5 h. ago Democrats take page from conservative playbook with new Project 2029

Democratic strategists create Project 2029 to develop policy framework for future candidates as the party faces challenges after election losses.

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6 h. ago MIT Open Learning bootcamp supports effort to bring invention for long

The Substance Use Disorders Ventures Bootcamp ignites innovators like Evan Kharasch to turn research breakthroughs into treatments for substance use disorder.

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11 h. ago MIT engineers develop electrochemical sensors for cheap, disposable diagnostics

Electrodes coated with DNA could enable inexpensive tests with a long shelf-life, which could detect many diseases and be deployed in the doctor’s office or at home.

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22 h. ago New imaging technique reconstructs the shapes of hidden objects

By leveraging reflections from wireless signals like Wi-Fi, the system could allow robots to find and manipulate items that are blocked from view.

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29 h. ago Breitbart Business Digest: Home Depot’s $5.5 Billion Bet on the End of Cheap Labor

The Home Depot–GMS deal shows us that forward-looking firms are planning for a world where labor is scarce, immigration is limited, and scale is king. The post Breitbart Business Digest: Home Depot’s $5.5 Billion Bet on the End of Cheap Labor appeared first on Breitbart.

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31 h. ago Washington Fire Marshal Urges People to Responsibly Dispose of Fireworks this 4th of July

Washington Fire Marshal Urges People to Responsibly Dispose of Fireworks this 4th of July  Big Country News

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32 h. ago New method combines imaging and sequencing to study gene function in intact tissue

The approach collects multiple types of imaging and sequencing data from the same cells, leading to new insights into mouse liver biology.

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32 h. ago President Emeritus Reif reflects on successes as a technical leader

At a fireside chat, L. Rafael Reif and Anantha P. Chandrakasan discussed the importance of developing engineering leadership skills to solve the world’s most challenging problems.

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35 h. ago Hardware security tech can hide and reveal encryption keys on demand using 3D flash memory

Seoul National University College of Engineering announced that a research team has developed a new hardware security technology based on commercially available 3D NAND flash memory (V-NAND flash memory).

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60 h. ago How I was tricked and locked out of Facebook after being hacked

A woman's Facebook account takeover reveals dangerous social engineering tactics and provides lessons on recovery, avoiding scams and enacting stronger security measures.

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4 d. ago China Purges Navy, Nuclear Officials from Top Legislative Positions

The National People’s Congress (NPC), the highest legislative body in China, announced on Friday that Vice Admiral Li Hanjun and nuclear engineer Liu Shipeng were expelled for unspecified reasons. The post China Purges Navy, Nuclear Officials from Top Legislative Positions appeared first on Breitbart.

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4 d. ago MIT and Mass General Brigham launch joint seed program to accelerate innovations in health

The MIT-MGB Seed Program, launched with support from Analog Devices Inc., will fund joint research projects that advance technology and clinical research.

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4 d. ago Using generative AI to help robots jump higher and land safely

MIT CSAIL researchers combined GenAI and a physics simulation engine to refine robot designs. The result: a machine that out-jumped a robot designed by humans.

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4 d. ago First study surveys surviving pilots to understand causes of in

On average, four planes crash each day in the United States with almost all of aircraft involved being single-engine planes. One in five of those crashes were caused by in-flight loss of control, defined by the Federal Aviation Administration as "unintended departure of an aircraft from controlled flight." Nearly half of accidents caused by in-flight loss of control are fatal.

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4 d. ago Israel Suggests It Could Strike Iran Again to Counter New Threats

Israel’s defense minister said Israel would strike if Iran seeks to develop long-range missiles or advance its nuclear program, despite a truce.

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4 d. ago Alaska delegation’s spill region land disposal bill should be declared dead on arrival

Alaska delegation’s spill region land disposal bill should be declared dead on arrival  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

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4 d. ago Israel’s Defense Minister Vows ‘Policy of Enforcement’ Against Iran

The minister, Israel Katz, said Israel would strike if Iran seeks to develop long-range missiles or advance its nuclear program, despite a truce.

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4 d. ago Disposable vapes more toxic and carcinogenic than cigarettes, study shows

New UC Davis study finds that illegal disposable e-cigarettes contain hazardous levels of toxic metals like lead and nickel, presenting a higher cancer risk than cigarettes.

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5 d. ago Understanding the impact of extreme heat on transportation infrastructure

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Mikhail Chester, professor of engineering at Arizona State University, about how extreme heat affects transportation infrastructure.

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5 d. ago Engineers create first AI model specialized for chip design language

Researchers at NYU Tandon School of Engineering have created VeriGen, the first specialized artificial intelligence model successfully trained to generate Verilog code, the programming language that describes how a chip's circuitry functions.

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