"In one of the biggest surveys on employers’ graduate hiring plans this year, nearly three times as many executives at companies using or exploring AI said they were increasing junior-level hiring in ...
It’s easy to take safe drinking water for granted. In most developed countries, access to safe water takes a simple flip of a kitchen tap or a run to the grocery store. But over two billion people ...
As the AI boom accelerates, governments and utilities are struggling to keep pace with the industry's huge energy demands. New figures suggest data centers now consume about 6 percent of electricity ...
It's a step change in cybersecurity. Exploits that would take experts weeks to develop can now be generated in hours. Concerns about AI's ability to turbocharge cybersecurity threats have been ...
Our brains keep on whirling long after we drift off to sleep. Each night, the hippocampus, a major hub for learning, replays experiences from the previous day and etches them into memory. And even in ...
Hydrogen gas produced by geological processes beneath Earth's surface has been touted as a promising clean energy source. A new study provides the first solid evidence that it could be a practical and ...
A paralyzed woman can again communicate with the outside world thanks to a wafer-thin disk capturing speech signals in her brain. An AI translates these electrical buzzes into text and, using ...
As the race to harness quantum computing accelerates, governments are throwing their hats in the ring. The US Department of Energy is now aiming to build a fully functional, fault-tolerant quantum ...
For most of us, a locust swarm sounds like an utter nightmare. For roboticists, it’s inspiration. Nature abounds with creatures that cooperate with a “hive mind.” From bees gathering pollen to schools ...
It’s hard to picture a keyboard layout other than the one we know best. From laptops to smartphones, it’s an integral part of our digital lives. Scientists at Massachusetts General Hospital have now ...
We all talk to ourselves in our heads. It could be a pep talk heading into a wedding speech or chaotic family reunion or motivating yourself to quit procrastinating. This inner speech also hides ...
"Unitree is already one of the most recognizable names in the humanoid robot industry, but now it’s pursuing even nicher sci-fi tech: giant mech suits. The Chinese robotics company has debuted the ...