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Caption:In real-world tests, researchers utilized HuGE to train robotic arms to pick and place objects and to draw the letter “U." They crowdsourced data from 109 nonexpert users in 13 different countries spanning three continents. Credits:Credit: Courtesy of the researchers
Using a new method of crowdsourced feedback to help train robots could also lead to autonomous learning
Pairing this floating sponge with an oxidizing agent could help destroy harmful algal blooms. Adapted from ACS ES&T Water 2023, DOI: 10.1021/acsestwater.3c00202
Removing harmful algal blooms with a floating sponge
Discovery images from the ATLAS survey, with 2022 SF289 visible in the red boxes.ATLAS/University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy/NASA
A new hazardous asteroid-finding algorithm previews the coming era of data-intensive astronomy
A team led by researchers at the University of Washington has created an app — FeverPhone — that transforms smartphones into thermometers without adding new hardware. To take someone’s temperature, the screen of a smartphone is held to a patient’s forehead. Shown here is lead author Joseph Breda (left), a UW doctoral student in the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering, measuring Richard Li’s temperature.Dennis Wise/University of Washington
Transforming smartphones into thermometers without adding ANY new hardware
Dr. Yanfa Yan, professor of physics, with his perovskite solar cells which are able to increase the total electrical power generated by using two parts of the sun's spectrum
Perovskite solar cells have their durability issue finally solved
Algorithms are as good as trained human evaluators at identifying red-flag language in text messages from people with serious mental illness
A discovery by Rice University engineers brings efficient, stable bilayer perovskite solar cells closer to commercialization. The cells are about a micron thick, with 2D and 3D layers. Photo by Jeff Fitlow
Making perovskite solar cells stable enough to be ready for prime time
Researchers can isolate magnesium feedstocks from the ocean, important for renewable energy applications. (Composite image by Cortland Johnson | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
Extracting magnesium from seawater with a new process skips energy-intensive and expensive purification steps
University of Washington researchers have created a reactor that can completely break down hard-to-destroy chemicals. Shown here are two reactors before they are assembled.Igor Novosselov/University of Washington
We now have the ability to destroy ‘forever chemicals’
Woody lignin, seen here in purified form, holds significant promise as a renewable biofuel, if it can be efficiently broken down into useful form. (Photo by Andrea Starr | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
A lignin digesting enzyme offers tremendous potential for renewable energy and materials
MIT researchers have developed a system that enables a robot to learn a new pick-and-place task based on only a handful of human examples. This could allow a human to reprogram a robot to grasp never-before-seen objects, presented in random poses, in about 15 minutes. Courtesy of the researchers
An easier way to teach robots new skills in only 10 to 15 minutes
An artist's depiction of a bacterial cell Credit: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/James Archer
Genetically engineered sound-controlled bacteria that can seek and destroy cancer cells
Mark Stone/University of Washington Inspired by how dandelions use the wind to distribute their seeds, a University of Washington team has developed a tiny sensor-carrying device that can be blown by the wind as it tumbles toward the ground. This battery-free device uses solar panels (black rectangles shown here) to power its onboard electronics.
Wireless battery-free sensors float in the wind like dandelion seeds