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Margaret Hamilton, the MIT computer scientist who led development of the flight software that guided Apollo 11 to the Moon, has died at 90. She later received the Presidential Medal …
Engineers in Australia and France have developed a lightweight, strong titanium metamaterial that floats in water by filling hollow struts with polymer foam, opening new possibilities for marine vehicles and …
Researchers trained eight machine-learning algorithms on 40 years of data from Lakes Superior, Michigan, Erie and Ontario, then used game-theory techniques to reveal which climate factors drive water levels and …
A Chinese research team says a gel electrolyte solves the short-circuit problem that has long blocked sodium-metal batteries, achieving a full charge in four minutes and more than 6,000 hours …
Researchers have developed a sulfur-based material that uses light to split water into hydrogen without an additional expensive metal catalyst, potentially lowering the cost of solar hydrogen production.
A quantum computer has functioned in space, opening the door to orbital data centers and quantum-powered internet infrastructure. The demonstration suggests quantum computing could extend beyond Earth-based laboratories.
A team from Queen's University is traveling to Florida to compete against university teams from Australia, India, and the United States in a NASA robotics competition.
Researchers compared platinum-copper and platinum-iron catalysts on a graphene-like MXene support, finding that the copper alloy delivers higher activity while the iron alloy offers greater durability. The study used in-situ …
A new film starring Chris Pratt and Rebecca Ferguson depicts a future courtroom where an AI judge uses Bayesian inference to determine guilt, raising real-world concerns about algorithmic bias in …
Researchers are combining drones, machine learning, and ecological science to track endangered animals and protect species like the northern white rhino, according to a new podcast episode.
Researchers at Maynooth University in Ireland have built a DNA-based computer that performs calculations as it drifts toward thermal equilibrium, demonstrating addition, multiplication, and division across more than 700 computations …
Digital technologies increasingly shape daily life, and computer scientist Francine Berman argues that stronger safeguards are needed to protect the public interest online.
Researchers at Yunnan University have developed a wide-bandgap perovskite solar cell that captures blue-green light in deep water, achieving a record 34.71% power conversion efficiency at a simulated depth of …
As data centers multiply and strain power grids, water supplies, and land, researchers and companies are exploring orbital facilities that would rely on solar energy and avoid local opposition.
Tribology, the study of friction, lubrication and wear between moving surfaces, saves energy and money but remains little known outside engineering circles. A new overview traces its history from ancient …
Google is preparing to send four Tensor Processing Units into orbit on a SpaceX rideshare mission, testing whether its AI hardware can survive launch and operate in space as part …
Japan has switched on its first full-stack room-temperature quantum computer, a system its developers say can be scaled to 10,000 qubits without the ultra-cold cooling infrastructure that dominates most quantum …
Montana Instruments has launched the RapidCycle 100 EC, a cryostat that cools from room temperature to 4 K in under an hour, aiming to speed up validation of electronic components …
Researchers at Huazhong University of Science and Technology demonstrate a hybrid perovskite-tungsten disulfide device that uses voltage to switch between interlayer and intralayer exciton states, enabling electrical control of energy …
A senior Nvidia executive argued Wednesday that artificial intelligence can accelerate climate solutions even as the data centers powering the technology drive up energy use and emissions.
