Should you upgrade to a smart scale?

For people trying to build healthier relationships with their bodies, smart scales shift the conversation by measuring body ...
Tech Xplore

Prototype battery powered by glucose and vitamin B2 offers path to more affordable energy storage

Researchers reporting in ACS Energy Letters have devised a battery powered by vitamin B2 (riboflavin) and glucose. Inspired by how human bodies break down glucose for energy using enzymes, the team ...

Before You Close Your Pool for the Season, Get the pH Levels in Check Using These Common Household Items

You should wait at least 24 hours before jumping in the pool (unless you use a chlorine-free pool shock, in which case you ...
Nanowerk

4D printed microrobot reads pH then hits go

A 4D printed microrobot integrates magnetic actuation, optical pH readout, and pH-triggered morphing to link navigation, ...
Rochester Institute of Technology

RIT researchers use machine learning to better understand the pathways of disease

RIT computing students and Professor Rui Li are working on a National Institutes of Health-funded project to use AI in ...

Please Stop Mixing Baking Soda and Vinegar to Make Cleaning Paste

Plenty of TikTok videos tout the benefits of mixing baking soda and vinegar to make a cleaning paste or drain cleaner, and it ...
Nature

Boosting immune cells to combat cancer using CRISPR engineering and large-scale in vivo testing

Immune cells can target cancer in the clinic. The ability to test a gene-editing technology in mice on a large scale should improve such immunotherapies. Michael Hudecek is in the Department of ...
National Bureau of Economic Research

How People Use ChatGPT

Despite the rapid adoption of LLM chatbots, little is known about how they are used. We document the growth of ChatGPT’s consumer product from its launch in November 2022 through July 2025, when it ...