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Overview of the experimental setup for tactile detection in a granular substrate. (a) Human experimental setup, showing a participant's finger scooping sand into a box filled with sand, with an LED strip guiding the path of movement and a cube buried in fixed positions. (b) Robotic experimental setup, including a UR5 arm with a tactile sensor and a cube buried in sand. (c) Schematic diagram of the scooping process. Credit: Queen Mary University of London.

New study: Humans are capable of “remote touch” and identify objects buried in sand before contact

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Experiments indicate higher-than-expected tactile sensitivity; humans achieved 70.7% accuracy, and researchers see potential for robotics, assistive technologies, and searching in limited visibility conditions
Alzheimer's. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Dassault Systèmes showcased a “virtual twin” simulation for Alzheimer’s and real-time sensor data connection at CES 2026

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Step Inside Alzheimer's showcased a concept for combining AI, digital health records, and smart home data to enable early monitoring and detection; Eureka Park showcased startups from the company's accelerators
A leap forward in optics. Illustration: Tel Aviv University

A leap forward in optics: Artificial intelligence accelerates the design of tiny metasurfaces

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Tel Aviv University researchers have developed a diffusion model-based method that designs flat optical components in minutes — instead of hours and days — and demonstrates high accuracy in tasks such as beam splitting and polarization separation; Published
Robotics company Unitry recently released a video that reveals the capabilities of its robot. Humans attack it time and time again, and it dodges, falls – and immediately gets back on its feet thanks to an “anti-gravity” system

"Anti-gravity" system embedded in Chinese robots

New technology allows robots to get up immediately after falling – with potential for industrial and military uses
Electromagnetic structures. Courtesy of the researchers

Scientific breakthrough: A cyclic electromagnetic structure based on topological bonds has been measured for the first time

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Researchers from Tel Aviv University and Rafael have developed an innovative metasurface based on conductive loops in the form of bonds, which allows precise control of electromagnetic waves – and has been measured for the first time in an experiment.
An innovative system combines sensors, artificial intelligence, and advanced algorithms to identify signs of hive collapse in advance.

The Artificial Intelligence Revolution: The Future of Bee Hives

Advanced sensors and artificial intelligence monitor the condition of bees and prevent hive collapse in real time.
The mobile phone can provide data to predict the development of forest fires. Credit: The Science website via DALEE. The image should not be seen as a scientific image

The mobile phones can warn of forest fires and extreme weather conditions

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A new study by Tel Aviv University found that the smart cell phones that are in the possession of each of us may help in collecting weather data (from the public) and in providing early warnings about weather conditions
The milky way is used by the dung beetle for navigation at night. Image: University of South Australia

Innovative artificial intelligence sensor draws inspiration from dung beetles for night navigation using the Milky Way

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Dung beetles use the milky way at night to navigate. Engineers used the same technique to develop an artificial intelligence sensor for low-light navigation
In the diagram: measurement of biomechanical forces applied to alpaca wool in torsion (above) and compression (below) states.

Breakthrough in mechanobiology - accurate measurement of forces in biological processes

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The development of the Technion researchers is expected to speed up, optimize and reduce industrial processes of polymer production as well
Former student Nadav Kahanovich with the robotic arm. Photo: Yonatan Birnbaum.

The robot that will recognize intentions - the National Science Foundation

A wearable system allows a robotic arm to recognize the user's intent, mainly based on his hand movements, and assist him according to his needs
Image: In this artist's impression of the breadcrumb scenario, autonomous rovers can be seen exploring a lava tube after being deployed by a mother rover remaining at the entrance to maintain contact with a blimp or blimp. Credit: John Fowler/WikiCommons, Mark Treble Wolfgang Fink/University of Arizona

Hansel and Gretel's breadcrumbs reach Mars

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Engineers from the University of Arizona have developed a system that allows autonomous vehicles to scan underground habitats for astronauts
The multi-layered electronic skin. Photo: Technion spokespeople

A PhD student at the Technion developed an artificial electronic skin that precisely monitors many different physical and chemical variables

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Image of the innovative detector integrated inside a textile-silicone bandage [courtesy: Matthew Brown]

Wearable detectors as a skin that aids in wound healing

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super chip Photo: shutterstock

Researchers have made a breakthrough in developing a tiny and affordable spectrometer made from a piece of glass

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data loggers. Photo: shutterstock

High school student - have you already equipped yourself with a data logger and gas sensors?

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The sensor system can detect a tiny amount of pollutants in the water and warn of their presence there. Photo: Ideum – ideas + media, Flickr

Caution, leak!

