In everyday life, it's a no-brainer to be able to grab a cup of coffee from the table. Multiple sensory inputs such as sight (seeing how far away the cup is) and touch are combined in real-time.

(Nanowerk News) INL researchers have explored a fascinating quantum ability which lacks a classical explanation: the capacity to detect objects without traditional physical interaction. Rafael Wagner ...

Astronomers have made a groundbreaking discovery—an interstellar object, named 3I/ATLAS, as large as Tokyo, is emitting a ...

Engineers at the University of Minnesota have developed a new system that can move objects without making physical contact. The technique involves ultrasound waves acting on specialized surfaces to ...

Astronomers worldwide are intensely studying 3I/ATLAS, a mysterious interstellar object entering our solar system. Its ...

Tokyo, Japan - Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have developed a new technology which allows non-contact manipulation of small objects using sound waves. They used a hemispherical array ...

Floating displays you can reach into and manipulate, like the ones Tony Stark uses to design his super suits in the Iron Man movies, are one step closer to reality. A new device renders 3-D graphics ...

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Stop-motion films are incredibly difficult to make, requiring animators to take thousands upon thousands of pictures as they pose and barely move figures and set-pieces in order create a film.

Prof. Angela V. Olinto has been reappointed as dean of the Division of the Physical Sciences, President Paul Alivisatos and Provost Katherine Baicker announced on June 5. A leading scholar in ...

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