Freely levitating rotor spins out ultraprecise sensors for classical and quantum physics

With a clever design, researchers have solved eddy-current damping in macroscopic levitating systems, paving the way for a ...
Salon

America’s slow-motion coup speeds up: Tough lessons of the Kimmel affair

Jimmy Kimmel isn’t the point here, as I hope everyone understands. Jimmy Kimmel will be fine. It’s already been suggested over the weekend that, under some benevolent compromise, he may be allowed to ...
New Republic

Senate Republicans Push Through Motion to Honor Charlie Kirk

The Senate has passed a “National Day of Remembrance” resolution to honor conservative podcaster Charlie Kirk after he was killed last week. Introduced by Senator Rick Scott, the resolution praises ...
IEEE

Partially Decoupled Impedance Motion Force Control Using Prioritized Inertia Shaping

Abstract: To achieve precise motion force control (MFC) when a robot interacts with the environment, selecting an appropriate control approach is crucial. A task space disturbance wrench can induce ...
IEEE

Optimal Generalized Linear Bias Compensation Method and Implementation for Nongeometric Errors in Multiaxis Motion Mechanisms

Abstract: Error compensation is an effective approach for improving the positioning accuracy of multiaxis motion mechanisms. Existing kinematics-based compensation ...
eLife

Conformational changes, excess area, and elasticity of the Piezo protein-membrane nanodome from coarse-grained and atomistic simulations

This work represents an important contribution to our understanding of how membrane energetics influence protein conformation and function in mechano-sensitive channels. Through extensive molecular ...