Security
For six days in the spring of 2021, the Suez Canal—a narrow waterway connecting the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea and an important trade route between locations such as China and Europe—was blocked by the container ...
May 2, 2023
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Computer Sciences
Heat causes errors in the qubits that are the building blocks of a quantum computer, so quantum systems are typically kept inside refrigerators that keep the temperature just above absolute zero (-459 degrees Fahrenheit).
Feb 21, 2023
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Business
Artificial intelligence is dominating headlines—enabling new innovations that drive business performance—yet the negative implications for society are an afterthought.
Feb 20, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Tens of thousands of homes and businesses are left without power as Cyclone Gabrielle batters New Zealand's North Island, causing widespread damage to the power network.
Feb 14, 2023
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Hardware
Since the concepts of digital coding metasurfaces and programmable metasurfaces were put forward in 2014, the physical world of electromagnetics has been closely connected to the digital world of information, thus producing ...
Dec 14, 2022
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Fully automated vehicles (AVs), or driverless cars, will be commonplace sooner than we may think. Right now, car makers and transportation network companies—also known as ridesharing companies—are steering AV development. ...
Dec 12, 2022
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Engineering
To meet the world's rapidly growing data consumption and increasing bandwidth requirements, satellite communications are shifting to higher frequencies. The W-band (75–110 GHz) is well suited for use in space, but technical ...
Dec 12, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Millions of miles of pipelines and conduits across the United States make up an intricate network of waterways used for municipal, agricultural and industrial purposes.
Oct 13, 2022
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Computer Sciences
A radically different type of computing technology under development, known as quantum computing, could in theory decode secure communications and jeopardize military communications, critical infrastructure, and financial ...
Sep 15, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Toshiba Corporation has demonstrated the effectiveness of its grid-forming (GFM) inverter, which was developed to ensure the stability of microgrids. A microgrid is a type of distributed energy system that enables regional ...
Aug 29, 2022
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