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RIKEN Center scientists in Japan developed a plant-based plastic from cellulose that is as strong as conventional plastic but fully degrades in seawater in hours without microplastics. Led by Professor Takuzo Aida, the material is tunable from rigid to stretchable (130% elasticity) using safe, FDA-approved ingredients.
Harbin, China will open the world’s largest ice and snow theme park on December 17. The Harbin Ice-Snow World covers 1.2 million square meters, uses 400,000 cubic meters of ice, and features smart lighting, AI, and a full schedule of winter sports and events.
Independent developer Grolaf claims to have created the first fully AI-generated game, Codex Mortis, using ChatGPT for art and Claude Code for programming. The “vibe-coded” project has ignited a firestorm on Steam, with players decrying it as “AI slop” amid a broader debate on automation in game dev.
Spanish and UK researchers have developed a “dual-channel” system to control protein levels with surgical precision in living animals for the first time. The breakthrough, from the Centre for Genomic Regulation and University of Cambridge, allows lifelong, tissue-specific adjustment, unlocking new studies on the systemic biology of ageing and disease.
A U.S. research team from Stanford, Carnegie Mellon, MIT, and UPenn has built the first high-performance monolithic 3D chip in a domestic foundry. The design stacks memory and compute, achieving order-of-magnitude speed gains and a realistic path to 100-1000x improvements in energy efficiency, crucial for next-generation AI hardware.
University of Hong Kong scientists led by Dr. Zhang Shiming have engineered a 3D hydrogel semiconductor that is 99% water. This “second skin” material could solve the critical immune rejection issue hampering long-term brain-computer interfaces like Neuralink’s, enabling safer integration with living tissue.
Chinese scientists at the Laoshan Laboratory in Shandong province have launched a first-of-its-kind facility that produces fresh water for a
UC Santa Barbara researchers have invented a revolutionary “optotactile” display where on-screen graphics aren’t just seen—they’re physically felt. Using arrays
Credit: Ultra Maritime Ultra Maritime announced Sea Tracker, a modular containerized submarine detection system delivering frigate-grade anti-submarine warfare (ASW) performance in a
Credit: UMaine Advanced 3D printing and digital engineering at the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC) are
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