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A team of international researchers has developed a natural fabric that urban residents could wear to counter rising temperatures in cities worldwide, caused by buildings, asphalt, and concrete.

A team of engineers at Apple has developed an AI-based model called Depth Pro that can map the depth of a 2D image. The team has written a paper describing the app and its capabilities and has posted it on the arXiv preprint server. They have also posted an announcement regarding the app on the company's Machine Learning Research page.

China’s e-commerce player JD has acquired all of Walmart’s stake in Dada, according to Dada’s securities filing on Tuesday, bringing JD’s shares in the

Anna Sorokin, the convicted con artist and "fake heiress," has hit the dancefloor on "Dancing With the Stars" wearing a featherweight - and very sparkly - ankle monitor.

President Biden told Floridians his administration would offer support "for as long as it takes to rescue, recover and rebuild."

Hurricane Milton is bringing windy conditions to South Florida. It has also caused flight delays and cancellations at local airports.

Space weather forecasters say a severe solar storm heading to Earth could stress power grids even more as the U.S. deals with major back-to-back hurricanes.

Many local officials have taken to social media to push back on harmful misinformation​ about Hurricane Milton and Hurricane Helene.

Strong state support and huge private investment have made China's solar industry a global powerhouse, but it faces new headwinds, from punitive tariffs abroad to a brutal price war at home.

In general, tool failure contributes about 7% to the down time of machine centers. And more severely, tool failure will reduce the machining quality of parts, and even damage the machine. Therefore, Tool wear condition monitoring (TWCM) is an important part of intelligent manufacturing, and has been a research hotspot since 1968.

Form Energy, a company that is beginning to produce a longer-lasting alternative to lithium batteries, hit a milestone Wednesday with an announcement of $405 million in funding.

Virtual reality is set to revolutionize Australia's $24 billion forestry industry by training workers risk-free, remotely, and much faster.

While engineering students may specialize in particular areas of engineering—for example, civil, electrical, chemical, mechanical or biomedical engineering—they all work in a similar way in applying design thinking.

A cyberattack continues to affect the largest regulated water and wastewater utility company in the United States, renewing a focus on the importance of protecting critical infrastructure sites.

Amazon has revealed new technology that it says will help delivery drivers avoid organizing packages at stops or manually check to see if they have the right parcel for each delivery.

A pair of electrical engineers at Distance University of Madrid, working with a colleague from Mision Critica-Data Center, ZFB Technology Services, in Columbia, has developed a methodology for generating electricity from man-made wind sources using small turbines.

Using mechanisms inspired by nature to create new technological innovations is a signature of one Virginia Tech research team. The group led by Associate Professor Michael Bartlett has created an octopus-inspired adhesive, inspired by the shape of octopus suckers, that can quickly grab and controllably release challenging underwater objects.

Neural networks have a remarkable ability to learn specific tasks, such as identifying handwritten digits. However, these models often experience "catastrophic forgetting" when taught additional tasks: They can successfully learn the new assignments, but "forget" how to complete the original. For many artificial neural networks, like those that guide self-driving cars, learning additional tasks thus requires being fully reprogrammed.

From the heights of Everest to a humble library, we share the most extraordinary international borders from across the globe.

Bronwyn Hodgins and friends travel 450km by sea kayak along the coast of Greenland, seeking big-wall first ascents in the land of 24-hour daylight.