Robots can now grasp transparent and reflective objects using a new RGB-based vision method without depth sensors.

New research shows that 3D-printed metasurfaces can form flexible invisibility cloaks that conform to any complex shape. And ...

Researchers dubbed one experiment involving a roughly one-foot-tall crystal "The Monolith" in honor of Stanley Kubrick's iconic film 2001: A Space Odyssey. Aden Kahr Humans have long been fascinated ...

In an attempt to understand our own fascination with the shiny minerals, researchers gave some to chimps. A chimp named Toti attentively observes a quartz crystal at a rehabilitation facility in Spain ...

Tooth shade results from the interaction between enamel color, enamel translucency and dentine color. A change in any of these parameters will change a tooth’s color. The objective of this study was ...

Abstract: Rendering realistic appearances of homogeneous translucent materials, such as milk and marble, poses challenges due to the complexity of subsurface scattering. In this paper, we present a ...

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Apple released the long-awaited iOS 26 on Monday, and it's available now as a free software update. The new iPhone operating system promises major changes to how users operate their device and how it ...

Lifecycle developed by researchers takes a 2D image (left) through various stages up to a 3D printed color model (right) [Source: ArXiv] Researchers have developed a way to 3D print true volumetric ...