Engineering
Topology optimization is a computer design method that can help engineers design beams using reduced amounts of concrete and steel. But those intricate shapes produced from the tool are often too complex or expensive to pour ...
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Machine learning & AI
In the past few months, partly autonomous or "agentic" artificial intelligence (AI) systems have racked up some astonishing feats, from hacking tech startups to solving some of the world's most famous open mathematical questions.
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Robotics
Humans are intuitive by nature. We can sense meaning beyond the literal words that we encounter. Now, a new artificial intelligence–assisted learning platform developed by MIT engineers is enabling robots to read larger meaning ...
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Engineering
Today, a scientist who wants to simulate a physical process must pick the right tool for that one job, such as a solver built for flowing water or another designed to model the way a protein folds. Each one is hand-coded ...
Nov 9, 2026
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Software
Many daily and specialized activities, including rapid responses in sports, split-second actions in video games and synchronization during musical performance, require people to execute a prepared movement immediately after ...
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Energy & Green Tech
Scientists say they have developed a new artificial intelligence system capable of predicting uranium enrichment levels with extraordinary precision while identifying different types of nuclear material using gamma spectroscopy ...
Nov 9, 2026
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Hi Tech & Innovation
The relentless march of Moore's law is slowing as electronic circuits hit fundamental limits in speed and energy efficiency. The solution, many researchers believe, lies in photonics, using light instead of electrons to process ...
Nov 9, 2026
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Robotics
In recent months, artificial intelligence agents that can reason, plan and use external tools to accomplish multistep tasks have already reshaped computer coding, online shopping, dinner reservations and cyberattacks.
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Energy & Green Tech
Electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, often described as "flying cars," represent the next generation of transportation. By taking off vertically, these vehicles can potentially be used in cities without ...
Nov 9, 2026
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Robotics
Drones have become a crucial element in modern security and defense. The ability to manipulate the signals reflected from drones—so that, for example, it is possible to fly close to a radar without being detected—is therefore ...
Nov 9, 2026
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