How can humans keep the upper hand on artificial intelligence?
The researchers from right to left: Rachid Guerraoui, Alexandre Maurer, El Mahdi El Mhamdi, from the Distributed Programming Laboratory, EPFL.
Credit: ©Alain Herzog/EPFL
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Shaping animal, vegetable and mineral
This is an image of a new technique to grow any target shape from any starting shape is demonstrated by "growing" the face of...
Physicists explore elusive high-energy particles in a crystal
Researchers have observed a novel phenomenon in sheets of tantalum arsenide that mimics the behavior of theorized (but never observed) particles called Weyl fermions.
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Engineers create artificial graphene in a nanofabricated semiconductor structure
Etched pillars define the positions of quantum dots (red puddles) arranged in an hexagonal lattice. When the spacing between the quantum dots is sufficiently...
Green spaces deliver lasting mental health benefits
Analyzing data that followed people over a five year period, the research has found that moving to a greener area not only improves people's...
Recessions result in lower birth rates in the long run
The research shows that women in their early 20s during the Great Recession will not only postpone having children but are likely to have...
A 508-million-year-old sea predator with a ‘jackknife’ head
Fossil specimen of Habelia optata from the Royal Ontario Museum. This specimen spectacularly shows some of the very large jaws under the head shield....
Printing electronics with nanomaterials a cost-friendly, eco-friendly alternative
Timothy J. Singler, professor and graduate director of Mechanical Engineering at the Watson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and graduate student Liang Liu,...
Inkjet printing process for kesterite solar cells
This is an illustration of the working principle of inkjet printing.
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The drop-on-demand inkjet printing is a promising approach allowing patterning of materials with...
Dancing droplets launch themselves from thin fibers
Droplets about to 'launch themselves' off a thin wire.
Credit: Image courtesy of Duke University
We've all seen dewdrops form on spider webs. But what if...
Will raindrops stick to a spider web’s threads?
Dew drops on a spider web.
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If you go out after a rain, you may notice spider webs glistening with water...
