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EnergyMagazineFeatureClimate Tech

This Low-Cost Stopgap Tech Can Fix the Grid

New controllers unclog British power lines and unleash wind power

12 min read
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BiomedicalNews

Glucose Monitor Accuracy Claims Fall Short for Users

5 min read
Illustration of an arm with a glucose monitor, against a glitchy line graph of blood sugar data.
RoboticsNews

Vision 60 Quadruped Gets Arm Upgrade

5 min read
Robotic dog lifting backpack with its mechanical arm in an industrial setting.
SemiconductorsNewsComputing

Chiplet Boosts GPU Efficiency by 50%

4 min read
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History of TechnologyMagazineFeatureTelecommunications

Chess by Telegraph: A Surprising 1844 Innovation

12 min read
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EnergyNews

How VPPs Are Meeting Rising Energy Needs

6 min read
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Consumer ElectronicsAINews

Proactive Hearing Aids Filter Voices in Crowded Spaces

4 min read
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SemiconductorsFeature

Event Sensors Detect Just the Right Data

They’re ultraefficient because they detect only change and motion

10 min read
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Consumer ElectronicsGuest Article

Privacy Concerns Stall Health Tech Adoption

Privacy controls need redesign, not user training

5 min read
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AIWhitepaper

Why Vision AI Models Fail

A guide to understanding common failures and how to avoid them

An adult man carefully takes cryogenic measurements in a lab.
ComputingSemiconductorsNews

A Quantum Components Industry Is Emerging

New start-ups offer components for quantum computers

6 min read

The Scale Issue

Humanity’s greatest challenges require us to radically scale up our ingenuity
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EnergyAerospaceMagazineFeatureSpecial ReportsOctober 2025Climate TechThe Scale Issue

If We Want Bigger Wind Turbines, We’re Gonna Need Bigger Airplanes

9 min read
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RoboticsMagazineFeatureSpecial ReportsOctober 2025Humanoid RobotsThe Scale Issue

Reality Is Ruining the Humanoid Robot Hype

5 min read
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Climate TechMagazineFeatureSpecial ReportsOctober 2025The Scale IssueClimate Change

How Much Carbon Do We Need to Capture?

3 min read
A man looks at the starry night sky.
AerospaceMagazineFeatureSpecial ReportsOctober 2025The Scale Issue

What’s Lost When Stars Disappear from View

8 min read
Will We Know Artificial General Intelligence When We See It?
AIMagazineFeatureSpecial ReportsOctober 2025The Scale Issue

Will We Know Artificial General Intelligence When We See It?

12 min read
​Professor Jeremy Munday with his experimental engine, which resembles a mechanical pinwheel and is mounted on a metal sheet small enough to be held by one person.
EnergyNewsClimate Tech

New Device Generates Power by Beaming Heat to Space

Heat-expelling device could one day cool greenhouses and homes

3 min read
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EnergyClimate TechWhitepaperClimate Change

De-Risk the Energy Transition with Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing

Why phasor-domain simulation can’t capture transient phenomena in inverter-dominated grids

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RoboticsNewsHumanoid Robots

Video Friday: Lobster Tail Turns Into Robotic Gripper

Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos

2 min read

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ComputingMagazineFeatureDecember 2025

Trillions Spent and Big Software Projects Are Still Failing

AI won’t solve IT’s management problems

13 min read
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AIInterview

Are We Testing AI Intelligence the Wrong Way?

Melanie Mitchell says today’s benchmarks aren’t cutting it

5 min read
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AIWhitepaper

Keys to Building an AI University: A Framework from NVIDIA

Five strategic steps to accelerate AI integration across your campus

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TransportationNews

Why BYD's Hybrid Is Perfect for Brazil

The automaker is rolling it out for the Brazilian market

3 min read
A laser-powered particle accelerator.
ComputingAerospaceAISemiconductorsNews

Room-Size Particle Accelerators Go Commercial

New devices to be used in radiation testing for space electronics

4 min read
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BiomedicalWhitepaper

Advanced Connector Technology Meets Demanding Requirements of Portable Medical Devices

Connectivity challenges in high-impact environments

A 3D printed metal impeller section.
AerospaceNewsConsumer Electronics

How CMF Transforms Titanium 3D Printing

CADmore Metal is bringing the approach to North America

3 min read
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ComputingAIMagazineFeatureDecember 2025

Your Laptop Isn’t Ready for LLMs. Yet.

Local AI is driving the biggest change in laptops in decades

10 min read