It's difficult to build devices that replicate the fluid, precise motion of humans, but that might change if we could pull a few (literal) strings. At least, that's the idea behind "cable-driven" ...

Haiti has endured the devastation of two catastrophic earthquakes—first in 2010 and again in 2021. Each disaster left behind ...

Much of our waste is far too valuable to simply be incinerated. If it is recycled in a carefully controlled way, not only can thermal energy be generated, but the resulting gas can also be used to ...

Hundreds of Hollywood stars including Ben Stiller, Cate Blanchett and Cynthia Erivo have urged Donald Trump's White House to protect film, TV and music copyrights against big tech and artificial ...

A collaborative team of researchers from Imperial College London and Queen Mary University of London has achieved a ...

A research team from the Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER) has successfully developed a new solid adsorbent capable of directly capturing CO₂ from the atmosphere and recovering it at an ...

Distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) systems represent cutting-edge technology in infrastructure monitoring, capable of detecting minute vibrations along fiber optic cables spanning tens of kilometers.

People say they prefer a short story written by a human over one composed by artificial intelligence, yet most still invest ...

Prototyping large structures with integrated electronics, like a chair that can monitor someone's sitting posture, is typically a laborious and wasteful process.

Wind power, a key source of renewable energy, relies on large turbines to generate electricity. When designing and ...

There's a major difference between humans and current artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities: common sense. According to a new paper by Walid Saad, professor in the College of Engineering and the ...

German industrial giant Siemens said Tuesday it planned to cut over 6,000 jobs worldwide due to weak demand and increasing competition in China and in its home market.