If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck. Scientists on the hunt…
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Sneak Peek Into Test Chamber for NASA’s X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology Aircraft
Credit: KBR, Brooks in San Antonio, Texas Safety is paramount for NASA’s quiet supersonic flight team who are making great strides in preparing for future flight testing…
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Sweat-Proof Electronic “Smart Skin” Takes Reliable Vitals, Even During Workouts
Engineers have developed a sweat-proof “electronic skin” — a conformable, sensor-embedded sticky patch that reliably monitors a person’s health, even when a wearer is perspiring.…
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Researchers Enable AI To Use Its “Imagination” – Closer to Humans’ Understanding of the World
New AI system takes its inspiration from humans: when a human sees a color from one object, we can easily apply it to any other…
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Learning to Use Objects in Novel Ways to Solve Problems Like Humans Do
Credit: Kris Brewer, adapted from “Picker Robot” by RList Media/Flickr What’s SSUP? The Sample, Simulate, Update cognitive model developed by MIT researchers learns to use…
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New Holographic Light Collector Boosts Solar Panel Efficiency
A holographic light collector separates the colors of sunlight and directs them to the solar cells. Credit: R.K. Kostuk, University of Arizona Holograms Increase Solar…
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Avoiding probate with a smart contract
Madison Arcemont. Credit: Southern Methodist University, Hillsman S. Jackson A recent graduate of SMU’s Dedman School of Law has written computer language for a smart…
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WhatsApp tests breaking free from smartphones
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Facebook-owned messaging service WhatsApp has announced the launch of a trial aimed at freeing its users from smartphones. In a blog…
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Maximizing efficiency of labs that work with perishable biomolecules
Credit: CC0 Public Domain A team of scientists led by Associate Professor Haruka Ozaki of the Center for Artificial Intelligence Research at the University of…
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New Technology Opens the Gate to the Next Generation of Information Processing
New method for information processing: The coherent information exchange (black undulating lines) between magnons (shaded red area) and microwave photons (shaded blue area) is controlled…
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