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Aircraft landing and take off in harsh conditions
Policy & business

Advanced Navigation acquires Vai Photonics

Rice University graduate student Catherine Arndt helped create the solid-state 'metalens' that transforms long-wave UV into focused 'vacuum UV' radiation
Electronics

Rice ‘metalens’ could disrupt vacuum UV market

Medical & healthcare

AI-assisted digital twin could predict spinal column fractures in cancer patients

Experimental setup of dual-membrane-structured PSA RFB
Batteries

Dual-membrane battery has potential to unlock long-term energy storage from renewables

A handheld device being developed at Stevens Institute of Technology can scan skin and detect different types of skin cancer, such as carcinoma (left), squamous cell carcinoma (middle), and actinic keratosis (right)
Medical & healthcare

Handheld millimetre-wave diagnostic device could cut biopsies

Automotive

Report sets out legal framework for micromobility vehicles

Aerospace

Rocket Lab completes mid-air capture in 26th Electron mission

The robot chef tasted nine different variations of scrambled eggs and tomatoes at three different stages of the chewing process, and produced ‘taste maps’ of the different dishes
Robotics & UAVs

Robot chef trained to develop a taste for seasoning

Medical & healthcare

Smartphone-powered microchip for at-home diagnosis

Rice University engineers have designed a catalyst of ruthenium atoms in a copper mesh to extract ammonia and fertiliser from wastewater
Energy & environment

Catalyst removes ammonia from industrial wastewater

Policy & business

Industry takes leading role in charge to Net Zero target

Vivian Shen, a PhD student in Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute, uses a virtual reality headset equipped with a phased array of ultrasound transducers to simulate the feeling of drinking on her lips
Software

Ultrasound system to create mouth-based VR effects