Robotics
Do you ever see an ant skittering across your kitchen counter and wonder how this little bug overcame all the obstacles in your home just to get there? Insects use their tiny nervous systems to walk with surprising dexterity—a ...
Aug 27, 2026
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Business
As retailers increasingly embrace artificial intelligence (AI), robotics and autonomous vehicles, a new retail model is beginning to emerge: mobile stores that drive directly to customers instead of waiting for customers ...
Jul 24, 2026
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Building next-generation semiconductors and low-power electronic devices requires precisely stacking materials with different functions. In this process, it is essential to preserve each material's intrinsic properties, as ...
Jul 27, 2026
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Engineering
A new physics-based analytical model can accurately predict ferroelectric behavior under real-world, complex voltages, according to a study led by University of Michigan Engineering. The model bridges the longstanding gap ...
Aug 12, 2026
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Engineering
Imagine buying three identical 3D printers. Despite being the same brand, the same model and even having similar serial numbers, each machine may behave slightly differently. Over time and at scale, these differences can ...
Jul 21, 2026
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Business
Sending data centers into space. Building them at the bottom of the ocean. Converting California fairgrounds—and San Francisco's Cow Palace—into massive buildings filled with servers.
Aug 12, 2026
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Consumer & Gadgets
New research led by The University of Manchester in collaboration with Durham University has found that AI chatbots such as ChatGPT can match—and in some situations outperform—humans as a source of everyday emotional support. ...
Jul 22, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
For the first time, researchers from Idaho National Laboratory, the Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Purdue University used a geographically distributed control system to ...
Jul 14, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
Do AI models understand the language that they produce? To help answer this question and elucidate the mechanisms of language acquisition more generally, researchers at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) ...
Jul 23, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
Data centers are running into a wall of public anger in the United States over their thirst for water and power.
Sep 7, 2026
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