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Simulation is the secret to flying a helicopter on Mars

Nearly 30 years ago, Isamu Akasaki dazzled journalists with a bright pen light

A new book analyzes the seven grand transitions that have formed the modern world

Wireless communication for automotive

Make lemonade from those lemons, says those who worked on report from National Academies

Three years of underground robotics competitions culminate in a final event in September with $5 million in prize money

Facebook researchers release a dataset intended to help machine learning developers test algorithms for bias

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The upstart RISC-V chip architecture has found international traction with its customizable open-source design and lack of licensing fees

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Energy losses defeated previous-gen flywheels as viable big batteries; so new ones levitate more efficiently

Adidas’s Futurecraft.Strung running shoes explore complex geometries of support for the world’s fastest feet

The growing population of avatars that use AI smarts to interact with us is a major clue

A centralized location and new procedures will help standardize and reinforce the organization’s commitment to professional ethics

Its makers envision this device growing to 50+ qubits and fitting aboard satellites, autonomous vehicles

Researchers in California look to India's canal-top solar arrays for inspiration

Mulling over a computer program is not like thinking in everyday language—but it's not pure logic either

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In Intel and IBM's effort to battle international competitors, joint undertaking marks unlikely duo

Multi-contact locomotion helps humans get around tricky environments, and it’s a skill robots are starting to learn

Cold clouds of atoms—Bose-Einstein Condensates—will test quantum gravity, enable atom-scale lithography and prospect for minerals from afar

Far less of it is traded long distance than fossil fuels, but the market is definitely growing

Yet another way that China–US tensions are threatening technological progress

Michael I. Jordan explains why today’s artificial-intelligence systems aren’t actually intelligent

An engineer channels Galileo to describe a new approach to computing: p-bits

Silicon Valley entrepreneur Steve Kirsch urges the FDA to quickly approve Fluvoxamine to prevent severe illness from Covid

Joseph Goebbels commissioned a stylish, mass-producible radio to channel Nazi propaganda into German homes

Many apps try to trick us into doing things we didn't mean to, but a new tool could help take back control

Artificial placentas could better the survival odds of premature infants

Computational modeling of thousands of genetic samples taken from city centers yield new information about COVID-19

Can nation-states defend themselves from hackers and one another?

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The flexible dressing includes strain and temperature sensors and near-field communication tags

Know when you’ve had enough sun before you get burned

Innovating Next in mmWave Communications

Univ. of Toronto Researcher: “I did not realize quite how bad [the lack of reproducibility and poor quality in research papers] was.”

Tianwen-1 is expected to attempt a difficult Martian landing in May; if it survives, expect to hear much more

The innovative firm behind Spot and Atlas releases a robot for the logistics chain—made to move boxes in trucks and on pallets

Pulling on common threads is the key to success across multiple careers

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The trend toward all-electric is accelerating

Jeff Hawkins, the Palm Pilot's creator, thinks AI needs much more neuroscience in the mix

Fast as lightning, stable when wet

The biggest challenge for a multi-mission robotic lift-off from an alien planet: It must work right the first time

Lots of EV magic, for less than a Tesla

New algorithm could help robots and autonomous cars negotiate the real world