Tech & Engineering
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Johns Hopkins scientists engineer nanoparticles able to seek and destroy diseased immune cells
Johns Hopkins MedicinePeer-Reviewed Publication
- Journal
- Science Advances
AI assistants can sway writers’ attitudes, even when they’re watching for bias
Cornell UniversityPeer-Reviewed Publication
Artificial intelligence-powered writing tools such as autocomplete suggestions can definitely change the way people express themselves, but can they also change how they think? Cornell Tech researchers think so.
- Journal
- Science Advances
New study explores why consumers stick with the familiar or try something new
Illinois Institute of Technology- Journal
- Experimental Economics
Novel phase-change thermal diode boosts passive energy savings in buildings
Higher Education PressLooking for smarter ways to cut building energy use? A new phase-change thermal diode, developed by Chinese researchers, brings passive energy savings to dynamic building envelopes. With optimized hydrophobic surfaces and vacuum settings, it boosts unidirectional heat transfer, slashing cooling energy consumption by 11.83%–21.36% across China’s climate zones. Simple to manufacture and highly adaptable, this innovation bridges materials and building science—worth exploring for greener buildings!
- Journal
- Engineering
New framework for robust power system dispatch amid renewable energy uncertainties
Higher Education PressDiscover how researchers are tackling the challenges of integrating renewable energy into power grids. A new study in Engineering presents a groundbreaking framework to manage uncertainties in power systems, making renewable energy more reliable and efficient. Learn how this could transform our approach to sustainable electricity.
- Journal
- Engineering
A dynamic twist of light’s ‘handedness’
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied SciencesPeer-Reviewed Publication
Harvard engineers have built a chip-scale, twisted bilayer photonic crystal whose twist angle and spacing can be dynamically adjusted with a MEMS actuator to tune the chirality of light.
- Journal
- Optica