University of Michigan opens test "city" for autonomous cars
Automakers and researchers say a new simulated city at the University of Michigan could help speed the development of driverless and connected cars.
Automakers and researchers say a new simulated city at the University of Michigan could help speed the development of driverless and connected cars.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Jul 20, 2015
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A plane powered by the sun's rays landed in Hawaii Friday after a record-breaking five-day journey across the Pacific Ocean from Japan.
Energy & Green Tech
Jul 3, 2015
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Japan's space agency says its Hayabusa2 spacecraft has released a small rover that will land on the surface of an asteroid as part its final mission before heading back to Earth.
Space Exploration
Oct 3, 2019
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A team of researchers with members from Finland, Japan, the U.K., Germany and Singapore has found that people from the U.K. have similar touching rules as people who live in Japan. In their paper published in Proceedings ...
Some of Japan's top scientists have been unable to reproduce results of what was once billed as a ground-breaking stem cell study, but which spiralled into a scandal that included a respected researcher's suicide, reports ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 18, 2014
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Ancient Japan may have been far more cosmopolitan than previously thought, archaeologists said Wednesday, pointing to fresh evidence of a Persian official working in the former capital Nara more than 1,000 years ago.
Archaeology
Oct 5, 2016
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Scientists monitoring incoming tsunami debris were taken aback last spring when some 30 fishing vessels from Japan washed ashore along the Pacific Northwest coast – many of them covered in living organisms indigenous to ...
Ecology
Dec 9, 2014
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Seeking a wider digital audience, Verizon is buying Yahoo for $4.83 billion in a deal that marks the end of an era for a company that defined much of the early internet but struggled to stay relevant in an online world dominated ...
Business
Jul 25, 2016
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Some closing craziness on the final day of the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles:
Software
Jun 19, 2015
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A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in Japan has found evidence of slow slip earthquakes impeding the progression of large destructive quakes. In their paper published in the journal Science, the group ...