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General Physics Aug 24, 2023

The race to build the world's smallest atomic clock, again

Yuan-Yu Jau is on a quest to build the world's smallest atomic clock, a device that measures time with extreme accuracy. If successful, he and his team at Sandia will have made one smaller than a sugar cube.

Space Exploration Apr 27, 2017

The next Pluto mission—an orbiter and lander?

For decades, we could only imagine what the view of Pluto's surface might be. Now, we have the real thing.

Security Aug 11, 2016

Lock picking your way to cybersecurity at Def Con

Lock picking might seem ridiculously old-fashioned at a cybersecurity gathering—but learning it can actually help people protect machines from digital threats.

Security Aug 8, 2016

Imagine if your computer could heal itself when attacked

Computer, heal thyself! With menacing bugs and viruses floating around the internet, such a command would be useful. In fact, it may be moving toward reality.

Hi Tech & Innovation Aug 8, 2016

After fatality, autonomous car development may speed up

The world has witnessed enormous advances in autonomous passenger vehicle technologies over the last dozen years. The performance of microprocessors, memory chips and sensors needed for autonomous driving has greatly increased, ...

Hi Tech & Innovation Nov 5, 2015

Where we are on the road to driverless cars

Who doesn't like the idea of getting in your car, sitting back finishing off your coffee and reading the paper while the vehicle whisks you to your destination? We're not quite there yet, but what is available are technologies ...

Security Aug 8, 2015

Uneasy detente between Def Con hackers, 'feds'

There was some bridge-building, but a real rift remained on Saturday between US spy agencies and the world's most infamous hacker gathering.

Hi Tech & Innovation Oct 8, 2014

Will Americans accept self-driving cars?

Just before the turn of the 20th century, a new and frightening technology was introduced to the American public. These "horseless carriages"—as the first motorized vehicles were called—were deemed loud, dirty, and dangerous, ...

Engineering Jun 24, 2014

Demonstrating a driverless future

In the coming decades, we will likely commute to work and explore the countryside in autonomous, or driverless, cars capable of communicating with the roads they are traveling on. A convergence of technological innovations ...

Robotics Jul 6, 2012

New technologies help robots make inroads on daily life

Notre Dame came back from an early deficit and took the lead over Ohio Northern University on a pass. Its defense stiffened in the second half, and it stymied ONU, 26-7.

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