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“Certain ultralight bosons would be expected to put the brakes on black holes, but new results show no such slowdown. Ultralight bosons are hypothetical particles whose mass is predicted to be less than a billionth the mass of an electron …
“Researchers propose a method for finding and fixing weaknesses in automated programming tools. Whatever business a company may be in, software plays an increasingly vital role, from managing inventory to interfacing with customers. Software developers, as a result, are in …
“System uses penetrative radio frequency to pinpoint items, even when they’re hidden from view. In recent years, robots have gained artificial vision, touch, and even smell. “Researchers have been giving robots human-like perception,” says MIT Associate Professor Fadel Adib …
“MIT research team finds machine learning techniques offer big advantages over standard experimental and theoretical approaches. In a September 2020 essay in Nature Energy, three scientists posed several “grand challenges” — one of which was to find suitable materials for thermal …
“Study finds the wettability of porous electrode surfaces is key to making efficient water-splitting or carbon-capturing systems. Using electricity to split water into hydrogen and oxygen can be an effective way to produce clean-burning hydrogen fuel, with further benefits if …
“A new approach to identifying useful formulations could help solve the degradation issue for these promising new lightweight photovoltaics. Materials called perovskites are widely heralded as a likely replacement for silicon as the material of choice for solar cells, but …
“Deep-learning technique optimizes the arrangement of sensors on a robot’s body to ensure efficient operation. There are some tasks that traditional robots — the rigid and metallic kind — simply aren’t cut out for. Soft-bodied robots, on the other hand …
“In recent years there have been exciting breakthroughs in wearable technologies, like smartwatches that can monitor your breathing and blood oxygen levels. But what about a wearable that can detect how you move as you do a physical activity or …
“Analysis quantifies a dramatic price drop that parallels similar improvements in solar and wind energy, and shows further steep declines could be possible The cost of the rechargeable lithium-ion batteries used for phones, laptops, and cars has fallen dramatically over …
“Method builds on gaming techniques to help autonomous vehicles navigate in the real world, where signals may be imperfect. In a perfect world, what you see is what you get. If this were the case, the job of artificial intelligence …