Robo Space
Dazzling Chinese AI debuts mask growing pains
This month, two leading players in China's artificial intelligence industry, Zhipu AI and MiniMax, made dazzling debuts on the Hong Kong stock exchange.
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To flexibly organize thought, the brain makes use of space
A study by researchers in The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT provides new evidence from tests in animals that the answer might be found within a theory called "spatial computing.
Robo Space
Flexible electronics reshape intelligent robot design
A new review led by Professor Xiaodong Chen of Nanyang Technological University, in collaboration with Professor Jia Zhang and Professor Dianpeng Qi from…
Energy Tech
Disordered rocksalt roadmap aims to boost lithium ion battery energy and cut critical metals
Researchers synthesized and analyzed recent global advances in cation disordered rocksalt, or DRX, cathode materials, which are emerging as a promising…
Rocket Science
China tests Long March 12B reusable first stage at Jiuquan
The company said engines on the Long March 12B first stage were ignited on Friday afternoon and sustained combustion for a period while ground teams monitored performance and control parameters.
Physics News
GRACE gravity data reveal deep Earth signal links
The research team combined satellite gravity measurements from the GRACE mission with core magnetic field information from the CHAOS-7 geomagnetic field model.
Trade Wars
Equities sink, gold and silver hit records as Greenland fears mount
After a bright start to the year fuelled by fresh hopes for the artificial intelligence sector, investors have taken fright since the US president ramped up his demands for the Danish autonomous territory, citing national security.
Froth And Bubble
With monitors and lawsuits, Pakistanis fight for clean air
More than a decade ago, engineer Abid Omar had a "sneaking suspicion" that what the government described as seasonal fog was actually a new phenomenon.
Solar Daily
Self assembling molecule builds better organic solar cell junctions
Solar cells generate electricity when photons create charge carriers in a semiconductor and an internal electric field at a p/n junction drives those charges apart.
Rocket Science
Rocket Lab conducts second Electron mission in eight days to orbit Korean imaging satellite
The mission, named Bridging The Swarm, lifted off on January 30 at 2:21 p.m. NZDT (01:21 UTC) from Rocket Lab's Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand to place the NEONSAT-1A spacecraft into a 540 kilometer low Earth orbit.
Robo Space
OpenClaw’s AI agent does everything, even social media
At the heart of the tech world's latest come-out-of-nowhere fascination is an AI tool built by Austrian researcher Peter Steinberger in November to help organize his digital life.
Solar Daily
Molecular velcro coating boosts perovskite solar cell durability and efficiency
Perovskite solar cells are known for their high efficiency and relatively low manufacturing cost, but their limited long term stability has been a key obstacle to commercialization.
Disaster Management
Climate change fuels disasters, but deaths don’t add up
Annual climate reports released last week show the last three years have been the hottest since the pre-industrial era, with no let-up in sight as the world continues to burn fossil fuels.
Africa News
Sudan paramilitary used mass graves to conceal war crimes: ICC deputy prosecutor
In a briefing to the UN Security Council, Nazhat Shameem Khan said it was the "assessment of the office of the prosecutor that war crimes and crimes against humanity" had been committed in the RSF's takeover of the city of El-Fasher in October.
Civil Nuclear
Denmark mulls small nuclear reactors, lifting of 1985 nuke ban
A framework for investigating the "potentials and risks" of new nuclear technologies and the lifting of the moratorium was now in place, the ministry said in a statement.
Iraq Wars
Iraq court sentences man to death for killing parliamentary candidate
Safaa al-Mashhadani's death in October near the capital Baghdad came just weeks ahead of Iraq's parliamentary election.