These crib bumpers are illegal in the U.S., but they’re still being sold online

Padded crib bumpers are illegal in the United States, according to the federal Safe Sleep for Babies Act. Crib bumpers can obstruct an infant’s breathing, posing a risk of injury or death due to ...
Interesting Engineering

US: ORNL tests fusion materials to develop thermal ‘blanket’ for nuclear reactors

Researchers investigated how molten salts interact with reactor materials to solve the "blanket" challenge in magnetic confinement fusion.

Rolling out the carpet for spin qubits with new chip architecture

Researchers at QuTech in Delft, The Netherlands, have developed a new chip architecture that could make it easier to test and ...
The Daily Californian

UC Berkeley research prevents ‘chucking wood’ by repurposing trees that would be discarded

The Berkeley Wood Lab’s research on mass timber production has the potential to improve California’s sustainability by ...
The Star Democrat

See photos of music's biggest stars arriving for the Grammy Awards

Stars are arriving for the 68th annual Grammy Awards, which are being presented Sunday in Los Angeles. Kendrick Lamar is the ...
Food & Wine

Material Kitchen Dropped a Non-Toxic Cutting Board That Looks and Feels Like Plastic, but Isn’t

Liv Dansky has worked for Food & Wine since 2019 as a recipe tester and developer and, more recently, as a writer. Her work can be found across brands like Southern Living, Real Simple, EatingWell, ...
Reuters

Building materials maker CRH to acquire Eco Material for $2.1 billion

July 29 (Reuters) - Building materials maker CRH (CRH.N), opens new tab said on Tuesday it has agreed to acquire Eco Material Technologies, a supplier of supplementary cementitious materials, for $2.1 ...
Android Police

All the Google apps updated with Material 3 Expressive

Taylor worked with AP from 2018 to 2025, most recently as Google Editor. Material 3 Expressive is Google's new software design language. Meant to bring both a fresh coat of paint and increased ...
Android Authority

If Google wants Material 3 Expressive to succeed, it must lead by example

The refreshed, modernized design language is the boldest we’ve seen from Google thus far. Full of personality, it places a huge emphasis on blur effects, natural animation physics, and an abundance of ...
New Atlas

New material made from fungi is biodegradable, edible... and alive

We've seen fungi being used to create useful new materials for construction, fire-retardant building insulation, and even 3D-printed batteries. One of the researchers behind that last doozy, Dr.
Variety

Emma Roberts and Matt Rife to Star in Romantic Comedy ‘Marriage Material’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Emma Roberts and comedian Matt Rife are set to star in the romantic comedy “Marriage Material,” from BuzzFeed Studios, with Capstone Global launching worldwide sales in Cannes. Trish Sie, whose ...
TechCrunch

Google unveils its new Android design language, Material 3 Expressive

Google on Tuesday unveiled its new Android design language, Material 3 Expressive, at the Android Show ahead of Google I/O. The update is designed to make your phone more customizable and fluid, the ...