Safety-assured high-speed aerial robot. Credit: The University of Hong Kong A team of engineers and roboticists at the University of Hong Kong have designed, built and tested an aerial robot…
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Recycling lithium-ion batteries slashes emissions, secures future mineral supply
Stanford associate professor William Tarpeh and Ph.D. student Samantha Bunke working in the Tarpeh lab. Credit: Bill Rivard/Precourt Institute for Energy, Stanford University Recycling lithium-ion batteries to recover their critical…
Meta mulling incorporation shift to Texas: report
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg attended the inauguration of US President Donald Trump, who has been a critic of the Silicon Valley company. Meta is considering whether to move its incorporation…
Taiwan bans government agencies from using DeepSeek
DeepSeek launched its R1 chatbot last month, claiming it matches the capacity of artificial intelligence pace-setters in the United States for a fraction of the investment. Taiwan has banned workers…
OpenAI chief says it needs new open-source strategy
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, pictured here during a visit to the White House on January 21, 2025, says he expects his company’s artificial intelligence models to stay ahead of China-based…
Tradition and technology sync at China ‘AI temple fair’
A dancing humanoid robot gyrates to music at a fair in Beijing during China’s week-long Lunar New Year holidays. A humanoid robot gyrates to pulsing music at a shopping mall…
World’s longest cargo sail ship launched in Turkey
The Neoliner Origin, with its massive masts as yet unfurled. The world’s longest wind-powered cargo ship was launched Friday in Turkey, offering a promising way to slash carbon emissions from…
Ancient Ear Muscles Reactivate When We Struggle to Listen
Summary: Humans have vestigial ear muscles that once helped our ancestors focus on sounds. New research shows these muscles still activate when we strain to hear in noisy environments. Scientists…
Imaging Reveals Gut-Brain Connection in Alzheimer’s Disease
Summary: Scientists have used advanced X-ray phase-contrast tomography (XPCT) to uncover how gut health may influence Alzheimer’s disease. The study found structural changes in the gut of Alzheimer’s-affected mice, revealing…
Genetics, Not Maternal Sickness, Drives Autism Risk
Summary: A large study analyzing over 1.1 million pregnancies found no strong evidence that maternal health conditions during pregnancy cause autism. Instead, nearly all previously reported associations between maternal diagnoses…
