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AI doomsayers funded by billionaires ramp up lobbying

Wireless receiver blocks interference for better mobile device performance

Record-shattering Nyobolt's EV battery charges 10-80% under 5 minutes | This compact and powerful battery, designed for electric vehicles, achieves an 80% charge in a mere four minutes.

Civil servant robot ‘commits suicide’, deadly plunge under probe | Witnesses saw the robot erratically circling before its fall, sparking speculation about the cause.

Chinese scientists create robot with brain made from human stem cells

World's 1st smart glasses with GPT-4o identify objects, answer queries | Solos smart eyewear announces AirGo Vision, the first glasses to incorporate GPT-4o technology.

One of the most powerful men in entertainment just called OpenAI's Sam Altman a 'con man' who can't be trusted

NASA extends Starliner mission for astronauts on ISS, insisting ‘they are not stranded in space’

One of the world's largest engines becomes a clean generator. Originally designed to burn diesel, dual-fuel, or gasoline for tankers and container ships, the Wärtsilä 31 marine engine gets a new life generating clean, renewable electricity.

Tiny lens that uses light trickery to detect gas created in Germany

NYC Set to Announce New School Ban on Cellphones Within Weeks

World record-shattering 402 TB data sent in a second via optical fiber | 37.6 THz optical bandwidth achieved by using 6 doped-fiber amplifier variants and Raman amplification, covering all low-loss transmission bands of silica fibers.

Rhinos get radioactive horns, will trigger nuclear alarms if poached | Witwatersrand University’s initiative could extend to protecting elephants, pangolins, and other endangered species.

China’s graphene find in 2 billion-year-old moon soil defies origin theory

US scientists turn dry air into drinking water with 5 times more efficiency | Even in desert-like conditions, the fins were saturated with water in about an hour.

Bath Engineers Bet on Dirt for Micropower | Bacteria-run batteries could make a world of difference for remote applications

German firm Synhelion opens ‘world’s 1st’ industrial solar fuel plant

This North Korean defector sends ‘smart’ balloons back home. Here’s a look inside his secretive assembly room

First-ever 3D printer that gulps plastic, metal, chips to make layered devices | This innovative 3D printing technique will allow to create intricate devices with various materials using a single machine.

First-ever 3D printer that gulps plastic, metal, chips to make layered devices

A supermarket trip may soon look different, thanks to electronic shelf labels

World’s 1st epilepsy implant cuts seizures by 80%, recharges via headphones | Seven months post-operation, Oran has been reported to be “more alert and has not experienced any drop seizures during the day.”

German team extracts battery-grade lithium from geothermal water | The new process could provide an alternative to more conventional ‘dirty’ methods of extracting lithium.

‘Living laboratory’: Japan’s ‘Woven City’ to get 1st residents — Toyota

Swallowable robot with thrusters performs endoscopy at home | PillBot lets doctors examine the stomach remotely via a smartphone app, replacing upper endoscopy with minimal patient prep.

Is this the end of animal testing? Researchers are increasingly turning to organ-on-a-chip technology for drug testing and other applications.

Humanoid robot with highest operational time in tests by US logistics giant

Microsoft shelves its underwater data center — Project Natick had fewer server failures compared to servers on land

‘Glassy gels’ are a new class of strong, stretchy, sticky materials. They're as tough as plastic but five times as elastic.

Gel sensor uses motion to generate 83% higher voltage than counterparts

‘Space hairdryer’ uses shockwaves to regenerate heart cells post-surgery | The clinical trial proved shockwave therapy’s ability to regenerate heart tissue as well as improve heart pumping function in patients.

Nearly half of Dell workers opt for full-time remote work, even though it means no promotions

For EVs, Semi-Solid-State Batteries Offer a Step Forward. Chinese automakers are rolling out batteries with gel electrolytes.

Researchers leverage shadows to model 3D scenes, including objects blocked from view. This technique could lead to safer autonomous vehicles, more efficient AR/VR headsets, or faster warehouse robots.

Researchers leverage shadows to model 3D scenes, including objects blocked from view. This technique could lead to safer autonomous vehicles, more efficient AR/VR headsets, or faster warehouse robots.

Microsoft ignored months-old security bug in Outlook that allowed email spoofing

A CLEAN, GREEN WAY TO RECYCLE SOLAR PANELS. See how this Italian startup recovers valuable materials without toxic chemicals.

Satellites can help detect early warning signs weeks before earthquakes | Anomalies in the lithosphere and ionosphere can be detected days in advance

Superman-inspired chip brings X-Ray vision to regular smartphones

Superman-inspired chip brings X-Ray vision to regular smartphones

TDK unveils prototype solid-state battery with 20 times the energy density of closest competitor | These tiny wafer batteries could power small devices like the Apple Watch in just a couple of years

TDK claims insane energy density in solid-state battery breakthrough. Apple supplier says new tech has 100 times the capacity of its current batteries.

Wearable ultrasound? New tech targets trouble spots in the brain | Sonogenetics provides researchers with a precise method to control brain activity.

Wireless chipset clocks 640 Gbps transmission speed, 100x faster than 5G | The 65nm architecture used to fabricate the chip allows for large scale production at low costs.

Scientists preserve DNA in an amber-like polymer. With their “T-REX” method, DNA embedded in the polymer could be used for long-term storage of genomes or digital data such as photos and music.

MIT's portable fingernail scanner can reduce cancer hospitalization by 50% | PointCheck, a portable fingernail scanner, empowers patients to track their white blood cell levels and detect early signs of infection.

Purified Silicon Makes Bigger, Faster Quantum Computers. Pushing out impurities from wafers points toward a million-qubit future.

Giant Chips Give Supercomputers a Run for Their Money. Cerebras’s wafer-scale chips excel at molecular dynamics and AI inference.

Biotech companies are trying to make milk without cows

Seattle entrepreneurs are building autonomous robots to deliver hassle-free EV charging