A new unmanned ship with a 99% sea mine detection rate has been delivered to the French Navy. Developed by Thales, the ...

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Scientists have discovered that humans may possess a surprising ability — a kind of “remote touch” that allows us to sense ...

An artificial-intelligence algorithm that discovers its own way to learn achieves state-of-the-art performance, including on some tasks it had never encountered before. Joel Lehman is at Lila Sciences ...

For some, solving a Rubik’s Cube is a hobby, but for Medhansh Seth, solving this game of twists and turns means a lot more than just a pastime. The game of colours and patterns brings out the ...

Google's Willow chip has achieved a verifiable quantum advantage, running a new algorithm 13,000 times faster than the best supercomputers. This breakthrough, named Quantum Echoes, can explain atomic ...

A simple finger drag through sand does not seem like much, yet a new set of studies from researchers at Queen Mary University of London and University College London shows that this quiet motion ...

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Researchers show humans can detect buried objects without contact, revealing a surprising “remote touch” sense similar to ...

Some researchers believe the next breakthrough in AI design will come not from scraping the web or purchasing user data, but ...