Metallic glass gears up for 'cobots,' coatings, and more
Where are the robot assistants we were promised?
Jul 29, 2021
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Engineering
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Business
Fast-growing but controversial, Robinhood falls in Nasdaq debut
Robinhood had a rough start on Wall Street Thursday, falling sharply in its Nasdaq debut after the fast-growing online trading app raised $1.9 billion in an initial public offering.
Jul 29, 2021
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Internet
Is Facebook 'killing us'? A new study investigates
Following the Surgeon General's July 15 advisory on health misinformation and social media, President Joe Biden remarked that Facebook and other social media platforms are "killing people." Though Biden quickly backpedaled ...
Jul 29, 2021
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Internet
Study explains lax oversight in Facebook ads during 2016 election
University of Arkansas English professor Adam Pope and his colleague at San Jose State University examined lax oversight of advertising on Facebook during the 2016 political campaign and found a systematic bias toward ad ...
Jul 29, 2021
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Internet
Fast internet everywhere could add $160 billion to US economy
The U.S. economy stands to gain $160 billion a year in extra output from a successful national high-speed internet plan that would boost labor productivity and allow more people to work from home, according to new research.
Jul 29, 2021
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Business
Apple to require masks in half of its US stores starting Thursday following CDC mask guidelines
Apple will require shoppers to wear masks again at half of its U.S. stores, the company confirmed to USA TODAY. It is the first major retailer to confirm a change to its policy.
Jul 29, 2021
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Internet
COVID shutdown: Twitter closes San Francisco and New York offices as Delta coronavirus cases surge
Twitter has closed its San Francisco and New York offices as COVID-19 cases surge from the highly contagious delta variant, the latest sign that companies are rethinking their reopening plans and taking new precautions against ...
Jul 29, 2021
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Electronics & Semiconductors
An organic active adaptation transistor with light intensity-dependent photoadaptation
A team of researchers from the Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, has developed an organic active adaptation transistor (OAAT). ...
Computer Sciences
Reducing the computational power required to analyze DNA
An approach that reduces the computational power required to analyze huge amounts of DNA data for identifying new microbes and their proteins could be used for manufacturing anything from new antibiotics to plastic-degrading ...
Jul 29, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
Development of CO2-free fermentation technology amid surging demand for low-carbon biofuel
As much as one-third of the carbon in sugar is lost as carbon dioxide (CO2) during fermentation processes that use biomass to make renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
Jul 29, 2021
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