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Cybersecurity Protects Food, Agriculture
Protecting the U.S. food supply from cyberattack.
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Can Foundation Models Help Us Achieve 'Perfect Secrecy'?
Stanford University researchers are exploring whether emerging foundation models can help to realize the highest level of privacy, or "perfect secrecy."
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Streaming from the Future
A machine learning system can remove buildings from a live view on a mobile device, which could speed up the process of urban renewal.
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Crypto and the U.S. Government Are Headed for a Decisive Showdown
The Securities and Exchange Commission accused Ishan Wahi, a former product manager at the Coinbase cryptocurrency exchange, of insider trading and securities fraud...
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Found in Space
Using deep learning to identify and classify astronomically distant objects.
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Record-Breaking Experiment Could Solve a Huge Challenge in Quantum Computing
Scientists have been experimenting with quantum gates based on different materials for some time, but the superpositions of the qubits can quickly degrade.
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Using AI to Control Digital Manufacturing
An international team of researchers taught a machine learning system with computer vision to monitor and control three-dimensional printing in real time.
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NASA Space Robotics Dive into Deep-Sea Work
Former NASA roboticists who helped developed the Robonaut 2 astronaut assistant robot are part of a research team that has developed a deep-sea robot.
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College in the Metaverse Is Here. Is Higher Ed Ready?
This fall, students at 10 U.S. universities will attend metaversities, virtual reality (VR) platforms where educators and students wear VR headsets and interact...
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Zooming In to Get the Full Picture
Scientists have built the most comprehensive single-cell map of embryo development in any animal to date, using the fruit fly as its model.
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Japan Once Led the World in Microchips. Now, It's Racing to Catch Up
As it reckons with supply chain vulnerabilities, the country is spending billions to revitalize domestic production and seeking to form a coalition with "like-minded"...
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A.I. Is Not Sentient. Why Do People Say It Is?
Robots can't think or feel, despite what the researchers who build them want to believe.
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New Technique Brings Quantum Computers Closer to Their Promise
The work was notable because Quantinuum's error correction technology keeps logical qubits stable longer than conventional qubits.
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Extreme Security for Users Targeted by Cyberattack
Apple's Lockdown Mode provides serious security to individuals personally targeted by sophisticated attackers.
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AI Can Diagnose Dementia As Accurately as Experts
The results of recent research have broad implications for dementia treatment.
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Datacenters Are Facing Climate Crisis
With studies predicting more extreme weather in the coming years, datacenters need to be prepared.
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Team Generates First Global Map of Cargo Ship Pollution, Revealing Effects of Fuel Regulations
A new algorithm automates the process of tracking cargo ships via satellite data.
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Flexible Robot Hand with Precise Grip Lifts 1,000 Times Its Own Weight
Researchers have developed artificial muscles using a three-dimensional printer and tiny actuators that convert energy into movement.
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Humanoid Diving Robot Explores Shipwrecks
The OceanOneK robot built by Stanford University researchers is exploring shipwrecks and sunken planes on the ocean floor.
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Conjoined Twins Separated with the Help of VR
Virtual reality (VR) technology was instrumental in the surgery that successfully separated Brazilian twins who were joined at the head.
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