Throughout history, control over money has been one of the most powerful levers of state authority. Rulers have long understood that whoever issues and manages the currency also commands the economy and, by extension, society itself.

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A team led by academician Huang Ru and Professor Wu Yanqing from the School of Integrated Circuits at Peking University has developed a super-thin, high-performance semiconductor with enhanced heat conductivity, enabled by a silicon carbide (SiC) substrate. The research,...

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California Governor Gavin Newsom on Monday signed into law a first-of-its-kind law regulating artificial intelligence chatbots, defying a push from the White House to leave such technology unchecked.

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Scientists have come up with a new way to improve the safety and performance of all-solid-state lithium metal batteries (ASSLMBs), the next-generation energy source technology that is set to power everything from electric vehicles to renewable energy grids.

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A defect in a semiconductor chip may be smaller than a human hair but can create big problems in your everyday life, from crippling your car's steering to making your laptop more susceptible to hackers.

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A research team affiliated with UNIST has unveiled a new type of artificial muscle that can seamlessly transition from soft and flexible to rigid and strong—much like rubber transforming into steel. When contracting, this innovative muscle can lift many...

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University of Missouri researchers have used artificial intelligence to detect hidden hardware trojans through a method that's 97% accurate.

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A digital, voice-controlled hand could improve the convenience and accessibility of virtual and augmented reality by enabling hands-free use of games and apps. The prototype software was developed by computer scientists at the University of Michigan.

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Art infusion theory—the idea that displaying art in retail settings can positively impact consumer behavior—can be applied to the metaverse with similar results, a Cornell design researcher has shown.

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OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, announced Monday it is teaming up with chip giant Broadcom to design and build its own specialized computer processors for artificial intelligence.

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Earlier this year, a band called The Velvet Sundown racked up hundreds of thousands of streams on Spotify with retro-pop tracks, generating a million monthly listeners on Spotify.

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City University London spoke to Professor Rajarajan about his mission to protect us all from the threat of international cyber criminality. Professor Raj Rajarajan is an academic at City St George's, University of London whose research focuses on cybersecurity...

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Around 5 million children across western Europe report having been raped or sexually assaulted by the age of 18, according to the latest data gathered by Childlight, the Global Child Safety Institute. That's about 7% of the child population.

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Some data is so sensitive that it is processed only in specially protected cloud areas. These are designed to ensure that not even a cloud provider can access the data. ETH Zurich researchers have now found a vulnerability that...

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Waiting until water damage occurs is expensive. But it also doesn't make financial sense to replace pipes too early. We looked into the best time to do it.

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The vast majority of consumer electronics use lithium-ion batteries, and with each generation, these devices are designed smaller, lighter and with longer battery life to meet the growing demands of consumers. Each new iteration also brings the batteries that...

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The ability to reliably switch the direction of magnetic alignment in materials, a process known as magnetization switching, is known to be central to the functioning of most memory devices. One known strategy to achieve entails the creation of...

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Engineers from a Scottish university are teaming up with industry to develop environmentally friendly, biodegradable circuit boards for use in wireless communication technologies.

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