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World’s first mushroom-powered waterless toilet appears in botanical garden
The MycoToilet, a mushroom-powered waterless toilet opens at UBC Sept. 26. Credit: Joseph Dahmen
UBC researchers have launched the world's…
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Compact camera uses 25 color channels for high-speed, high-definition hyperspectral video
Instead of a filter that divides light into three color channels, University of Utah engineers have developed a diffractive element that divides it into 25. Credit:…
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Atomic neighborhoods in semiconductors provide new avenue for designing microelectronics
An illustration of the semiconductor material investigated for this study, which is composed of germanium with small amounts of silicon and tin. The germanium atoms…
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3D printed parts now match digital designs more closely with new modeling technique
Credit: Materials & Design (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2025.114700
People are increasingly turning to software to design complex…
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Micro-LEDs aim to overcome size and brightness challenges
VR/AR displays. a) Structure of VR displays. b) Structure of AR displays with waveguides. Credit: Light: Science & Applications (2025). DOI:…
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Toyota opens high-tech village in Japan to road test the future
An autonomous robot guides shared cars inside Toyota's new "Woven City", a high-tech village opened to test autonomous driving and other futuristic developments.…
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Biomolecular computing shows potential for next-generation integrated circuits
Credit: Materials Today Nano (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.mtnano.2025.100681
A new study has uncovered the remarkable potential of biomolecular…
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AI-generated voices now indistinguishable from real human voices
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain
Many people still think of AI-generated speech as sounding "fake" or unconvincing and easily told apart…
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Battery made from natural materials could replace conventional lithium-ion batteries
(A) Structural design of polypeptides carrying redox-active pendant groups. (B) Riboflavin was selected as a potential electroactive alternative to viologen to…
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Microsoft is turning to the field of microfluidics to cool down AI chips
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain
One of the major reasons why AI data centers are sucking up so much power is the need to cool…
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