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Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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Cat Qubit Error Correction Architecture
A new quantum error-correction architecture could reduce quantum computer hardware requirements.
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NVMe Consortium Polishes Its Specs to Support Computational Storage
The NVM Express (NVMe) consortium has established a standardized method for applications to talk to storage devices with processing capabilities.
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New AI Framework Can Create Images From Nothing
Blackout Diffusion generates samples comparable to current diffusion models, but require fewer computational resources.
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Japan Turns to Innovation to Tackle Labor Crisis
Japan, the world's fastest-aging economy, is turning to technologies like AI, avatars, and robots to address labor shortages.
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New Error Correction Trick could Make Quantum Computers 200 Times Smaller
Using a combination of error-correction approaches, researchers could make a quantum computer with physical qubits available today.
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NASA's Robotic, Self-Assembling Structures
Researchers at the NASA Ames Research Center have developed "self-reprogrammable mechanical metamaterials."
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Microsoft Says Russian Government Hackers Stole Its Emails
Microsoft said hackers working for the Russian government breached its corporate networks recently and stole email from executives and some employees to find out...
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Robots Look Better to Detroit as Labor Costs Rise
Automakers are again turning their attention to robots to address rising labor costs.
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The Next Front in the U.S.-China Battle Over Chips
A U.S.-born chip technology called RISC-V has become critical to China's ambitions. Washington is debating whether and how to limit the technology.
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IBM Built the Biggest, Coolest Quantum Computer. Now Comes the Hard Part
New York's Thomas J. Watson Research Lab houses the world's largest quantum computer system, IBM's Quantum System Two.
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Tesla Recalls 1.6 Million Cars in China to Fix Self-Driving Systems
Tesla is recalling nearly all the vehicles it has sold in China to update their computer software.
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Google Taps Asimov's Laws of Robotics for Robot Safety
Researchers at Google DeepMind created a "Robot Constitution" to ensure the safety of their newest robotic system.
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This Memristor Works Best When Stressed
University of Rochester researchers have developed a technique for stressing a 2D memristor to produce the fastest switching speed and lowest operating energy. ...
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Japanese Scientists Build 'Robot Dragon' That Fights Fire
Researchers in Japan have created a firefighting robot called Dragon Firefighter with a firehose that can change shape and be oriented towards flames.
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Mercedes Adds Blue Car Light for Self-Driving
Mercedes-Benz has received approval to add external turquoise blue lights to its vehicles that indicate when they are in self-driving mode.
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Bionic Prostheses Empower Wounded Ukrainian Soldiers
About 20,000 Ukrainians have had amputations since the war with Russia started in February 2022. Some were able to receive bionic prostheses.
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National Lab Works to Cap, Reduce Carbon
Argonne National Laboratory will use supercomputers to help companies advance clean energy technologies with ultra-fidelity simulations and data analysis.
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Epigenomics Now
Computer power helps biologists track the regulation of genetic information.
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Wayfinding Without GPS
Quantum entanglement provides a new direction in navigation.
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