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Siemens Automates Design Process for Testing Chips with Advanced Packaging
Siemens Digital Industries Software's new software system automates the design process for testing chips with several layers of silicon tiles.
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Volvo to Install Laser Sensors on New Cars
Volvo Cars will soon become the first automaker to install laser-based sensors across its entire fleet.
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Tool Uncovers Cancer-Driving Structural Variations
Weill Cornell Medicine researchers created the CSVDriver software to identify cancer-generating structural variants from tumor samples via DNA sequence analysis...
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Securing the Enterprise When Employees are Remote
Managing the security challenges of hybrid work environments.
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Stuck on the Streets of San Francisco in a Driverless Car
A reporter and a photographer went for a ride in an experimental autonomous vehicle operated by the General Motors subsidiary Cruise. There were bumps in the road...
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How the U.S. is Trying to Maintain Dominance of the Advanced Semiconductor Industry
...while trying to limit China's ability to develop its own.
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Technology Could Help Whales Threatened by Noise Pollution
Researchers have developed software to prevent whale deaths caused by underwater noise pollution interfering with their echolocation.
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Engineers Build Battery-Free, Wireless Underwater Camera
Massachusetts Institute of Technology engineers have developed a battery-free, wireless underwater camera.
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'Papermill Alarm' Software Flags Potentially Fake Papers
Adam Day at U.K.-based data services company Clear Skies developed a software tool that highlights potentially bogus scientific papers.
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In India, Debunking Fake News and Running Into the Authorities
Independent website Alt News has emerged as a leading debunker of misinformation in India, but highlighting hate speech against minorities has put it on a collision...
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Lossless Data Management Platform for ML, Sharing of Experimental Info
New platform allows automated analysis and lossless sharing of material exploration data in the form of knowledge graphs in electronic laboratory notebooks.
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Designing Quantum Materials on the Computer
An international team including researchers from Rice University and the Technical University of Vienna have developed a theoretical method for identifying novel...
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Key Element for a Scalable Quantum Computer
Physicists have taken a step toward realizing a scalable quantum computer by transferring electrons across several micrometers on a quantum chip.
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3D Printing Drones Work Like Bees
An international team of scientists developed a fleet of three-dimensional (3D) printing drones that can build and repair structures in flight.
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Autonomous, Wireless Robots Could Dance on a Human Hair
Cornell University researchers have created wireless robots small enough to sit on a human hair that operate autonomously, using light as a power source.
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When AI Asks Dumb Questions, It Gets Smart Fast
New research suggests patiently correcting artificial intelligence (AI) when it asks dumb questions may be key to helping the technology learn.
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Smart Mask Could Be Early Warning System
Chinese team develops a wearable bioelectric mask that can sniff out diseases such as Covid-19 and influenza.
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What Are Data Scientists' Biggest Concerns?
Among the key concerns identified in Anaconda's State of Data Science 2022 report was the barriers to adoption of data science overall.
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