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Robots have evolved beyond repetitive tasks to incorporate AI, machine learning, and sensor fusion technologies that enable ...

What does it take to detect a radio signal sent by extraterrestrial life to Earth? Two decades of work involving radio ...

The holidays bring more packages and parties — and for Boise’s recycling center, that means a big jump in cardboard, plastic bottles and cans piling up on the sorting line. Noem calls ICE incident ...

Neuromorphic computers, inspired by the architecture of the human brain, are proving surprisingly adept at solving complex mathematical problems that underpin scientific and engineering challenges.

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. All of modern mathematics is built on the foundation of set theory, the study of how to organize abstract collections of objects. But in ...

One day in November, a product strategist we’ll call Michelle (not her real name), logged into her LinkedIn account and switched her gender to male. She also changed her name to Michael, she told ...

This study investigates the issue of multi-objective mission planning for multi-payload satellite constellations via the non-dominated sorting carnivorous plant algorithm (NSCPA). Observation time ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price.

When quantum computers become commonplace, current cryptographic systems will become obsolete. Scientists are racing to get ahead of the problem and keep our data secure. When you purchase through ...