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Holographic camera can see around corners or even through the skin

A new age of imaging technology is upon us.

New AI approach can spot anomalies in medical images with better accuracy

It can reduce the workload of physicians and improve the results of image analysis.

Racial disparities in police shootings in the US are even bigger than previously thought

In California, for instance, Black people are almost 4 times more likely than white people to be non-fatally shot.

California cultured meat plant is ready to produce 50,000 pounds of meat per year

Although lab-grown meat hasn't even been FDA approved, the industry seems ready to take off.

We are one step closer to forecasting how volcanoes will behave during eruptions

We carried out a study that could help us better prepare for volcanic eruptions.

Scientists make eco-knives from hardened wood that slice through steak

The wooden cutlery could prove a sustainable alternative to steel and ceramic knives.

Could machine learning help us develop next-generation materials? These researchers believe so

Algorithms could help usher in a new material revolution.

Machine learning reveals archaeology from up to 5,000 years ago

New technologies are helping us discover old structures.

Long-term, they're cheaper: Electric cars can cost 40% less to maintain over their lifetime

If you needed another reason to consider an electric car -- here it is.

A neural network has learned to identify tree species from satellite

A very useful tool for forest management.

Earrings aren't just fashionable. They're also a form of communication.

There's much more to jewelry than meets the eye.

Life in the universe may be way more common than we thought

Whether that's good news or not is anyone's guess, though.

Norway's "Wind Catching System" wants to revolutionize how we use wind energy

This floating structure can power 80,000 homes, the company claims.

We trained AI to recognise footprints, but it won’t replace forensic experts yet

Bloody footprints are common at violent crime scenes, and AI may help us find the murderers.

The crowd can do as good a job spotting fake news as professional fact-checkers -- if you group up enough people

"Quantity has a quality all its own" is an infamous quote, but it's not wrong.

The next innovative material for clothes? How about muscles

Synthetic biology could make clothes from a very unexpected material.

Batman cloak-like chainmail switches from flexible to tough on command

When jammed, the chainmail particles stiffen into a fabric that can support a load 50 times its weight.

4 Technological Trends Shaping The Post-Pandemic Future Of Business

As the pandemic continues to linger, businesses are trying to find solutions to adapt to the new normal.

3D-printed components are now in use at US nuclear plant

The technology is no longer just for gifts and gadgets -- it's reliable enough to be used for nuclear energy.

Men could significantly outnumber women within decades -- and this is a problem

Researchers anticipate an even larger deficit of female births

Why Stonehenge megaliths stay up after 5,000 years -- it's all geology

A long-lost piece from the monument brought some answers

AI helps NASA look at the Sun with new eyes

Hindsight is 20/20 -- and so is a telescope equipped with AI.

The first ever 3D-printed steel bridge opens in Amsterdam

Researchers will now measure its performance and see how it handles traffic.

Japan just shattered the internet speed record: 319 Terabits per Second

Japan is living in the future.

Can AI helps us discover new, innovative materials?

To find shortcuts in material science, researchers are increasingly looking at artificial intelligence.

Beetles produce a lubricant that’s more slippery than Teflon

It could be useful for small-scale robots and prosthetics

Scientists develop world’s thinnest technology – only two atoms thick

It could be ground-breaking for modern tech devices

This 5,000-year-old-man may have been the “oldest” plague victim

A contender for "patient zero" for the plague.

Almost half of the goals scored in football (soccer) have some sort of randomness to them

Football is a surprisingly random game.

The sound of music: violins could soon be designed by Artificial Intelligence

Designing violins is an art -- but it could soon become a science.

Graphene protective coatings could improve hard disk data storage potential ten-fold

Not bad at all.

Drones can elicit emotions from people, which could help integrate them into society more easily

Joy, sadness, fear, anger, and surprise were the easiest to recognize.

Microsoft releases simple "auto-complete for programmers" that uses mammoth AI

Your new personal assistant.

New approach creates power out of thin WiFi

Wireless power, here we come!

No green thumb required: Open-source robots can now grow a small farm for you

The only thing cooler than a smart, useful robot is a smart, useful, open-source robot.

Eco-friendly geometry: smart pasta can halve packaging waste at no extra cost

Mathematics to the rescue!

Ukraine seizes spirit made from apples grown near the Chernobyl nuclear site

The company hopes to get it soon on the UK market.

Does cryptocurrency need governance? These researchers say so

Bitcoin has done a lot for some people, but what has it really done for society?

Citrus fruit stands poised to make transparent wood more sustainable, stronger, and more transparent

This is a whole new level of 'when life gives you lemons'.

Bitcoin has an energy problem. Now what?

By 2024, the bitcoin network is set to use as much energy as a medium-sized country like Italy.

Researchers use machine learning to build 3D maps from historical maps

Literally adding a new dimension to old maps.

France to start using algorithms to detect terrorists -- but are algorithms that good?

The arms race between terrorists and officials is going online.

Goodbye, pesticides? This new robot can kill 100,000 weeds per hour using lasers

Technology is increasingly making its way to the crops.

France just ordered 12 electric hydrogen trains

It's a historic step towards sustainability.

Japanese metallic tail can help keep the elderly upright

It's a weird evolutionary thing that we'd build robotic tails.

Watch a 3D printer produce an entire boat

0 metal, 100% boat.

Study finds first evidence of honey hunting in prehistoric West Africa

Our relationship with honey goes way back.

If we want to reduce global inequality, we could learn a thing or two from Mario Kart

Study finds metaphor that could be applied in the real world

Simple seaweed could be used to heal human wounds with bio-ink

Seaweed keeps surprising us with even further virtues

This giant stone slab might be the oldest known 3D map in Europe

It was stored for decades but researchers found it in a cellar in 2014

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