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Scientists from Spain have developed a sensor system that will help prevent the spread of dangerous substances leaking into the sea
Texas A&M University existing monitoring buoy operating in the Gulf of Mexico Credit: Texas A&M University

A marine monitoring system will help identify and stop the spread of oil pollution in the sea and prevent ecological disasters

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A technician uses the layered glasses to handle a complex system. Epson PR photo

Epson launches the augmented reality system Moverio Pro BT-2000 intended for workers in complex areas

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Dr. Yael Namirovsky at the IEEE conference, August 2015. Photo: Shmuel Oster

The history of electro-optics in Israel began following a demand for sensors after the intelligence crisis in the Yom Kippur War

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The simulation of the new stones discovered at the Stonehenge site. Photo: Ludwig Boltzmann Institute

A circle of stones was discovered that surrounded Stonehenge at a distance of about 3 km

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Thin layers that change color from white to blue in response to a chemical warfare agent [courtesy: Swager lab]

Rapid detection of chemical warfare agents

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A tattoo-like sticker for monitoring blood sugar. Photo: American Chemical Society.

A tattoo to monitor blood sugar levels - will save the need for injections

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An air conditioning system based on a person's location in the room. Illustration: Ben Gurion University

An air conditioning system based on a person's location

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The students Ohad Rosnak and Omari Elimelech with the following cart. Photo: Sharon Tzur, Technion Spokesperson

Follow me - the Technion version

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Input from multiple sensors. Illustration: shutterstock

Supersensory perception / Gershon Davlon and Joseph A. Paradiso

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Chemists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) succeeded in developing innovative nanoparticles capable of performing, simultaneously, two types of imaging - magnetic resonance (MRI) and fluorescence, in real life. (Credits: Illustration by Christine Daniloff/MIT)

Two detectors in one nanoparticle

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A market value of billions of dollars. Prototype of the detector system. Photo: Tracense company

An Israeli nanotechnological sensor for detecting explosives

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Adidas' smart ball in the loading bowl. PR photo

A smart ball, and sensors on each player - FIFA World Cup 2014 model football

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The fruit fly photographed using a microscope. Photo: shutterstock

Let the tentacles fly for you

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This image shows an array of 512 conductive detectors on the BICEP2 telescope at the South Pole. The technology was fundamental to the discovery of the effect of gravitational waves from the early era of the universe known as the "Inflationary Period". Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech

How does the telescope at the South Pole that discovered the gravitational waves created by the Big Bang work?

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solohi - the American Navy's solar system whose sensors are made by the Israeli Towerjaz. Photo: NASA

Tower-Jazz and SRI Deliver First Sensors to Solar System Heliosphere Exploration Program

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Helmut Redinger, Atos. Photo: Avi Blizovsky, at the Savit 2013 exhibition in Hanover

The Internet of Things is already here

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A minefield in the Golan Heights. From Wikipedia

A new device for detecting explosive vapors

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A polymeric nicotine trap consists of a porphyrin derivative (black) in which two amide groups (green) are attached to a zinc atom (purple) located in the center of a ring (blue). The nicotine molecule is colored red. The bottom image is a XNUMXD rendering of the polymer.

Nicotine capture polymers

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AT Professor Charlie Johnson who led the research

Researchers have succeeded in attaching odor receptors to nanotubes

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Inside the sensor, air from the environment passes through a twisted structure of nanotubes. If a PETN molecule enters the nanotube, its electrical conductivity changes, and this change is measurable. Courtesy Darmstadt University/ Mario Boehme

Nanosensors for detecting explosives

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Daria Prilotsky. Photo: Danny Machles, Ben Gurion University

Differentiate between a virus and a bacterium

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Scanning electron microscope image of a gas sensor segment composed of a gallium nitride semiconductor nanowire. The nanowire, which is less than 500 nanometers thick, is coated with nano-aggregates of titanium dioxide, which change the current passing through the nanowire in the presence of a volatile organic compound and when exposed to ultraviolet radiation. Courtesy: NIST

A nanowire-based sensor for the detection of volatile organic compounds

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Para hydrogen and ortho hydrogen. Photo: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratories

Nuclear magnetic resonance without a magnet?

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Chemical detector without battery. Photo: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Chemical detector without battery

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Prof. William Herman, University of Cincinnati

Innovative sensor with improved detection capability

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The basis of the artificial skin is a flexible organic transistor composed of flexible polymers and carbon-based materials.

Stretchable solar cells

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electrodes

A new method for making electrodes

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Scanning tunneling macroscopic image of organic furrows. The different colors represent different directions of the spin. Source: CFN

Organic compounds as electrical components

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Color rendering of a scanning electron microscope image of a programmable nanoprocessor superimposed on a schematic architecture of a nanoprocessor circuit

The first ever functional nanoprocessor

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Diagram (left) and scanning electron microscope images of nanolasers grown directly on a silicon surface

Preparation of nanolasers attached to silicon

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Rigoberto Advincula

Sensors for detecting explosives and monitoring food products

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A light-sensitive structure made of graphene and polymers

Light is able to control the electronic properties of graphene

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Explosives detection system. Photo: University of Illinois

A sensor to detect explosives hidden in shoes

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Prof. Fernando Petulsky, Tel Aviv University. Photo: Michal Rosh-Ben Ami, Tel Aviv University

Researchers from Tel Aviv University's School of Chemistry have developed a powerful electronic detector for detecting explosives

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