Virtual reality battlefield technology designed to train military leaders
A new and modern approach to understanding battlefield history may soon help prepare future military leaders in the U.S.
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Google, Harvard unveil Android medical research app
Google has partnered with Harvard Medical School to launch an app that allows anyone with an Android phone to participate in medical studies.
Robotics
Robots encourage risk-taking behaviour in humans
New research has shown robots can encourage humans to take greater risks in a simulated gambling scenario than they would if there was nothing to influence their behaviours. Increasing our understanding of whether robots ...
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Machine learning & AI
Machine learning and big data are unlocking Europe's archives
From wars to weddings, Europe's history is stored in billions of archival pages across the continent. While many archives try to make their documents public, finding information in them remains a low-tech affair. Simple page ...
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Software
'The Last of Us Part II' rules, collecting seven wins at The Game Awards
On a big night for video games, "The Last of Us Part II" was the biggest winner. The harrowing action-adventure game, a Sony PlayStation 4 exclusive released in June, won seven awards including the biggie: Game of the Year.
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Business
Facebook employees won't be required to get a COVID-19 vaccine
Facebook will not require employees to get a COVID-19 vaccine before returning to the office.
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Electronics & Semiconductors
New 2-D Ruddlesden-Popper (RP) layered perovskite-based solar cells
In recent years, researchers worldwide have been trying to develop solar cells and other technologies that can produce electrical energy from renewable sources, as these could reduce the emission of greenhouse gases and thus ...
Computer Sciences
Automating material-matching for movies and video games
Very few of us who play video games or watch computer-generated image-filled movies ever take the time to sit back and appreciate all the handiwork that make their graphics so thrilling and immersive.
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Energy & Green Tech
New fabrication method for perovskite solar cells promises to break the efficiency limit
The direct solar-to-electricity conversion enabled by solar cells can play pivotal role in our future energy supply. Increasing the cost-effectiveness of solar cells is essential to accelerate the upcoming terawatt-scale ...
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Other
The future of autonomous aircraft
Imagine a world of aerial delivery drones bringing goods right to your door, small air taxis with fewer than six passengers flying about cities, supersonic airliners crossing continents and oceans, and sixth-generation fighter ...
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