Machine embroidery encodes skin-like tension lines in textiles, enabling mass-customizable wearables
A zigzag stitch enables fabric to stretch until the thread is straight. University of Tartu researchers report in Advanced Materials...
From “flying cars” to robots and self-driving buses, here are some of the innovations spotted at this week’s Munich auto...
Cryopreservation, or preserving biological tissue by cooling it to subzero temperatures, may bring to mind works of science fiction. Yet,...
Researchers at National Taiwan University developed a new device that captures energy from vibrations more efficiently. Its self-adjusting mechanism enables...
Researchers from the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) in Genoa (Italy) and Brown University in Providence (U.S.) have discovered that...
In “The Singularity is Nearer: When We Merge with AI,” the futurist Ray Kurzweil imagines the point in 2045 when...
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to...
A new study uses advanced imaging technology to identify materials in municipal solid waste that can be separated for recycling...
Students at ETH Zurich have developed a laser powder bed fusion machine that follows a circular tool path to print...
Researchers at Skoltech have presented new generalized LDPC codes (Generalized Low-Density Parity-Check Codes, GLDPC)—a practical solution that operates faster than...
Soft tissue deformation during body movement has long posed a challenge to achieving optimal garment fit and comfort, particularly in...
The inconvenience of separating plastics for recycling may soon be a thing of the past. A team of Korean researchers...
