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Boosting Photodiode Efficiency to 220%
Researchers at the Netherlands' Eindhoven University of Technology are chasing quantum efficiency.
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Meet ALAN, a Robot That Requires Minimal Human Supervision
Carnegie Mellon University researchers have developed an autonomous robot, ALAN, that can make decisions and complete tasks based on its observations of its environment...
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What The First Lung Delivered by Drone Means for Transplant Science
The first successful delivery of a human donor lung by aerial drone in Toronto, Canada, has implications for the future of transplant science.
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Cyborg Technology Analyzes Functional Maturation of Stem-Cell Derived Heart Tissue
A "cyborg" technique developed by Harvard University researchers can monitor the functional maturation of heart tissue using nanoelectronics.
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Drone Maps Previously Uncharted Ocean Floors Off Alaska, California
The Saildrone Surveyor unmanned surface vehicle has completed the mapping of the previously uncharted ocean floor off the Alaska and California coasts.
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Material May Offer Key to Solving Quantum Computing Issue
The researchers demonstrated the technique is scalable at the wafer level, which would make it an attractive option for future quantum computing.
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VR Trains Responders for Mass Casualty Events
Ohio State University said researchers at its College of Medicine have developed a virtual reality training program that represents a mass casualty event realistically...
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The Next Hot Housing Market Is in the Metaverse
Real estate builders and investors envision the metaverse as the new housing market, with contractors like Gabe Sierra offering virtual twins of the properties...
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Silicon Encoded Spin Qubits Achieve Universality
This newly emerging approach to quantum computation uses a novel silicon-based qubit device architecture to trap single electrons in quantum dots.
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Morris Tanenbaum, Who Helped Put Silicon in Microchips, Dies at 94
AT&T chemist found a better way to make transistors and helped manage the phone company's breakup.
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Quantum Computers That Use 'Cat Qubits' May Make Fewer Errors
Researchers in France found so-called "cat qubits” (quantum bits) could reduce errors by quantum computers and accelerate the cracking of common encryption algorithms...
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Inside the Lab Growing Mushroom Computers
The Unconventional Computing Laboratory of the U.K.'s University of the West of England focuses on developing chemical or living computers that can interface with...
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The Race to Build AI-Powered Humanoids Is Heating Up
Robotics companies aim to create machines like startup Figure's just-unveiled Figure 01 bipedal humanoid robot to take on manual labor currently performed by humans...
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How Doctors Use AI to Help Diagnose Patients
Artificial intelligence is enhancing physicians' diagnostic abilities to better identify patients who might be vulnerable to certain ailments.
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Building a Computer With a Single Atom
New studies broaden the perspectives on what constitutes a "computer" and how small a computational unit can be.
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Augmented Reality Headset Enables Users to See Hidden Objects
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have combined computer vision and wireless perception into X-AR, an augmented reality (AR) headset that can visualize...
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Chip for Decoding Data Transmissions Demonstrates Record-Breaking Energy Efficiency
The Ordered Reliability Bits Guessing Random Additive Noise Decoding decoder chip uses a more energy-efficient technique for decoding data transmissions based on...
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With Human Metalworkers Hard to Come By, Robotic Blacksmiths Step Up
Chatsworth, CA-based startup Machina Labs has developed an automated metalworking system in the midst of a metalworker shortage.
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Wilson's 3D-Printed Basketball of the Future Is Full of Holes but Never Goes Flat
Wilson's prototype "airless" basketball debuted during the 2023 NBA All-Star Game festivities.
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