Physicists Achieve Net Energy Gain in a Fusion Reaction for the Second Time
Fusion power has long been seen as a pipe dream, but in recent years the technology has appeared to be edging closer…
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How Swarming Animals Can Help Humans and AI Make Better Decisions
The word swarm often carries negative connotations—think biblical plagues of locusts or high streets full of last-minute…
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Energy Vault’s First Grid-Scale Gravity Energy Storage System Is Near Complete
Swiss startup Energy Vault came out of stealth mode in 2018, and has been on an upward trajectory since then. The…
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Heart Organoids Tricked Out With Nanowires Restored Heart Function in Rats
The tiny, floating blobs of mini-hearts were straight out of Frankenstein. Made from a mixture of human stem cells and a…
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NASA’s Building a Nuclear Rocket That Would Get Us to Mars in Just 6 Weeks
Deep space is a hostile environment for humans, which makes the long journey to Mars a serious stumbling block for…
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Viral Room-Temperature Superconductor Claims Spark Excitement—and Skepticism
Last week, a group of South Korean physicists made a startling claim. In two papers uploaded to the arXiv preprint…
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This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through August 5)
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE GPT-3 Aces Tests of Reasoning by Analogy John Timmer | Ars Technica “A team from University of…
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Electrogenetics Study Finds We Could One Day Control Our Genes With Wearables
The components sound like the aftermath of a shopping and spa retreat: three AA batteries. Two electrical acupuncture…
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