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Breakthrough in Monte Carlo Computer Simulations
A new algorithm uses Monte Carlo computer simulations more efficiently to explore nonequilibrium systems with long-range interactions.
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Laser Mapping Reveals Forgotten Maya City
Laser-mapping technology uncovered a long-lost Mayan city in the jungles of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula.
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Robot Boosts Solar Energy Research
Scientists developed a new robot for advancing semiconductor materials discovery.
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Getting to the Root of the Problem In Tree Digital Twin Models
A new computational model simulates the coordinated three-dimensional development of trees and their roots.
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How Hacking Honeybees Brings AI Closer to the Hive
Computer scientists have developed a new form of decision-making machine intelligence by analyzing the brains of honeybees.
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The ESRB Wants to Start Using Facial Scanning Technology to Check People's Ages
The FTC is now seeking public feedback on the ESRB's proposal.
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Teachers Put AI Tutoring Bots to the Test
Three public schools in Newark, NJ, are testing an artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted teaching aid from education nonprofit Khan Academy.
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Computer-Assisted Proofs Take on Fluid Flow
Researchers use computers to show that equations can "blow up."
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Sweaty Robot May Help Humans Understand Impact of Soaring Heat
An Arizona State University researcher described the Advanced Newton Dynamic Instrument robot as "the world's first outdoor thermal mannequin."
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Brain-Computer Interface Connects via Ear Canal
Scientists in China have built a non-invasive interface that can connect a human brain to a computer via the wearer's inner ear.
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AI That Teaches Other AI
Scientist demonstrated that robots can be trained to train other robots by sharing their knowledge.
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Amazon Cashless 'Pay by Palm' Technology Requires Only a Hand Wave
Retail giant Amazon has announced a new contactless transaction service that allows shoppers to pay with their palms.
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Biosensor Offers Real-Time Dialysis Feedback
Researchers at Iran's Shahrood University of Technology engineered a new biosensor to expedite hemodialysis procedures by providing dialysis feedback in real time...
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Can VR Mimic Nature's Power to Make Us Healthier?
Scientists are investigating whether virtual reality can offer some of the health benefits of being in nature.
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Employees Want ChatGPT at Work. Bosses Worry They'll Spill Secrets
Some corporate leaders have banned the use of generative artificial intelligence tools over concerns about exposing sensitive company and customer information. ...
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Spinning Into the Future – New Waveguide Is Changing the Way Data Is Transferred, Manipulated
Physicists have pioneered a method to engineer electromagnetic spin on metasurfaces, addressing the data storage and transfer needs of an increasingly digital world...
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Digital Twins Give Hydrogen a Greener Path to Growth
A researcher thinks digital twins could help lower clean hydrogen production costs by monitoring the state of hydrogen electrolyzers.
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Wearable Biosensor for Monitoring Sweat Electrolytes
Researchers in Japan engineered an innovative sweat biosensor by depositing a flexible chloride ion sensor onto a textile substrate through heat-transfer printing...
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Europe Looks to Virtual Factories in New Industrial Revolution
The European Union is funding the Digital Intelligent MOdular FACtories project to advance the concept of virtual factories or digital twins throughout Europe. ...
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