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A Healthy Dose of AI
Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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World Cup to Use Drones to Help Protect Stadiums
This year's World Cup soccer tournament in Qatar will employ autonomous radar-guided interceptor drones for stadium security.
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Agricultural Engineers Design Early Step for Robotic, Green-Fruit Thinning
Agricultural engineers created a prototype end-effector that can remove unwanted apples from trees as a first step toward robotic, green-fruit thinning.
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Nanomagnets Can Choose a Wine, Could Quench AI's Thirst for Energy
Scientists at the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology, the University of Maryland, and Western Digital Technologies programmed a neural network...
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U.K. Project Will Create 165-Mile Drone Superhighway
The U.K. government has approved plans for Skyway, a 165-mile drone superhighway that will connect towns across England and be used to survey infrastructure such...
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Crossing the Uncanny Valley
The "uncanny valley effect" may be holding back the field of robotics.
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Neurotechnology and the Law
How closely should implants be regulated?
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BCI Startup Implants First Device in U.S. Patient
A brain-computer interface startup has implanted a wire-electrode combination in the brain of a U.S. patient with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
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Data Scientists Identify Lakes, Reservoirs Around the World
Data scientists led an interdisciplinary team that developed a first-of-its kind comprehensive global dataset of the Earth's lakes and reservoirs.
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Inside China's Scramble to Overcome Microchip Crunch
With global supplies tight, brokers are playing an outsize role in securing key components.
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What to Do Now About Tomorrow's Code-Cracking Computers
A future-proof way to encrypt sensitive data is now available. Put it to use.
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Chip Investment Decisions Await Congressional Action on $52 Billion Funding Bill
Political wrangling slows progress on what began as bipartisan effort to restore America's semiconductor production prowess.
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In Ukraine War, a Race to Acquire Smarter, Deadlier Drones
Drones are in high demand among both Ukrainians and Russians as the war continues.
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Computer Science Proof Unveils Unexpected Form of Entanglement
Three computer scientists have solved the NLTS conjecture, proving that systems of entangled particles can remain difficult to analyze even away from extremes. ...
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'Retbleed' Speculative Execution Attack Affects AMD, Intel CPUs
The "Retbleed" flaw targets older AMD and Intel central processing units as a channel for Spectre-based speculative-execution attacks.
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Cryptomining Capacity in U.S. Rivals Energy Use of Houston
A Congressional probe found seven of the largest U.S. bitcoin mining companies could cumulatively use as much electricity as all the homes in Houston.
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Ethereum Merge: How Crypto's Carbon Footprint Is About to Shrink
Ethereum, the second biggest blockchain in the world, is transitioning to proof of stake. That sentence may not make sense to you, but it's a huge deal.
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The Webb Space Telescope's Profound Data Challenges
The James Webb Space Telescope's data-collecting operations present a number of challenges, including dependence on a reliable communications subsystem.
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A Health Monitoring Wearable That Operates Without a Battery
University of California, Irvine researchers have developed a self-powered, wireless wearable device that can monitor a user's pulse.
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