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'DeepNude' app to 'undress' women shut down after furor

The creators of an application allowing users to virtually “undress” women using artificial intelligence have shut…

X-ray imaging provides clues to fracture in solid-state batteries

Solid-state batteries—a new battery design that uses all solid components—have gained attention in recent years because…

New material shows high potential for quantum computing

A joint team of scientists at the University of California, Riverside, and the Massachusetts Institute of…

Nonnative pear trees are showing up in US forests

A popular imported tree that became a neighborhood favorite in the 1990s now threatens to crowd…

Low-cost retinal scanner could help prevent blindness worldwide

Biomedical engineers have developed a low-cost, portable optical coherence tomography (OCT) scanner that promises to bring…

New material shows high potential for quantum computing

Scientists are getting closer to confirming the existence of an exotic quantum particle called Majorana fermion,…

Get A Glimpse: Total Solar Eclipse Set To Pass Over South Pacific, South America

The eclipse will happen on July 2. Its path of totality cuts across much of the…

NASA Selects Physical Sciences Proposals to Provide New Insights from Openly Available Data

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Mars 2020 Rover's 7-Foot-Long Robotic Arm Installed

The main robotic arm has been installed on NASA’s newest rover. When complete, the…