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The lab mistake that might revolutionize computing

The result is a simple and efficient neuromorphic device that mimics a brain cell ...
MUO on MSN

My LED strips now do things Philips Hue can't — and the whole setup cost me $15

Expensive lighting isn't automatically smarter.

You Should Know How Your House Works. Here’s a Guide.

Knowing how to shut off your power and your pipes (and turn them back on) is a matter of safety and practicality. Let’s learn how to do it.
Hackaday

How Airspeed Sensors Work

When you’re driving your car, you’re probably regularly looking at the speedometer to make sure you comply with the local speed limits. The method by which it works is simple enough: ...

Marvel Tokon Developers Explain How They Made the Coolest Version of Magneto They Could | Evo 2026

At Evo 2026, we spoke with ArcSystem Works and Marvel Games to discuss Marvel Tokon's recent changes made in response to beta ...
Smithsonian Magazine

These Male Fruit Flies Have Sperm That Are Nearly as Long as Their Bodies. Here’s How the Cells Don’t Become a Tangled Mess

Males of the species Drosophila melanogaster pack thousands of almost two-millimeter-long sperm cells into significantly smaller storage organs. A new study reveals how they move in an orderly manner ...

Abundant catalyst converts methane into valuable liquid chemicals

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory and their collaborators have demonstrated ...

MOF thin films reveal hidden dense packing, challenging decades of porous assumptions

Due to their high porosity, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are regarded as promising materials for innovative applications, ...
Frontiers

From MOF Precursors to Active Sites: Defect-Engineered Nanocatalysts for Electrochemical Water Splitting

Controlling electrocatalyst performance at the nanoscale is one of the central challenges in energy materials research. Metal ...