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Robots Gathering to Help Beat Britain's Supply-Chain Shortages
Robotic logistics is helping to mitigate labor shortages and other supply-chain disruptions in the U.K.
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World's Largest Lab-Grown Steak Unveiled by Israeli Firm
Researchers at the Israeli firm MeaTech 3D said they have grown a 4-ounce steak in a lab, the largest produced thus far.
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Building Human-Robot Relationships Through Music and Dance
A performance called FOREST is exploring trust through creative collaboration.
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Researchers Develop Algorithm to Increase Efficiency of Quantum Computers
A collaboration between researchers has yielded a scheme to boost quantum computers' speed and efficiency.
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Mobile Weed Killer for Tree Nurseries
Researchers have developed a mobile robot system that tree nurseries could deploy to remove weeds without the use of herbicides.
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Critical Wormable Security Flaw Found in Several HP Printer Models
F-Secure Labs researchers reported two eight-year-old vulnerabilities affecting 150 HP multifunction printers could be exploited to commandeer target devices.
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Car Hackers Could Drive You Off the Road (or They Might Settle for Money)
Automotive cybersecurity is a cat-and-mouse game, with the good guys and bad guys constantly chasing each other.
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Discovery Opens the Way for Brain-Like Computers
Researchers successfully combined a memory function with a calculation function in the same component.
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Scientists Claim Big Advance in Using DNA to Store Data
Scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology's Georgia Tech Research Institute claim they can improve DNA data storage 100-fold with a new processor they developed...
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F.T.C. Sues to Stop Blockbuster Chip Deal Between Nvidia and Arm
The proposed deal would give Nvidia control over computing technology and designs on which rival firms rely.
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Shifting Colors for On-Chip Photonics
On-chip frequency shifters can convert light in the gigahertz frequency range using continuous and single-tone microwaves.
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Stanford Engineers Propose Simpler Design for Quantum Computers
Engineers have proposed a simpler design for quantum computers by harnessing a laser to manipulate an atom and alter photonic states through quantum teleportation...
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Stanford's Simple New Quantum Computer Design: Photonic Computation in a Synthetic Time Dimension
A relatively simple quantum computer design that uses a single atom to manipulate photons could be constructed with currently available components.
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Creating 3D Maps with a Backpack
A researcher at the University of Twente in the Netherlands has developed a wearable mobile mapping system.
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World's First Living Robots Can Reproduce, Scientists Say
The C-shaped parent xenobots collect and compress loose stem cells together into piles which can mature into offspring.
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Quantum Computing Heavyweight Arrives as Merger Creates Quantinuum
Investors keen on quantum computing can expect the Honeywell-Cambridge Quantum merger to produce a new publicly traded company within a year.
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Researchers Find Security Flaw Affecting 37% of Smartphones
Researchers at Check Point Research have identified security flaws in the audio digital signal processor used in MediaTek's system-on-chip products.
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One of the World's Most Precise Microchip Sensors Created Thanks to a Spiderweb
Spiderwebs inspired researchers at the Netherlands' Delft University of Technology to design one of the world's most precise microchip sensors.
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