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Trilobite-Inspired Camera Boasts Huge Depth of Field
Chinese and U.S. researchers collaborated on the development of a camera with a massive depth of field.
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Robotic Rat Climbs, Crawls, Turns on a Dime
Qing Shi and colleagues at China's Beijing Institute of Technology built a rat-inspired robot that can squeeze through tight spaces, which could be used to assess...
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AI Fuses With Quantum Computing in Promising New Memristor
Quantum device points the way toward an exponential boost in "smart" computing capabilities.
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Acoustic Fiber Can Turn Fabrics into Mics, Speakers
A team of multi-institutional scientists has developed a single-fiber acoustic sensor that can transform fabrics into microphones and speakers.
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Surfing the Metaverse's Real Estate Boom
High prices have pushed some toward collective ownership, but the future of virtual properties is uncertain.
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Meet Twist: MIT's Quantum Programming Language
Keeping tabs on data entanglement keeps reins on buggy quantum code.
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Robotic Inchworm Climbs to Higher Ground
Researchers at China's Shanghai Jiao Tong University have developed a robot that moves like an inchworm and can make its way between horizontal and vertical planes...
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Building Human-Robot Relationships Through Music and Dance
A performance called FOREST is exploring trust through creative collaboration.
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Quantum Crypto Crams into System-on-a-Chip
Toshiba researchers have developed a secure quantum communication system.
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Meet Snitch: The Small, Agile RISC-V Processor
Tests uggest the new RISC-V-based Snitch processor used in parallel can be 3.5 times more energy efficient than other benchmark designs, and six times faster.
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Intel's Neuromorphic Chip Gets Major Upgrade
Loihi 2 packs 1 million neurons in a chip half the size of its predecessor.
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Researchers Tap Antiferromagnets for Better RAM
An international team of scientists has discovered that antiferromagnets could make computer memory significantly faster and more efficient.
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Robot Could Operate Docking Station Inside the Gut
A new robotic insulin delivery system can be implanted surgically in the abdomen, and resupplied with insulin via swallowed magnetic capsules.
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Robot Shows How Simple Swimming Can Be
A robotic eel designed by researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne can swim through water and receive sensory data while in motion.
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Nothing Can Keep This Drone Down
Researchers in Switzerland have developed a self-righting drone inspired by ladybugs.
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Will the NSA Finally Build Its Superconducting Spy Computer?
The U.S. government eyes cryogenically cooled circuitry for tomorrow's exascale computers.
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Google's Quantum Computer Exponentially Suppresses Errors
Research may help pave the way for scalable, fault-tolerant quantum computers.
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Cerebras' New Monster AI Chip Adds 1.4 Trillion Transistors
Shift to 7-nanometer process boosts the second-generation chip's transistor count to a mind-boggling 2.6 trillion.
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For the First Time, Scientists Detect a Moving Photon Multiple Times Without Destroying It
A boon for all things quantum.
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