Dec 9, 2021 | Featured, Robots
As robots have steadily expanded their operations out of the controlled environments of research labs and into the chaos of real-world architectural infrastructure, getting from point A to point B has become a major challenge — take stairs, for example. In response,...
Dec 2, 2021 | Featured, Robots
Scientists say they’ve witnessed a never-before-seen type of replication in organic robots created in the lab using frog cells. Among other things, the findings could have implications for regenerative medicine. The discovery involves a xenobot – a simple,...
Dec 2, 2021 | Agriculture, Climate, Featured
Few things are more scenic than a wild blueberry barren full of plump and ripe berries. But Maine’s iconic berry crop is facing a climate crisis that threatens its future. Scientists earlier this year reported that the Down East region — home to the...
Dec 2, 2021 | Batteries, Charging, Detroit, Electric Vehicles, Featured
General Motors is forming a joint venture with Posco Chemical of South Korea to build a North American battery-materials plant as it brings more steps in the electric-vehicle supply chain under its umbrella. The Detroit automaker said Wednesday that details of the...
Nov 18, 2021 | Artificial Intelligence, Climate, Featured
The recent 2021 IPCC report declared a code red for humanity, with 2019’s atmospheric CO2 concentrations higher than at any time in at least two million years. Our only chance of averting irreversible climate change is to reduce our...
Nov 18, 2021 | Detroit, Electric Vehicles, Featured
“Anyone want to jump in the back, or on the roof?” Biden asked reporters after taking a few laps at a General Motors plant. “These suckers are something else!” Biden, a Democrat, signed a $1 trillion infrastructure bill into law on Monday and,...
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