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Category: Engineering
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New algae-based blue dye could replace synthetic food colorant
Feeling blue about artificial dyes? Scientists have just found an algae-powered natural fix.
In a breakthrough that could help the food industry clean up its act, researchers at Cornell University have created a stable, vibrant blue food dye…
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Huawei releases AI toolkit to weaken NVIDIA’s hold on developers
Huawei Technologies is opening up its core AI development toolkit, CANN. The Compute Architecture for Neural Networks powers applications built for the company’s Ascend AI chips.
By making it open-source, Huawei hopes to attract more…
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Robot crab reveals how male crabs compete to attract female mates
A study using a robotic crab has revealed how male fiddler crabs compete for mates.
These crustaceans vie for the attention of females. The male fiddler crabs use their one oversized claw to attract females, waving it with a frantic energy…
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New obesity drug rivals Ozempic without nausea or gut distress
Most weight loss and diabetes drugs on the market struggle to deliver lasting results. GLP-1 medications like Ozempic and Zepbound work by acting on brain neurons that control hunger. They help patients lose weight, but at a cost.
Nearly 70%…
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OpenAI and NVIDIA set global AI benchmark with gpt-oss models
OpenAI and NVIDIA have unveiled two cutting-edge open-weight large language models (LLMs) — gpt-oss-120b and gpt-oss-20b — designed to bring advanced reasoning capabilities into the hands of developers, researchers, startups, and enterprises…
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Prehistoric air recreated using dinosaur teeth for the first time
Dinosaur teeth are no longer just relics of prehistory. Scientists have discovered they hold an untapped record of Earth’s deep climate past, revealing that atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO₂) levels during the age of dinosaurs were far higher…
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Genie 3 creates real-time AI worlds from simple text prompts
Google DeepMind has introduced Genie 3, its most advanced world simulation model to date. The AI system can generate interactive, dynamic environments in real time from text prompts.
Users can explore these generated worlds at 720p…
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Sun-tracking solar panels power Japan’s rice fields without crop loss
Japan may have found a way to harvest renewable electricity without giving up valuable farmland.
A University of Tokyo study, recently published in the Journal of Photonics for Energy, demonstrates that a dual-axis sun-tracking photovoltaic…
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75,000-yr-old animal bones from Ice Age discovered in Norway cave
The bones of a vast community of 46 animals in a 75,000-year-old cave in Norway have provided a stunning and rare snapshot of a vanished Arctic world.
Researchers only recently discovered and explored Arne Ovamgrotta, but the ancient cave has…
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