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Robotic hand with modular fingertips, including a hydrogel e-skin sensing twist and a rack of benchmarked fingertip options.

Robots That Truly “Feel”: Single-Material E-Skin Meets Auto-Benchmarking for Task-Ready Fingertips

newswade September 12, 2025

Cambridge engineers unveiled two breakthroughs: a single-material e-skin that senses torque and diameter during tool use, and an automated benchmarking system that lets robots select optimal fingertips for each task. Together, they redefine dexterity, adaptability, and sustainability in robotics.

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Eye-tracking heatmap showing focus on scene-critical objects rather than bright regions

Your Eyes Aren’t Random: Scientists Discover We Look to Understand, Not Just Notice

December 22, 2025

Autonomous vehicle tracking view showing objects with bounding boxes, including an occluded object marked as potentially matched.

Ising Machines Meet Self-Driving Tech: A New Way to Track Cars and People When They Vanish Behind Stuff

December 18, 2025

Illustration of axially aligned iron and cobalt atoms boosting oxygen reactions in a zinc-air battery catalyst.

Scientists Engineer Atomic “Power Couples” That Supercharge Zinc-Air Batteries

December 17, 2025

Quantum researchers working in a modern MIT laboratory focused on next-generation quantum technologies.

MIT Launches Bold Quantum Initiative to Tackle Science, Health Care, and National Security Challenges

December 11, 2025

Drone collecting aerial data with metadata overlays showing sensor and processing information.

Why FAIR Metadata Will Make Drone Data Way More Powerful

December 9, 2025

Compact 220-GHz terahertz device simultaneously connecting to a car and imaging hidden objects.

How a 220-GHz Terahertz Gadget Could Power Autonomous Cars, Industrial Robots, and 6G Networks

December 4, 2025

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Eye-tracking heatmap showing focus on scene-critical objects rather than bright regions

Your Eyes Aren’t Random: Scientists Discover We Look to Understand, Not Just Notice

Autonomous vehicle tracking view showing objects with bounding boxes, including an occluded object marked as potentially matched.

Ising Machines Meet Self-Driving Tech: A New Way to Track Cars and People When They Vanish Behind Stuff

Illustration of axially aligned iron and cobalt atoms boosting oxygen reactions in a zinc-air battery catalyst.

Scientists Engineer Atomic “Power Couples” That Supercharge Zinc-Air Batteries

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