A person wearing bulky goggles, turning awkwardly in circles and reaching out to grab something that isn’t there—that is the image many of us have of virtual reality, and one that researchers at Kyushu University […]
Although tires are a vehicle’s sole point of contact with the road, their basic design has barely changed in decades. Once worn down, millions of tons of tire casings—whose main structure remains intact—end up as […]
Many of today’s self-driving cars “see” the road through two senses at once. Cameras capture color, texture and the outline of a pedestrian, while light detection and ranging (LiDAR) fires laser pulses to measure exactly […]
As voters seeking information about political issues increasingly turn to LLMs to do research, will AI lead them astray with hallucinations and bias, distorting the democratic process? Maybe not, according to a study of AI […]
All-solid-state lithium batteries using nonflammable solid electrolytes are widely recognized as promising candidates for next-generation energy storage because of their superior safety and fast-charging capability. However, widely studied oxide-based solid electrolytes contain heavy elements such […]
Much of the field of sociology treats systemic racism as its default explanation for racial disparities rather than as an open question that requires further investigation and evidence, according to a recent position paper. The […]
Why does the expansion of wind energy sometimes meet with local resistance, even though renewable energy generally enjoys broad support? RIFS researcher Jörg Radtke used a representative survey of 6,284 people in North Rhine-Westphalia to […]
CSI may have spawned innumerable spinoffs, but it turns out you can’t trust TV—or sniffer dogs. New research is questioning the scientific basis for the dogs’ use by police, as well as aspects of bloodstain […]
A year or so after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the city of Murmansk in Russia’s Arctic northwest marked its annual regional day with a celebration for children. Alongside the sons and daughters of Russian […]
Almost every ceremonial object or ornament of the medieval papal monarchy has disappeared or lost its original purpose. Yet one survives: the golden rose. On Sept. 26, 2026, during Pope Leo XIV’s visit to France, […]
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