Robot lawn mowers have quietly become one of the most successful home robots after the vacuum. They map the garden, trundle out on schedule and dock themselves when the job is done. Yet one chore has stubbornly stayed with the homeowner: dealing with the blades. Dull blades tear grass rather than slice it, and swapping or sharpening them means handling sharp metal under a machine. On November 3, 2026, Pudu Robotics, a company better known for the delivery and cleaning robots used in restaurants...
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Miniaturizable magnetic resonance
A garnet crystal only one micrometre in diameter was instrumental in a University of Alberta team of physicists creating a route to “lab-on-a-chip” technology for magnetic resonance, a tool to simplify advanced magnetic analysis for device development and interdisciplinary science. “To most, a gem so tiny would be worthless, but to us, it’s priceless,” says Mark Freeman, University of Alberta physics professor and Canada Research Chair in condensed matter physics. “It was the perfect testbed for...
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Latest Intuos Tablets Make Creative Dreams Come True
Wacom®, the world leader in pen-based creative tablets, introduced its next generation Intuos® product family to empower and inspire creative enthusiasts.
The new range of Intuos Pen & Touch tablets consists of four models: Intuos Art, (for beginners with a passion for creativity), Intuos Comic, (more advanced painting and artistic skill) Intuos Photo (for photo editors who want to try new creative techniques) and Intuos Draw. (For comic and manga enthusiasts).
Each model includes free...
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COMPASS method points researchers to protein structures.
University of Illinois researchers developed a new approach, dubbed COMPASS that points directly to a protein’s likely structure using a combination of advanced molecular spectroscopy techniques, predictive protein-folding algorithms and image recognition software. Led by U. of I. chemistry professor Chad Rienstra, the team published its results in the journal Structure. “We’ve taken a process that would take months and brought it down to hours,” said Joseph Courtney, an Illinois graduate studen...
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