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China Needs Stronger Ethical Safeguards in Biomedicine
As the country seeks to become a research powerhouse, it must rectify worrisome practices
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We Have No Reason to Believe 5G Is Safe
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Artificial Intelligence Learns to Talk Back to Bigots
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Lithium-Ion Battery Creators Win Chemistry Nobel Prize
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Why Machine Learning Is Critical for Disaster Response
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Nobel in Chemistry for Lightweight Rechargeable Batteries
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New Encryption System Protects Data from Quantum Computers
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Ride Sharing Can Be Crucial to Better Health Outcomes
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Beyond Quantum Supremacy: The Hunt for Useful Quantum Computers
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We Have No Reason to Believe 5G Is Safe
The technology is coming, but contrary to what some people say, there could be health risks
Artificial Intelligence Learns to Talk Back to Bigots
Algorithms are already used to remove online hate speech. Now scientists have taught an AI to respond—which they hope might spark more discourse. Christopher Intagliata reports.
New Encryption System Protects Data from Quantum Computers
As quantum computing creeps closer, IBM successfully demonstrates a way to secure sensitive information
Why Machine Learning Is Critical for Disaster Response
It can help decision makers answer questions such as “When?” and “How bad?”—and “How many people are in harm’s way?”
Lithium-Ion Battery Creators Win Chemistry Nobel Prize
John B. Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino share the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry “for the development of lithium-ion batteries” that have led to portable electronic devices that are rechargeable virtually anywhere on the planet...
Beyond Quantum Supremacy: The Hunt for Useful Quantum Computers
Researchers search for ways to put today’s small noisy quantum systems to work
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Ion Drive: The First Flight
Researchers from MIT have flown a plane with no moving parts for the first time. It is powered by an "ion drive" which uses high powered electrodes to ionise and accelerate air particles, creating an "ionic wind." This wind drove a five-meter-wide craft across a sports hall...
