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How the Secrets of Ancient Cuneiform Texts Are Being Revealed by AI
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How the Secrets of Ancient Cuneiform Texts Are Being Revealed by AI

Artificial intelligence is being used to read and translate cuneiform, helping to recreate ancient libraries by piecing together fragmented tablets and predicting...

How Russia Took Over Ukraine's Internet in Occupied Territories
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How Russia Took Over Ukraine's Internet in Occupied Territories

Internet routing data for a service provider in Kherson shows traffic beginning to flow through Russian networks in May before fully transitioning by early June...

Where Are The Autonomous Cars?
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Where Are The Autonomous Cars?

L5 vehicles need at least 10 more years of development.

Using AI to Control Digital Manufacturing
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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.

NASA Space Robotics Dive into Deep-Sea Work
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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.

College in the Metaverse Is Here. Is Higher Ed Ready?
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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...

Zooming In to Get the Full Picture
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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.

Japan Once Led the World in Microchips. Now, It's Racing to Catch Up
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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"...

A.I. Is Not Sentient. Why Do People Say It Is?
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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.

India Withdraws a Proposed Law on Data Protection
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India Withdraws a Proposed Law on Data Protection

A number of lawyers and experts say measures to safeguard citizens online are badly needed, but the bill was criticized by both privacy advocates and tech companies...

New Technique Brings Quantum Computers Closer to Their Promise
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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.

Extreme Security for Users Targeted by Cyberattack
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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.

AI Can Diagnose Dementia As Accurately as Experts
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AI Can Diagnose Dementia As Accurately as Experts

The results of recent research have broad implications for dementia treatment.

Datacenters Are Facing Climate Crisis
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Datacenters Are Facing Climate Crisis

With studies predicting more extreme weather in the coming years, datacenters need to be prepared.

Team Generates First Global Map of Cargo Ship Pollution, Revealing Effects of Fuel Regulations
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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.

Flexible Robot Hand with Precise Grip Lifts 1,000 Times Its Own Weight
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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.

Congress Is Giving Billions to the Chip Industry. Strings Are Attached
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Congress Is Giving Billions to the Chip Industry. Strings Are Attached

Industrial policy is back in Washington, as a vast semiconductor and science bill gives the government new sway over a strategic industry.

Conjoined Twins Separated with the Help of VR
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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.

The CHIPS Act and Industrial Policy, Explained
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The CHIPS Act and Industrial Policy, Explained

Is America giving up on the free market?

There Are Too Few Women in Computer Science and Engineering
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There Are Too Few Women in Computer Science and Engineering

It's not that they aren't interested; it's the culture of these fields and how they exclude women and girls.
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