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Brain Implant for Depression Set for Human Testing

Motif Neurotech has received FDA approval for a clinical study of its blueberry-sized brain implant that treats severe depression by…

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UC Berkeley Students Lead the Fight Against Smartphones

78% of University of California, Berkeley undergraduates believe their phone use hinders deep thinking and creativity, sparking a student-led movement…

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Anti-Jam Software Enhances Robotic Joint Control

Unlike smartphones, upgrading robotic arms has traditionally required rebuilding everything from scratch, as learned skills are locked to specific robot…

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We’re talking less than ever, researchers find

A study found that the average number of words spoken daily dropped by nearly 28% between 2005 and 2019, from…

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Distract Yourself from Doomscrolling With These Apps

Doomscrolling, the compulsive consumption of social media content, is a widespread habit, with 64% of Americans admitting to it, and…

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Artemis II Breaks Fred Haise’s Distance Record, He’s Happy to Pass the Torch

The Artemis II crew set a new record for the farthest humans have ever traveled from Earth, reaching 252,756 miles,…

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AI-Designed Thermoelectric Generator Cuts Design Time by 90%

Researchers in Japan have developed an AI-powered tool called TEGNet that designs thermoelectric generators 10,000 times faster than conventional methods,…

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Metasurface Lens Enables Switchable 2D–3D Display

A new metasurface-based liquid lens (MLL) enables a switchable 2D–3D viewing experience by controlling light at the nanoscale without bulky…

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Meet the 19-meter Cretaceous kraken that hunted with mosasaurs

A new study challenges the traditional view that Cretaceous seas were dominated only by vertebrate predators like mosasaurs and sharks,…

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The Search for a More Precise Value for Big G Continues

The gravitational constant (Big G) is notoriously difficult to measure precisely, with different experiments over 200 years yielding variations of…

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Carbon Nanotube Wiring Nears Copper-Level Performance

Carbon nanotubes were initially celebrated for their unique properties including metallic and semiconducting varieties, extreme lightness, and exceptional strength, but…

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Newly Deciphered Malware Targeted Iran’s Nuclear Program Before Stuxnet

A newly analyzed malware specimen called Fast16, dating back to 2005, was likely created by the US or its allies…

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$5B Investment Signals Fusion Power Is Becoming Reality

A dramatic surge in private investment, with funding jumping from $10 billion to over $15 billion, indicates fusion energy is…

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Roman Telescope ready to launch 8 months early, under budget

NASA has completed assembly of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, which features a wide-field view and can transmit 1.4…

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MIT’s AI Research and Innovations

MIT researchers are developing AI models like BoltzGen and MultiverSeg that learn to generalize from data, enabling novel idea generation…

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Physicists May Have Solved the Muon Mystery

A two-decade anomaly in the muon's magnetic properties, once hinting at a new fundamental force, has been resolved as a…

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NASA’s Plan for High-Definition Video from the Moon

The Artemis II mission's primary live video feed was constrained by dated radio wave technology, resulting in lower-resolution footage that…

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Tim Cook’s Legacy Could Be Wearable Health Tech

Tim Cook's most significant legacy at Apple is championing a shift toward personal health technology, pioneered by the mainstream Apple…

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AES 128 Encryption Remains Secure Post-Quantum

AES 128 encryption remains secure against quantum computers, as emphasized by cryptography engineer Filippo Valsorda, and is not obsolete. The…

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Internet’s Top Lawyer: Multiple Watergate-Level Scandals Weekly

Legal analyst Devin Stone argues the unprecedented weekly frequency of major political scandals, comparable to Watergate, is distorting public perception…

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