New research started with a special material that behaves unusually when it’s extremely cold — 135 degrees below zero Fahrenheit, close to the most frigid temperature ever recorded in Antarctica — and showed that the unusual behavior could be extended to well above room temperature — up to about 135 F, close to the highest heat ever measured in Death Valley, California.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and the Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop a strategic approach for improving the energy performance of aging buildings at Fermilab Village in Batavia, Illinois.

IIT Gandhinagar (IITGN) startup Oreejoy Medtech Private Limited has won the Boeing BUILD National Finals, securing a ₹10 lakh grant to advance its AI-powered wearable technology. The achievement comes in the fifth edition of Boeing BUILD, Boeing’s University Innovation Leadership Development Program, which received around 2,200 applications from across India, with 28 teams shortlisted for the National Finals and seven ultimately selected for the grant.

Engineering students at the University of Cincinnati are developing an easy-to-use system to deploy autonomous drones in warehouses to take inventory and alert workers about leaks from containers.

Engineers at the University of Cincinnati are using sound to help NASA detect if a drone’s motors or propellers are damaged to prevent a crash.

UTS tested an electronic nose to detect buried remains and validate cadaver dogs’ alerts. The technology could improve training by identifying decomposition odours. It would complement and not replace dogs, but larger studies are needed.

Researchers led by Carina Hahn at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), US,  have found that forensic specialists in facial identification need only one or two features, such eyes or ears, to identify a face when looking for a match. Published October 21, 2026 in the open access journal PLOS One, the study found that specialists find ears to be the most useful, but are capable of adapting when recognizing that another feature might be more beneficial.