New Technology

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  Volvo's shares up after record first quarter profits

  Volvo Group’s shares were up seven percent Wednesday after the Swedish truck-maker posted record first-quarter earnings, in a sign of an easing of supply chain disruptions and high costs that have plagued the auto industry.This [...]

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  Scientists uncover the amazing way sandgrouse hold water in their feathers

  Many birds’ feathers are remarkably efficient at shedding water—so much so that “like water off a duck’s back” is a common expression. Much more unusual are the belly feathers of the sandgrouse, especially Namaqua sandgrouse, [...]

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  It's all in the wrist: Energy-efficient robot hand learns how not to drop the ball

  Researchers have designed a low-cost, energy-efficient robotic hand that can grasp a range of objects—and not drop them—using just the movement of its wrist and the feeling in its “skin.”This article was originally published on [...]

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  Researchers demo new type of carbon nanotube yarn that harvests mechanical energy

  Nanotechnology researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas have made novel carbon nanotube yarns that convert mechanical movement into electricity more effectively than other material-based energy harvesters.This article was originally published on this website.

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  Researchers hunt for new solutions for Norwegian offshore wind

  “We know a great deal about windmills on land, and something about fixed-bottom wind turbines at sea, but much less about floating wind turbines,” says Geir Grasmo, Professor at the University of Agder (UiA).This article [...]

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  How choice architecture facilitates consumer uptake of mobile apps

  Researchers from Temple University, Columbia University, and Baylor University published a new Journal of Marketing article that examines the effectiveness of adopting different choices to guide digital consumer behavior and clarifies the underlying psychological mechanisms.This [...]

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  Big Tech is firing employees by the thousands. Why? And how worried should we be?

  Tech companies are always in the news, usually touting the next big thing. However, the tech news cycle recently hasn’t been dominated by the latest gadget or innovation. Instead, layoffs are in the headlines.This article [...]

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  Randomness in quantum machines helps verify their accuracy

  In quantum computers and other experimental quantum systems, information spreads around the devices and quickly becomes scrambled like dice in a game of Boggle. This scrambling process happens as the basic units of the system, [...]