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Consumer Appetite for Personal AI Goes Mainstream
Qualcomm Technologies commissioned a survey of more than 12,000 people across the U.S., U.K., Germany, India, Brazil, and China to examine consumer in…
Plant biology provides inspiration for PFAS replacement
Joshua Yuan, a chemical engineer at Washington University in St Louis, Missouri, and his team created a waterproof coating inspired by suberin, a natu…
A computer scientist breaks through a limit that stood since 1996
Dr. Manoj Gupta, an Associate Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, has improved an algorithm for finding shortest paths in lar…
Smaller EV batteries, longer range? Scientists may have found a way
Researchers at KAIST in South Korea have developed a technique to improve anode-free batteries, which could enable smaller electric vehicle batteries …
Scientists overcome a hidden obstacle to more powerful quantum computers
# Scientists Crack the Code for Running Multiple Silicon Qubits at Scale A team of researchers has solved a persistent problem that has blocked the p…
Robotic dog controlled with a computer powered by human blood cells
# Biological Computer Powered by Human Blood Cells Controls Robotic Dog A startup has demonstrated that a biological computer made from human blood c…
New 3D thermal invisibility cloak makes objects disappear from infrared cameras
Researchers have created a three-dimensional thermal invisibility cloak that renders objects invisible to infrared cameras while simultaneously shield…
Brazil presidential election dogged by alleged bias by Meta AI tools
# Brazil's Presidential Election Faces Scrutiny Over Meta AI Bias Allegations Brazil's upcoming presidential election has become entangled in accusat…
Synthetic public opinion polling: AI personas don't always change their minds like real voters do
Researchers have identified a critical difference between how AI personas and real voters behave when surveyed over time. Real voters frequently chang…
Scientists have just voted to abolish leap seconds
Scientists voting at a meeting in France this week decided to abolish leap seconds, ending a practice that has been in place since 1972. During that 5…
Why a high school in Virginia is getting a quantum computer
Skyview High School in Virginia will receive a quantum computer for student use beginning in January, according to New Scientist. The school plans to …
Self-driving, solar-powered cars that talk to each other? What vehicles might look like in 10 years.
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Mathematicians and AI in behind-the-scenes battle over what’s true
AI systems are solving mathematical problems at accelerating speeds, creating an urgent need to verify whether their solutions are actually correct. F…
Anthropic’s discovery will, at best, be just another gene-editing tool
# AI Model's Gene-Editing Discovery Falls Short of Revolutionary Breakthrough Anthropic released findings showing that Claude, its large language mod…
Backpack massages muscles when it detects they’re fatigued
# Smart Backpack Delivers Automated Massage When Muscles Tire Researchers have developed a wearable backpack equipped with electrodes and a motorized…