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A research team used the James Webb Space Telescope data to pinpoint the precise location of what they call the “engine” of the merging galaxy. They published their results in The Astrophysical Journal Letters. The team at the Hiroshima…

Creating an A.I. tool for chemical reaction design is challenging, especially for complex catalytic reactions. Researchers at the Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery and the Max Planck Institute für Kohlenforschung…

IoT technology allows us to easily and continually obtain large amounts of diverse data, and AI is gaining attention as a way to use that big data. Machine learning mainly deals with single-label classification problems so that data and…

Researchers from the University of Rochester outlined a new method to control electron spin in silicon quantum dots that we can use to manipulate data in a quantum system. They published their findings in a paper in Nature Physics. The…

President Biden and Prime Minister Modi announced a U.S.-India initiative on Critical and Emerging Technology (iCET) in May 2022, and its inaugural meeting just took place in Washington, D.C. Discussions centered on opportunities for…

Stimuli-responsive polymers, materials capable of altering their chemical and/or physical properties in response to external stimuli, have changed the game in robotics. Substances like dielectric elastomers, hydrogels (spider warning),…

Engineers and physicians innovated a wearable ultrasound device that assesses the structure and function of the human heart. The wearable is the size of a postage stamp and can be worn for up to 24 hours. It even works with strenuous…

Eight states joined the U.S. Justice Department to sue Google, accusing the company of harming competition given its dominance in online advertising. The suit calls for a breakup of the company and involves California, Colorado,…

Untethered soft robots mechanically adapt to their surroundings and tasks and are becoming more agile and controlled. Cornell University researchers led by Kirstin Petersen, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering,…

Inspired by sea cucumbers—yes, you read that right—engineers designed mini robots that shift between liquid and solid states. The shape-shifting robots are magnetic and can conduct electricity. Researchers put the robots through an obstacle…