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Are you ready for a 3D-printed house? They're cheaper, stronger and long-lasting, developers say

The three-bedroom, two-bath home has a corduroy-patterned exterior, rounded corners—and a cement pour that oozed from an industrial-sized toothpaste tube. And most intriguing of all, it comes from a 3D printer.

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Earthquakes don't kill people, buildings do, and those lovely decorative bits are the first to fall

News of Melbourne's earthquake today made my left leg hurt. That's the leg I nearly lost.

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Researchers work to improve landfill gas emissions, community perceptions

Area landfills conjure up so many negative feelings for a lot of people—the odor, the litter—it's no wonder so many communities are struggling to find new locations for them. Working to create a better environment and ...

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NASA robots compete in DARPA's Subterranean Challenge final

Led by NASA JPL, Team CoSTAR will participate in the SubT final this week to demonstrate multi-robot autonomy in a series of tests in extreme environments.

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Electrified heavy-duty vehicle powertrains could provide lower total cost of ownership

For commercial medium- and heavy-duty electric vehicles, the adoption of a new technology relies heavily on its cost relative to alternatives. A new report from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) seeks to pinpoint ...

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While many tech firms keep workers home, T-Mobile wants an office return by next month

While many employers have delayed their office returns until next year, T-Mobile is pushing ahead with plans to bring workers back at least part-time before the end of October.

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Ford invests in electric vehicle battery recycling company

Ford Motor Co. is investing $50 million in an upstart electric vehicle battery recycling company as the automaker moves to shore up its U.S. battery supply chain.

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Your driver-assist system may be out of alignment—with your understanding of how it works

Adaptive cruise control, lane change assistance, collision avoidance, blind spot monitoring, autopilots: These are just a few of the driver-assist features that are arriving in new cars. As technology races ahead with the ...

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Apple, Google raise new concerns by yanking Russian app

Big Tech companies that operate around the globe have long promised to obey local laws and to protect civil rights while doing business. But when Apple and Google capitulated to Russian demands and removed a political-opposition ...

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The broad economic and political impacts of internet restrictions

In 2016, Meicen Sun came to a profound realization: "The control of digital information will lie at the heart of all the big questions and big contentions in politics." A graduate student in her final year of study who is ...