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Based on a cellphone-recorded cough, machine learning models accurately detect coronavirus even in people with no symptoms

Autonomous vehicles, factory robots, and virtual reality are probably unattainable until we wring latency out of our networks. Engineers are working on it

With help of a 30-year-old software architecture, Disney’s robots have their eyes on you

As part of our growing suite of early-stage design verification technologies, the Calibre nmLVS-Recon solution enables design teams to move through early-stage circuit verification more quickly and efficiently, leading to an overall reduction in delivery schedules and time to market.

Most recipients tend to be older white male academics, who are primarily from the U.S.

Nokia Bell Labs and NASA team up to bring wireless networks to the moon

In the midst of an explosion of AI chip startups, IBM and Synopsys have made a toolkit for AI chip design available to everyone

Terahertz rays could find use in wireless networks and detect cancers and bombs

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Philia Labs’ wearable measures physiological indicators to help manage stress

The shoe-fitting fluoroscope was unnecessary and hazardous, but kids loved it

FreeBOTs use magnets and internal motors to roll around or stick together

An expert on maximizing voter participation says other methods are better and more cost-effective

With a little bit of extra work but no additional hardware, your cheap 3D printer can make complex objects out of different kinds of filament

Ethiopia has dammed a tributary, crimping the flow into Egypt, which for the first time in millennia is running out of water

These vacuum devices stood guard during the Cold War, advanced particle physics, treated cancer patients, and made the Beatles sound good

Teaching robots to understand "why" could help them transfer their knowledge to other environments

Sensor-laden darts can collect data in hazardous or inaccessible environments

Which comes first, the network or the devices? Why not both?

Built by Sinn Power, the technology uses a combination of wave, wind, and solar

First humans to receive a "stentrode" demonstrate that home brain-computer interface systems are feasible

The key was the lapidary engine, together with a passel of sensors and diagnostics

Nvidia tops MLPerf records again, consortium adds benchmarks to measure mobile

A fleet of microsatellites will identify emitters of the gas, which is responsible for a quarter of global warming


A Brooklyn startup is an XPRIZE finalist for the way it turns CO2 into premium vodka

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A bunch of these boats could meet up to form ad hoc structures, like a bridge or a platform.

Developed by an Olin College engineering professor, the program teaches students about leadership, teamwork, and communication

Optogenetics can now control neural circuits at unprecedented depths within living brain tissue without surgery

The Defense Innovation Board recommends continuing remote work beyond the pandemic, at home and in a nationwide network of coworking spaces

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This electrochemical diagnostic tool uses carbon nanotubes to diagnose an upper respiratory infection in 30 seconds

The novel display from Samsung and Stanford could find use in VR, AR

Combining solar and pedal power should get you through most outages

The device could one day mean less x-rays for people with dental implants

New design also increases energy density for Li-ion batteries

Today, you can buy a smartphone with a foldable display. Tomorrow you may wear a screen that can stretch

Intel researchers developed a hardware accelerator that helps IoT devices use post-quantum cryptography

Room-temperature sintering enables skin sensors for vital signs

Memristors could enable significant performance increases for mobile robots

Boeing and General Atomics are teaming to scale a novel killer-laser technology to 250 kilowatts.

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Information architect Merryl Gross designs UX that averts calamities

With real-time air-traffic and weather data, you’ll forget you’re at your desk

A new investigation argues that the politics is delaying electric grid unification

Targets a new type of non-volatile embedded memory as an SRAM replacement

Robots and self-driving cars will need completely reengineered networks that have less than one millisecond of lag

Spectrum takes a Fantastic Voyage-style VR ride through a brain cell

With the potential to further shrink transistors and improve performance, these ultra-thin semiconducting materials could also make flexible electronics a practical reality

IBM's concept of quantum volume tries to measure quantum computing progress in ways beyond counting qubits