Most of Earth's water is in the oceans and too salty to drink. Desalination plants can make seawater drinkable, but they require large amounts of energy. Now, researchers reporting in ACS Energy Letters have developed a sponge-like material with...

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The 38-year-old Durham, North Carolina, semiconductor supplier Wolfspeed filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, officially starting a reorganization the company says will allow it to shed billions in debt.

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A partnership between JPMorgan Chase and Miami-based firm Consulting IQ is set to reshape the landscape for small and midsize businesses (SMBs), providing them with access to high-level strategic consulting tools powered by artificial intelligence.

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In 2025, it seems like just about everyone is talking about artificial intelligence and its myriad potential uses.

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Foams have numerous possible potential applications, for example, ranging from the automotive, household and mechanical engineering sectors to leisure and sports applications.

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Australian airline Qantas said Wednesday it was investigating a "significant" cyberattack, after hackers infiltrated a system containing sensitive data on six million customers.

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Several leading automakers including Detroit giants General Motors and Ford reported increased US car sales in the second quarter on Tuesday as consumers fast-forwarded purchases ahead of US tariffs.

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Dick Tracy got an atom-powered two-way wrist radio in 1946. Marty Cooper never forgot it.

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As technology increasingly integrates complex soundscapes into virtual spaces, understanding how humans perceive directional audio becomes vital. This need is bolstered by the rise of immersive media, such as augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR), where users are...

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Household appliances need to be refurbished and/or recycled at the end of their useful lives. The KIKERP project (see below) aims to harness artificial intelligence to collect information about used appliances and determine parameters such as model and condition...

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Ammonia has been traditionally known for fertilizer production. In the future, it could also play a key role in the Energy Transition as an efficient source of hydrogen and a climate-friendly substitute for fossil fuels since it can be...

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Water has proven its value as a heat carrier, for example, when it comes to transferring heat from a boiler to a radiator or keeping cooling ceilings chilled. But there is a new contender on the scene: In the...

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Researchers have demonstrated a new way of attacking artificial intelligence computer vision systems, allowing them to control what the AI "sees." The research shows that the new technique, called RisingAttacK, is effective at manipulating all of the most widely...

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In the world of high finance, companies are hedging their bets on artificial intelligence (AI). Indeed, AI has already been used in algorithmic trading and fraud detection. As the technology grows more powerful and autonomous, so there is an...

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You wake up in the morning and, first thing, you open your weather app. You close that pesky ad that opens first and check the forecast. You like your weather app, which shows hourly weather forecasts for your location....

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Line judges were as much a part of the Wimbledon tennis championships as strawberries and cream. But their demise in favor of technology is being felt by both players and fans alike.

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A new imaging technique developed by MIT researchers could enable quality-control robots in a warehouse to peer through a cardboard shipping box and see that the handle of a mug buried under packing peanuts is broken.

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A research team led by Dr. Miloslav Polášek at IOCB Prague has developed a new method of separating the rare earth elements, or lanthanides, which are widely used in the electronic, medical, automotive, and defense industries. The unique method...

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