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INFRASTRUCTURE & TECHNOLOGY
The Distance Local Energy Goes to Bring Power to the People
When you go to the grocery store, you can look at an apple and know…
Want to Wait Less at the Bus Stop? Beware Real-Time Updates
Smartphone apps that tell commuters when a bus will arrive at a stop don’t result…
Earphone Tracks Facial Expressions, Even with a Face Mask
Cornell University researchers have invented an earphone that can continuously track full facial expressions by…
The Perfect Angle for E-Skin Energy Storage
Materials scientists Sungwon Lee and Koteeswara Reddy Nandanapalli at the Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science…
Record High Values of Peak Power with Picosecond Generators
Powerful picosecond generators are in demand in various fields of experimental electrophysics to produce ultrashort…
Engineers Pre-Train AI Computers to Make Them Even More Powerful
In 2016, a supercomputer beat the world champion in Go, a complicated board game. How?…
When Bots Do the Negotiating, Humans More Likely to Engage in Deceptive Techniques
Recently computer scientists at USC Institute of Technologies (ICT) set out to assess under what…
Cities Beat Suburbs at Inspiring Cutting-Edge Innovations
The disruptive inventions that make people go “Wow!” tend to come from research in the…
Scientists Use Artificial Intelligence in New Way to Strengthen Power Grid Resiliency
America’s power grid system is not only large but dynamic, which makes it especially challenging…
