The Concerning Belief About AI That Has Engineers Worried
AI is becoming an increasingly common part of everyday life, and it powers many things, including digital friends some users form relationships with. AI is becoming.....»»
“We are worried,” says European rocket chief at prospect of launch competition
On the continent, Ariane 6 may be the last launcher with a monopoly. Enlarge / Artist's view of the configuration of Ariane 6 using four boosters on the ELA-4 launch pad together with its mobile gantry. (credit: ESA-D. Ducros).....»»
How a sea animal with a "snot palace" could inspire better pumps
To build more efficient pumping systems, engineers might take inspiration from a tiny filter-feeding sea creature encased in a gelatinous structure known as a "mucus house" or "snot palace.".....»»
A computer vision and machine learning system that monitors and controls workup processes
A team of chemists and engineers at the University of British Columba working with colleagues at pharmaceutical company Pfizer has developed a chemical processing system combining computer vision with a real-time machine-learning monitoring system fo.....»»
Increase in rice farming in sub-Saharan Africa found to be producing rising amounts of methane
A team of engineers and atmospheric scientists at Harvard University, working with a colleague from the California Institute of Technology's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, has calculated the increased amount of methane being expelled into the atmosphere.....»»
Photochemistry and a new catalyst could make fertilizer more sustainable
Georgia Tech engineers are working to make fertilizer more sustainable—from production to productive reuse of the runoff after application—and a pair of new studies is offering promising avenues at both ends of the process......»»
Engineers invent octopus-inspired technology that can deceive and signal
With a split-second muscle contraction, the greater blue-ringed octopus can change the size and color of the namesake patterns on its skin for purposes of deception, camouflage and signaling. Researchers at the University of California, Irvine have d.....»»
Calculating the number of oranges that can be plucked from a fruit stand before it collapses
A small team of physicists and mechanical engineers from Universidad de Antofagasta, Universidad Autónoma de Chile and Universidad de O'Higgins, all in Chile, has found a way to find the stability points of granularly arranged monolayers in a single.....»»
LastPass prompting users to set a stronger master password after major security incident
LastPass faced a major attack in 2022 after hackers gained access to sensitive user data through an exploit found on the computer of one of the engineers working for the company. More than two years after this incident, LastPass has now announced new.....»»
I’m worried about the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra
A specific rumor about the Galaxy S24 Ultra is making me worry that 2023 may be the last year we see one of the best smartphone camera features......»»
Researchers find large diversity of protists in the Parabasalia phylum in both mice and humans
A team of pathologists, geneticists, immunologists and engineers at the Stanford University School of Medicine, has found a previously unrecognized diversity of protists in the Parabasalia phylum in both mice and humans. In their paper published on t.....»»
Engineers pair laser light to crystal lattice vibrations to enhance optical properties of 2D material
Engineers at Columbia University and theoretical collaborators at the Max Planck for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter have found that pairing laser light to crystal lattice vibrations can enhance the nonlinear optical properties of a layered 2D m.....»»
Team develops transistors with sliding ferroelectricity based on polarity-switchable molybdenum disulfide
Over the past few years, engineers have been trying to devise alternative hardware designs that would allow a single device to both perform computations and store data. These emerging electronics, known as computing-in-memory devices, could have nume.....»»
A sweater made from new aerogel fiber tests warmer than one made from down
A team of chemical engineers and materials scientists at Zhejiang University in China has developed a new type of aerogel fiber that has proven to be warmer than down when woven into a sweater. In their paper published in the journal Science, the gro.....»»
Viewpoint: Europe has a wolf problem, and a late Norwegian philosopher had the solution
Europe's "wolf problem" is fast becoming a source of social and political tension. Relative conservation success across the continent has led to calls for action from worried politicians and farming and hunting groups. And the European Commission has.....»»
Not everyone is convinced that the Apple Watch ban will only have a small financial impact
While a more common belief is that the Apple Watch sales ban will have minimal financial repercussions in the short term, there are outlying opinions about the extent of its economic impact.Apple Watch UltraThe latest report from Consumer Intelligenc.....»»
NASA"s GUSTO prepares to map space between the stars
On a vast ice sheet in Antarctica, scientists and engineers are preparing a NASA experiment called GUSTO to explore the universe on a balloon. GUSTO will launch from the Ross Ice Shelf, near the U.S. National Science Foundation's McMurdo Station rese.....»»
NASA"s BurstCube passes milestones on journey to launch
Scientists and engineers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, have completed testing for BurstCube, a shoebox-sized spacecraft designed to study the universe's most powerful explosions. Members of the team have also delivered.....»»
I’m worried about the future of the Apple Watch Ultra
Rumors are circulating that future Apple Watch Ultra models will be bigger and more expensive — and I don't like the sound of any of that......»»
California children sue US govt over pollution
Children in California are suing the US government over its failure to curb pollution, the latest in a series of legal actions by young people around the world worried about climate change......»»
One advertiser may be able to listen in on you -- if you have an older Android device
Worried that your smart phone is listening to you? A digital marketing group associated with one of the US's biggest cable companies claims to be doing exactly that.Cox EnterprisesMany of us have had the experience of seeing an ad pop up for a produc.....»»