One UI 9 lets users enable a network speed indicator in the status bar using the updated QuickStar Good Lock module. The module also adds a new option to disable the Now Bar. Samsung phones aren’t ...

Imagine a sea of glowing blue lights pulsing to the beat of the music. But instead of glow sticks filled with toxic chemicals, the luminescence comes from living algae, shimmering on demand. In a new ...

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A new One UI 9 leak reveals visual updates to the Now Bar, widgets, and Gallery. The Now Bar gets clearer text, new animations, and quick controls. Widgets may shift to sharper corners with ...

Brazilian scientists have made advances in an area recognized by the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry: the development and application of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). These are porous crystalline ...

A piece of compleximer can be easily bent.Wageningen University & Research Researchers at Wageningen University & Research (WUR) have defied long-standing material theories by developing a brand-new ...

Samsung is giving the One UI 8.5 Now Bar a feature it should’ve had from the start, a missed call alert right on the lock screen. A post from Tarun Vats shows a missed call card appearing inside the ...

The University of Iowa has won nearly $1.5 million to expand its materials science center and to explore new ways to leverage materials for quantum technologies. The award from the U.S. Department of ...

This new update is not all good news. Samsung has released its long-awaited One UI 8.5 beta for the Galaxy S25, “introducing new and easier ways to create, connect and stay safe.” And while the latest ...

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AI assistants, designed to perform actions on behalf of users, may not be as capable as current benchmarks suggest. New research reveals that existing tests for UI grounding—the ability of assistants ...

A wet film of cellulose, composed of cellulose-producing bacteria Komagataeibacter rhaeticus and Bacillus spores. Credit: Jeong-Joo Oh, Aubin-Tam Lab. Scientists are bringing the concept of “living ...