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Carbon-based coatings offer a greener path to protecting steel infrastructure

Biochar Editorial Office, Shenyang Agricultural University
Meeting Announcement

The 24th Carbon Research International Forum, held on May 22, 2026, brought researchers and viewers together for an accessible discussion on a global challenge that often goes unnoticed: corrosion. The online forum, now available as a recorded video on YouTube, focused on “Carbon-based additives in organic coatings for the corrosion protection of mild steel.”

USC robot learns music by ear, opening new possibilities in medicine and therapy

University of Southern California
Peer-Reviewed Publication

USC researchers built a robotic hand that hears a melody once and plays it back after just two minutes of self-taught practice on a keyboard. They say the implications go far beyond music.

Journal: Journal of The Royal Society Interface
Funder: U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, The Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance at Stanford University

Quantum research points to future energy and computing technologies

University of California - Riverside
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists at the University of California, Riverside are making breakthroughs in understanding how quantum wave functions move across ultra-thin materials — research that could eventually improve solar energy technologies and help lay the groundwork for new forms of quantum computing.

Journal: Physical Review Letters
Funder: Development Command Army Research Office

ORNL's Cait Clarkson earns SAMPE leadership award

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

Cait Clarkson, an R&D staff scientist in Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Manufacturing Science Division, has received the Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE) Young Professional Emerging Leadership Award, which recognizes outstanding early-career leadership in materials and process engineering.

Study: Smartwatch app detects seizures with low rate of false alarms

American Academy of Neurology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In people with epilepsy, a new study has found a smartwatch application accurately detected tonic-clonic seizures, seizures with major convulsions, with a low rate of false alarms. The study was published May 27, 2026, in Neurology^® Open Access, an official journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

Journal: Neurology Open Access

AI ads are almost indistinguishable from human-made work. They just don’t perform as well

Syracuse University
Reports and Proceedings

Ads generated by artificial intelligence are nearly indistinguishable from human-made ones, but new research shows they consistently underperform compared to human-made work when it comes to predicting short-term sales impact.

Computer scientists earn technical excellence awards for outstanding work

Association for Computing Machinery
Grant and Award Announcement

ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, today announced the recipients of three prestigious technical awards. This year’s four awardees were selected by their peers for innovations to global wireless standards, machine learning, and 3D generative AI.

Javad Khazaei earns NSF CAREER Award to streamline smart grid control

Lehigh University
Grant and Award Announcement

Lehigh University's Javad Khazaei wins an NSF CAREER Award to develop data-driven machine learning models to streamline smart grid control & microgrid resilience.

Minutes instead of days: New 3D printing device and technique could speed up semiconductor research

University of Texas at Austin
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Faculty in the Cockrell School of Engineering developed a rare printer as part of a larger project to speed up production and lower costs of manufacturing semiconductors critical to modern electronics.

Journal: Nano Letters

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