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'Robot Blood' Powers Machines for Lengthy Tasks
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'Robot Blood' Powers Machines for Lengthy Tasks

Researchers at Cornell University have created a synthetic vascular system capable of pumping energy-dense hydraulic liquid—"robot blood"—within robotic structures...

Artificial Intelligence Can Make the ­.S. Electric Grid Smarter
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Artificial Intelligence Can Make the ­.S. Electric Grid Smarter

Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory are working on optimization models that use machine learning to inform more reliable grid planning and operations.

Hackathon Winners Put End to Paper Documents with Blockchain
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Hackathon Winners Put End to Paper Documents with Blockchain

Team BlockGet won DECENT's blockchain challenge hackathon by delivering a project that would ensure dematerialization and elimination of paper documents and storage...

Energy-Efficient Algorithm Keeps ­AV Swarms Flying Longer
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Energy-Efficient Algorithm Keeps ­AV Swarms Flying Longer

An energy-efficient data routing algorithm could keep unmanned aerial vehicle swarms flying longer, an international team of researchers says.

Light-Matter Interaction ­nlocks Properties for Quantum Devices
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Light-Matter Interaction ­nlocks Properties for Quantum Devices

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have come up with a way to manipulate tungsten diselenide to unlock its potential to enable smaller, more efficient...

Beyond 1 and 0: Engineers Develop Potential Successor to Shrinking Transistors
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Beyond 1 and 0: Engineers Develop Potential Successor to Shrinking Transistors

A team of researchers has developed multi-value transistors that feature intermediate states between the on and off states of binary devices, allowing more operations...

Sensor-Packed Glove Learns Signatures of the Human Grasp
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Sensor-Packed Glove Learns Signatures of the Human Grasp

MIT researchers have compiled a massive dataset that enables a sensor-packed glove and deep convolutional neural networks to recognize objects through touch alone...

T­ Delft Scientists Create World's Smallest Autonomous Racing Drone
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T­ Delft Scientists Create World's Smallest Autonomous Racing Drone

The drone racing team of the Micro Air Vehicle Laboratory at Delft University of Technology have created the world's smallest autonomous racing drone.

Dataset Helps Cities Improve Power Grid Modeling, Solar Forecasting
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Dataset Helps Cities Improve Power Grid Modeling, Solar Forecasting

Data from residential photovoltaic systems helps solar power researchers better understand how to integrate the renewable energy source into the power grid.

Student-Built Rocket Crosses the Kármán Line
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Student-Built Rocket Crosses the Kármán Line

The student-run and organized USC Rocket Propulsion Laboratory in April became the first undergraduate team to design, build, and successfully launch a single stage...

Argonne Battery Design Offers ​'Solid' Advantage
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Argonne Battery Design Offers ​'Solid' Advantage

Scientists have begun to investigate solid-state batteries, which offer several advantages over those that use a liquid electrolyte.

How to Program Materials
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How to Program Materials

Empa scientists are able to predict the properties of composite materials, which can help achieve research objectives faster. This could lead to better recycling...

Scientists Help Artificial Intelligence Outsmart Hackers
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Scientists Help Artificial Intelligence Outsmart Hackers

Researchers at MIT are studying adversarial attacks to better understand why AI systems are susceptible to, and can outsmart, such attacks.

Socializing Robots
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Socializing Robots

Heather Knight's research is helping robots collaborate with humans more effectively, a goal of social robotics.

How to Tell Whether Machine-Learning Systems Are Robust Enough for the Real World
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How to Tell Whether Machine-Learning Systems Are Robust Enough for the Real World

MIT researchers have devised a method for assessing how robust neural networks are for various tasks, by detecting when the models make mistakes they shouldn't....

Computer Scientists Develop Dynamic Checklist for Creative Work
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Computer Scientists Develop Dynamic Checklist for Creative Work

Virginia Tech researchers and collaborators at web design startup B12 applied Atul Gawande's checklist concept to creatively driven tasks like writing and programming...

DOE, Cray to Deliver Record-Setting Frontier Supercomputer at ORNL
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DOE, Cray to Deliver Record-Setting Frontier Supercomputer at ORNL

Cray Inc. will build the Frontier exascale supercomputer based on AMD processors at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The system is expected to debut in 2021 as the...

Novel Software Smartly Balances Data Processing Load in Supercomputers
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Novel Software Smartly Balances Data Processing Load in Supercomputers

A team of researchers at Virginia Tech is helping supercomputers work more efficiently by using machine learning to properly distribute data processing tasks across...

Scientists Take a Quantum Leap to Revolutionize Computing Research
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Scientists Take a Quantum Leap to Revolutionize Computing Research

PNNL scientists are working to realize quantum computing, which could revolutionize research in areas ranging from clean energy to communications.

Energy Storage Device Withstands More Than 40 Hammer Strikes
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Energy Storage Device Withstands More Than 40 Hammer Strikes

Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis made an energy storage device that can withstand a hammer striking it more than 40 times.
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