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Singapore Researchers Build Maple Seed Drone with Record 26-Minute Flight
SUTD’s maple seed-inspired monocopter achieves a record 26-minute flight with a single rotor. Lightweight, efficient, and simple, it offers promising uses in environmental monitoring and research. The project reflects a 10-year journey from large endurance drones to compact, power-efficient designs.
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NASA To Build Nuclear Reactor On Moon By 2030, Here's Why
The first space race was about flags and footprints. Now, decades later, landing on the Moon is old news. The new race is to build there, and doing so hinges on power.
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South Africa Injecting Radioactive Material Into Rhino Horns To Thwart Poaching
For the pilot study, 20 rhinos were injected with the radioactive material last year, which proved that it was not harmful to the animals.
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Trump Admin Asks US Supreme Court to Reinstate $783 Million In Research Funding Cuts
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to allow it to cut hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of research funding in its push to roll back federal diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.
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With AI Projects, Taiwan Seeks To Boost Its Economy By $510 Billion
Taiwan plans to launch its "Ten Major AI Infrastructure Projects" initiative, aiming to generate more than 15 trillion Taiwanese dollars ($510 billion) in economic value by 2040 as it strives to become a global leader in artificial intelligence.
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Some Fig Trees Can Convert Large Amounts of Carbon Dioxide Into Stone: Research
Incorporating fig trees into reforestation and agroforestry projects could enhance carbon capture efforts.
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'Writing Is Thinking': Do Students Who Use ChatGPT Learn Less?
When Jocelyn Leitzinger had her university students write about times in their lives they had witnessed discrimination, she noticed that a woman named Sally was the victim in many of the stories. Around half of her 180 students used ChatGPT for it.
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Donald Trump's Foreign Aid Cut Risks Causing 14 Million Deaths: Study
More than 14 million of the world's most vulnerable people, a third of them small children, could die by 2030 because of the Trump administration's dismantling of US foreign aid, research projected on Tuesday.
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Cabinet Approves Rs 1 Lakh Crore Scheme To Spur Private Investments In Research
The Union Cabinet on Tuesday approved the Research Development and Innovation Scheme with a corpus of Rs one lakh crore to spur private sector investment in research.
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Meta Superintelligence Labs: Zuckerberg Announces New Group For AI Projects
Meta Platforms Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg announced a major restructuring of the company's artificial intelligence group, including a commitment to developing AI "superintelligence,".
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India Needs Think Tanks To Shape Growth Story: Chintan Research Foundation Chief
As India charts its path to becoming a developed economy by 2047, it needs strong, evidence-driven think tanks to shape and project its growth narrative, said Shishir Priyadarshi on the organisation's first Foundation Day.
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OpenAI Makes Canvas in ChatGPT Downloadable, Adds New Capabilities to Projects
OpenAI added new capabilities to Canvas and Projects in ChatGPT last week. The San Francisco-based artificial intelligence (AI) firm is now letting users download the content within a Canvas in multiple file types. Additionally, when writing code in Canvas, users will be able to export it in the relevant file type.
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US Army Aims To Produce 3D-Printed Skin To Help Treat Soldiers
Bioprinting technology is the process of creating 3D, cellular structures using bio-inks to make functional, biological replicas of body parts.
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Are We Alone? Breakthrough Study Reveals New Way To Find Alien Life
A new model developed by Daniel Apai and his team offers a comprehensive method to assess the habitability of exoplanets, moving beyond traditional water-centric criteria.
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Tencent Launches HunyuanPortrait, an Open-Source AI Model for Animating Portraits
Tencent released a new artificial intelligence (AI) model on Tuesday that can animate still portrait images. Dubbed HunyuanPortrait, the large language model (LLM) is based on the diffusion architecture, and can generate videos with realistic animation based on a reference image and a guiding video. The researchers behind the project highlighted th...
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Singapore Researchers Build Maple Seed Drone with Record 26-Minute Flight
SUTD’s maple seed-inspired monocopter achieves a record 26-minute flight with a single rotor. Lightweight, efficient, and simple, it offers promising uses in environmental monitoring and research. The project reflects a 10-year journey from large endurance drones to compact, power-efficient designs.
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NASA To Build Nuclear Reactor On Moon By 2030, Here's Why
The first space race was about flags and footprints. Now, decades later, landing on the Moon is old news. The new race is to build there, and doing so hinges on power.
-
South Africa Injecting Radioactive Material Into Rhino Horns To Thwart Poaching
For the pilot study, 20 rhinos were injected with the radioactive material last year, which proved that it was not harmful to the animals.
-
Trump Admin Asks US Supreme Court to Reinstate $783 Million In Research Funding Cuts
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to allow it to cut hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of research funding in its push to roll back federal diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.
-
With AI Projects, Taiwan Seeks To Boost Its Economy By $510 Billion
Taiwan plans to launch its "Ten Major AI Infrastructure Projects" initiative, aiming to generate more than 15 trillion Taiwanese dollars ($510 billion) in economic value by 2040 as it strives to become a global leader in artificial intelligence.
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Some Fig Trees Can Convert Large Amounts of Carbon Dioxide Into Stone: Research
Incorporating fig trees into reforestation and agroforestry projects could enhance carbon capture efforts.
-
'Writing Is Thinking': Do Students Who Use ChatGPT Learn Less?
When Jocelyn Leitzinger had her university students write about times in their lives they had witnessed discrimination, she noticed that a woman named Sally was the victim in many of the stories. Around half of her 180 students used ChatGPT for it.
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Donald Trump's Foreign Aid Cut Risks Causing 14 Million Deaths: Study
More than 14 million of the world's most vulnerable people, a third of them small children, could die by 2030 because of the Trump administration's dismantling of US foreign aid, research projected on Tuesday.
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Cabinet Approves Rs 1 Lakh Crore Scheme To Spur Private Investments In Research
The Union Cabinet on Tuesday approved the Research Development and Innovation Scheme with a corpus of Rs one lakh crore to spur private sector investment in research.
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Meta Superintelligence Labs: Zuckerberg Announces New Group For AI Projects
Meta Platforms Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg announced a major restructuring of the company's artificial intelligence group, including a commitment to developing AI "superintelligence,".
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India Needs Think Tanks To Shape Growth Story: Chintan Research Foundation Chief
As India charts its path to becoming a developed economy by 2047, it needs strong, evidence-driven think tanks to shape and project its growth narrative, said Shishir Priyadarshi on the organisation's first Foundation Day.
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OpenAI Makes Canvas in ChatGPT Downloadable, Adds New Capabilities to Projects
OpenAI added new capabilities to Canvas and Projects in ChatGPT last week. The San Francisco-based artificial intelligence (AI) firm is now letting users download the content within a Canvas in multiple file types. Additionally, when writing code in Canvas, users will be able to export it in the relevant file type.
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US Army Aims To Produce 3D-Printed Skin To Help Treat Soldiers
Bioprinting technology is the process of creating 3D, cellular structures using bio-inks to make functional, biological replicas of body parts.
-
Are We Alone? Breakthrough Study Reveals New Way To Find Alien Life
A new model developed by Daniel Apai and his team offers a comprehensive method to assess the habitability of exoplanets, moving beyond traditional water-centric criteria.
-
Tencent Launches HunyuanPortrait, an Open-Source AI Model for Animating Portraits
Tencent released a new artificial intelligence (AI) model on Tuesday that can animate still portrait images. Dubbed HunyuanPortrait, the large language model (LLM) is based on the diffusion architecture, and can generate videos with realistic animation based on a reference image and a guiding video. The researchers behind the project highlighted th...
