Engineering

Doris Tsao mastered facial recognition in the brain. Now she’s looking to determine the neural code for everything we see

Will a general algorithm that masters chess, go and shogi succeed as well for games with less-defined rules?

A novel technique can predict foggy conditions an hour before they appear

Disruptive solutions that are poised to change the world 

Instead, researchers suggest injecting fluid cement or water below ground to lift the entire city

Researchers fly the first atmospheric aircraft to use space-proven ionic thrust technology

Researchers have created a 'modular' robot which can analyze its environment and reconfigure itself to overcome obstacles and achieve tasks.

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The computer has one million processors and 1,200 interconnected circuit boards

A new machine-learning technique mimics the brain’s ability to adapt to new circumstances

How algorithms designed to alleviate poverty can perpetuate it instead

Paying attention to how algorithmic systems impact marginalized people worldwide is key to a just and equitable future