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There’s a new way to make and manipulate a class of high-temperature semiconductors, and an international team, including Rutgers University–New Brunswick, is front and center of the process. The result could be the ability to create…

 “Mixed reality” AKA “spatial computing” headsets combine the real world with digital content. Using passthrough video that blocks out all light, users rely on headset cameras to take in the external world via real-time video playing on…

Visit Infineon at booth 1013 and 1319 to see their broad portfolio of power management solutions, including CoolGaN™ and CoolSiC™ solutions.

Scientists have been looking into bio-products for decades: bio-based fuels, detergents, nutrition, plastics, and more are the results of this research. Many of these products are created by degrading plant materials and converting the…

Zombies rejoice! This is the beginning of the end of chasing down humans for a meal. Soon, you'll be able to sit in the shed and play Timesplitters 2 with Shaun and Ed. (If you haven't seen Shaun of the Dead, it's a fun little romp.) In…

Researchers at MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, have posited that historical episodes of climate change triggered ancient pandemics. I found this fascinating as we are still feeling the effects of…

The Speech Accessibility Project is actively recruiting U.S. and Puerto Rican adults who have had a stroke or have Parkinson's disease, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. This project, funded by big tech…

The University of California, Davis, is launching a bird flight research center using a nearly $3 million grant from the Department of Defense. Led by Christina Harvey, an assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at UC…

Large Language Models (LLM) like OpenAI's ChatGPT are AI types trained with vast amounts (trillions) of words that can return information in human-like text. So, when you ask ChatGPT to write you a haiku about children, it looks through its…

Bacteria isn't all bad. After all, the good bacteria are in our kombucha, yogurt, pickles, and sourdough bread. However, as "bad" bacteria become more resistant to antibiotics, the threat this poses grows. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR)…