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Researchers are developing a coating for fabric that will not only block dangerous chemicals from the skin, but deactivate them entirely. This technology could benefit soldiers, farmers, and people who are in contact with toxic substances at work.

Your eyes blink roughly 14 to 20 times a minute, and every one of those movements is wasted energy. Engineers at Northwestern University have found a way to put that motion energy to work, powering a pair of battery-free health-sensing glasses.

For the first time, scientists find that the male brain is wired to motivate men to drink when they're lonely, while the opposite appears true when it comes to women. It highlights how sex-specific neural pathways inform our behaviors.

Engineers have built a drone that vanishes without camouflage or transparent panels. Its trick is spinning so fast that your eyes simply give up trying to focus, a stealth edge that could turn surveillance into something almost invisible.

Batteries are typically the first thing that comes to mind as energy storage. Researchers have now demonstrated a strange yellow liquid energy storage system that “charges” by turning into a black goo and discharges to drive chemical reactions.

A new 3D camera inspired by jumping spiders' eyes may well be found in the next generation of battery-operated wearable tech, assistive devices, robots and drones. The technology utilizes “less energy than a nightlight.”

In a new MIT study – in partnership with Purdue, Northwestern, and Duke universities – chemists have discovered that inserting weaker bonds into polystyrene actually makes the material more resistant to damage.

People often talk about catching lightning in a bottle, but what comes next when you actually do it? Well, scientists have not only achieved this feat but are using it to create something just as remarkable: clean fuel.

It took nature millions of years to create intelligent, adaptive species. Researchers at Northwestern University are using AI to evolve robots in minutes. The result is a robot that is agile, highly adaptive, and technically indestructible.

Engineers at Northwestern University have developed a device that goes on your fingertip to feel the sensation of interacting with textured surfaces on a touchscreen. It could be a major step forward in how we interact with personal tech.

Wouldn't it be cool to 'feel' a textured object, or perceive the sensation of running your hand over rich fabric in VR? That's what researchers at Northwestern University are hoping to achieve with their new wearable.

This strange white paste might not look like much, but it could not only solve the sand shortage, but make the cement manufacturing process absorb carbon dioxide instead of emitting it. Scientists grew this stuff out of seawater, electricity and CO2.