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An international team of researchers taught a machine learning system with computer vision to monitor and control three-dimensional printing in real time.
Former NASA roboticists who helped developed the Robonaut 2 astronaut assistant robot are part of a research team that has developed a deep-sea robot.
This fall, students at 10 U.S. universities will attend metaversities, virtual reality (VR) platforms where educators and students wear VR headsets and interact synchronously.
Scientists have built the most comprehensive single-cell map of embryo development in any animal to date, using the fruit fly as its model.
A machine learning system can remove buildings from a live view on a mobile device, which could speed up the process of urban renewal.
As it reckons with supply chain vulnerabilities, the country is spending billions to revitalize domestic production and seeking to form a coalition with "like-minded" nations.
Robots can't think or feel, despite what the researchers who build them want to believe.
A number of lawyers and experts say measures to safeguard citizens online are badly needed, but the bill was criticized by both privacy advocates and tech companies.
The work was notable because Quantinuum's error correction technology keeps logical qubits stable longer than conventional qubits.
Apple's Lockdown Mode provides serious security to individuals personally targeted by sophisticated attackers.
The results of recent research have broad implications for dementia treatment.
With studies predicting more extreme weather in the coming years, datacenters need to be prepared.
Researchers have developed artificial muscles using a three-dimensional printer and tiny actuators that convert energy into movement.
A new algorithm automates the process of tracking cargo ships via satellite data.
The number of "cryptojacking" attacks on financial companies jumped 30% to 66.7 million during the first half of 2022 compared with the same period last year.
Industrial policy is back in Washington, as a vast semiconductor and science bill gives the government new sway over a strategic industry.
Researchers ruled out an algorithm selected by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology as a potential post-quantum encryption program.
The OceanOneK robot built by Stanford University researchers is exploring shipwrecks and sunken planes on the ocean floor.
Virtual reality (VR) technology was instrumental in the surgery that successfully separated Brazilian twins who were joined at the head.
Is America giving up on the free market?
It's not that they aren't interested; it's the culture of these fields and how they exclude women and girls.
Artificial intelligence taught to identify living and dead mosquitoes could help monitor the species most complicit in transmitting diseases.
The human-like iCub robot, programmed to interact with humans, deceived people into believing it was self-aware.
Researchers have identified information-sharing initiatives worldwide that aim to better detect fraud and money laundering.
DeepMind has expanded its database of microscopic biological mechanisms, hoping to accelerate research into all living things.
Preparing for the end of life should include consideration of online accounts that will continue when you're gone.
Juris Hartmanis, co-recipient of the 1993 ACM A. M. Turing Award, passed away on Friday at the age of 94.
University of Virginia researchers are experimenting with methods to incorporate plants into buildings to advance sustainability.
Some experts see agricultural robots as necessary for keeping California's strawberry industry afloat.
The "uncanny valley effect" may be holding back the field of robotics.