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  • Oversonic Robotics agrees strategic partnership with NantWorks and opens new LA office

    Oversonic Robotics agrees strategic partnership with NantWorks and opens new LA office

    Oversonic Robotics, an Italian company specializing in cognitive humanoid robotics, has agreed a strategic partnership in the United States with NantWorks, alongside the opening of a new Los Angeles office. The announcement was made during the…

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  • NASA’s Perseverance rover completes first Mars drives planned by AI

    NASA’s Perseverance rover completes first Mars drives planned by AI

    NASA’s Perseverance rover has completed the first AI-planned drives on another world, marking a milestone in autonomous space exploration.

    In early December, the six-wheeled robot followed routes generated by artificial intelligence rather…

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  • Taiwan builds 20-qubit quantum computer in domestic R&D push

    Taiwan builds 20-qubit quantum computer in domestic R&D push

    Researchers at Academia Sinica have developed a 20-qubit superconducting quantum computer, marking Taiwan’s entry into large-scale quantum chip fabrication.

    The system was designed, fabricated, and integrated entirely in-house and is…

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  • Plant-based additives help turn desert sand into construction material

    Plant-based additives help turn desert sand into construction material

    Researchers from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and the University of Tokyo have developed a prototype construction material that allows desert sand to be used in concrete for the first time.

    The material, called…

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  • Oglethorpe Power Picks Kiewit Unit as EPC for $2.5B Gas-Fired Georgia Power Plant

    Oglethorpe Power Picks Kiewit Unit as EPC for $2.5B Gas-Fired Georgia Power Plant

    Oglethorpe Power has selected Kiewit subsidiary The Industrial Co. as EPC contractor for a new 1.4‑GW combined‑cycle natural‑gas power plant in Monroe County, Ga., to meet rising electricity demand across the cooperative’s 38 members.

    The…

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  • Bee-inspired navigation chips could enable tiny robot swarms

    Bee-inspired navigation chips could enable tiny robot swarms

    Bees navigate long distances without satellites, digital maps, or external guidance.

    By reading patterns in the sky and sensing their own movement, they track their position and return home with precision.

    Researchers across Europe now…

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  • First patient enrolls in clinical trial for Wandercraft Atalante X exoskeleton

    First patient enrolls in clinical trial for Wandercraft Atalante X exoskeleton

    The Atalante X self-supporting exoskeleton is being tested for clinical use. Source: Wandercraft

    Robotics and wearable technologies show promise in helping patients in rehabilitation. The first patient has enrolled in a new clinical trial at…

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  • Court Rules Cook County Misused $243M in Transportation Funds

    Court Rules Cook County Misused $243M in Transportation Funds

    A Cook County Illinois Circuit Court judge has ruled that the county violated the state constitution by using $243 million in transportation tax revenue during fiscal 2023 for non-transportation purposes, handing a legal win to a statewide…

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  • New study unveils ultra-high sensitivity broadband flexible photodetectors

    New study unveils ultra-high sensitivity broadband flexible photodetectors

    A research team, affiliated with UNIST, has unveiled a flexible photodetector, capable of converting light across a broad spectrum—from visible to near-infrared—into electrical signals. This innovation promises significant advancements in…

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