesy of Amazon) Amazon has unveiled a new haptic robot that can pick up and place about three-quarters of the items in its warehouses. According to the e-commerce giant, the…
JWST has detected water ice in the vicinity of a distant star, giving scientists the opportunity to study how this essential element for life is delivered to young planets outside our solar system. (Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, Ralf Crawford…
The battery behaves like a water-filled balloon, maintaining its shape and holding a significant amount of material while remaining flexible. (Photo credit: Thor Balkhed) Researchers say they have developed a battery that can stretch and bend without losing power, a…
Recent archaeological excavations on Hatteras Island may have just provided “irrefutable evidence” that sheds light on the fate of the Roanoke settlers and may possibly solve the mystery of the “lost colony.” Wikimedia CommonsIllustration of the discovery of the inscription…
Exascale computing represents the latest milestone in the evolution of modern supercomputers—powerful machines capable of performing calculations at speeds currently unachievable using any other technology. Exascale supercomputers are machines that operate at the exaflop level. The “exa” prefix stands for…