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Spherical flames in space could solve the mystery of soot-free fires

In microgravity, flames are sphere-shaped. Tests of fire on the International Space Station are helping show how gases flow within flames.

By Emily Conover | 9:00am, May 23, 2019

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Artificial Intelligence

Feature | Artificial Intelligence

AI can learn real-world skills from playing StarCraft and Minecraft

By Maria Temming | 12:07pm, May 14, 2019

News | Artificial Intelligence

A new AI acquired humanlike ‘number sense’ on its own

By Maria Temming | 7:00am, May 13, 2019

News | Artificial Intelligence

An AI used art to control monkeys’ brain cells

By Maria Temming | 2:00pm, May 02, 2019
Computing

News | Computing

Facebook data show how many people left Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria

By Sujata Gupta | 7:00am, May 03, 2019

News | Computing

Mathematicians may have found the fastest way to multiply huge numbers

By Emily Conover | 7:00am, April 08, 2019

News | Computing

A new algorithm could help protect planes from damaging volcanic ash

By Jennifer Leman | 8:00am, November 27, 2018
Numbers

News | Numbers

The kilogram just got a revamp. A unit of time might be next

By Emily Conover | 7:00am, May 20, 2019

Reviews & Previews | Numbers

A mathematician traces his journey from poverty to prominence

By Diana Steele | 9:00am, April 26, 2019

News | Numbers

Photons reveal a weird effect called the quantum pigeonhole paradox

By Emily Conover | 6:00am, February 13, 2019
Robotics

News in Brief | Robotics

An origami design helps this robot lift delicate and heavy cargo

By Maria Temming | 12:05am, March 14, 2019

Feature | Robotics

Robots are becoming classroom tutors. But will they make the grade?

By Maria Temming | 6:00am, February 12, 2019

News in Brief | Robotics

A new AI training program helps robots own their ignorance

By Maria Temming | 12:04pm, January 30, 2019
Technology

Feature | Technology

The search for new geologic sources of lithium could power a clean future

By Carolyn Gramling | 2:09pm, May 07, 2019

News | Technology

How scientists took the first picture of a black hole

By Maria Temming | 9:57am, April 10, 2019

News | Technology

Blood vessels built from a patient’s cells could help people on dialysis

By Maria Temming | 2:01pm, March 27, 2019

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