Researchers have a new scientific tool called Polybot, combining the power of artificial intelligence with robotics. Potential applications include speeding up the discovery of wearable biomedical devices, materials for better ...
Polymers
Apr 26, 2023
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The name of the game is customer satisfaction, especially in the airline industry where companies are constantly jockeying for business by promising better service than their competitors. Now a professor at the University ...
Economics & Business
Mar 24, 2023
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Kiwi volcanologists and engineers have finished testing an automated system that provides a warning when an eruption on Whakaari (White Island) becomes more likely.
Earth Sciences
Sep 14, 2022
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Unemployment insurance is a lifeline for many people when work goes away. And when times get really bad in the U.S.—in recessions and during the COVID-19 pandemic—Congress has extended the duration of unemployment benefits ...
Economics & Business
Jul 18, 2022
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Towering artificial ice reservoirs called "ice stupas" have emerged since 2014 as an accessible means of storing irrigation water in dry, high-altitude mountain villages. Now, experiments with automated systems have demonstrated ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 23, 2022
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When the Big One hits, the first thing Washington residents notice may not be the ground shaking but their phone issuing a warning. The U.S. Geological Survey, the University of Washington-based Pacific Northwest Seismic ...
Earth Sciences
May 12, 2021
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Researchers are discovering thousands of new bacterial species that live with us, on us and even inside us. Our relationship with them affects our health and that of the planet—but to define that relationship, new species ...
Ecology
Dec 7, 2020
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Technology that can help interpret inaudible calls from laboratory mice has been developed in a bid to improve research.
Plants & Animals
Aug 6, 2019
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Smart homes have long been touted as the future of building. But now even existing homes can be turned smart—and it's easier than ever.
Internet
May 23, 2019
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Even radar, navigation systems, GPS tracking and radio communications don't prevent ships from colliding. In 2017, collisions and groundings made up nearly 40% of all marine accidents, and over half of the total casualties. ...
Engineering
Apr 16, 2019
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