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Building Up the U.S. Semiconductor Industry
U.S. chipmakers await monetary support from the government a year after supporting legislation was signed into law.
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Cyborg Cockroach Can Navigate a Maze
Researchers have developed a method of creating cyborg cockroaches for use in search-and-rescue missions or building inspections that does not injure them.
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Making Your Phone Screen Blurry Could Stop Snooping
A new system can blur smartphone screens to prevent snooping.
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Supersized Atoms Could Help Quantum Computers Link to Optical Fibers
Researchers developed a device that could enable multiple quantum computers to be networked together by converting quantum outputs into light signals that can travel...
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Venus Flytrap Cyborg Snaps Shut with Smartphone Commands
Wenlong Li and colleagues at Singapore's Nanyang Technological University have transformed Venus flytraps into biological robots.
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AI Has Designed Bacteria-Killing Proteins from Scratch
A multi-institutional team of California researchers engineered an artificial intelligence to design bacteria-destroying proteins that actually worked.
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Russia Is Jamming More GPS Satellite Signals Around Moscow
Russia has accelerated its jamming of GPS satellites around Moscow, apparently to deter long-range strikes by Ukrainian drones, according to GPSJam.
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Online Advertising Estimated to Use as Much Energy as a Small Country
Researchers have developed a system that can calculate energy consumption related to online advertising.
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U.K. Will Use GPS Fingerprint Scanner to Track People Facing Deportation
The U.K.'s Home Office says it will soon require people facing deportation to carry a global positioning system (GPS)-enabled fingerprint scanner at all times. ...
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