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AIMagazineFeature

AI Goes Fishing

Tidal’s AI and robots make salmon farming more sustainable

11 min read
This Alphabet Spin-off Brings “Fishal Recognition” to Aquaculture
EnergyMagazineFeature

Four Ways Engineers Are Trying to Break Physics

13 min read
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EnergyNews

Breaking Free from Nigeria's Grid

5 min read
A young Black student in a chador answers a math question on a white board. She is standing in the dim hallway of her primary school, where the only source of light is an open door.
AINews

2025 AI Trends: 12 Key Graphs

8 min read
AI spelled out on lined paper.
AerospaceFeature

Ukraine Pins Its Hopes on Autonomous Drones

9 min read
How Ukraine’s Drones are Beating Russian Jamming
BiomedicalNews

Bidirectional Brain-Computer Breakthrough

3 min read
A researcher holding a 3D model of the skull and brain of a patient with quadriplegia. The model features strategically placed computer chips to aid with movement and sense of touch.
RoboticsNewsHumanoid Robots

Video Friday: Quadruped Delivery Robots

3 min read
Delivery robot parked outside the front door of a brick house, next to a small plant. The robot is offloading packages from its behind into some plants.

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The InstituteCareersNews

A Guide to IEEE Education Week’s Events

From 6–12 April boost your tech skills with webinars, keynotes, and more

3 min read
Develop Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) Systems with Modeling and Simulation
TransportationWhitepaper

Develop Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) Systems with Modeling and Simulation

Leverage EV Batteries for Enhanced Grid Efficiency and Reduced Power Plant Dependence Through V2G and V2B Systems

A 3D printed hexagon-shaped structure partially submerged in a tank of water. Wave patterns within the walls of the structure have successfully drawn in and trapped a floating foam ball at its center.
Climate TechNewsClimate Change

Scientists Use Sound to Generate and Shape Water Waves

The technique could someday trap and move floating objects like oil spills

3 min read
A large red robot moves down the aisle of a dairy barn, dispensing green feed to cows lined up to eat.
RoboticsMagazineFeature

Robots Transforming Dairy Farming

Everyone’s happier when robots handle milking, feeding, and ear scritching

14 min read
A new miniature pacemaker sits next to a grain of rice for scale.
BiomedicalNews

Tiny Pacemaker Dissolves After Use

The new device is smaller than a grain of rice and can be injected by syringe

3 min read
Discover the Role of Filter Technologies in Advanced Communication Systems
TelecommunicationsWebinar

Discover the Role of Filter Technologies in Advanced Communication Systems

Explore SAW and BAW filters, carrier aggregation, and 5G/6G solutions

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ComputingAISemiconductorsNews

Nvidia Leads AI Inference, AMD Follows

MLPerf benchmarks show AMD’s Instinct GPUs on par with Nvidia’s H200

5 min read
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Consumer ElectronicsNewsBiomedical

Haptic Sensations: Pinch, Stretch, Tap

Electromagnetism takes touch feedback beyond simple vibrations

4 min read
Robotic arms assembling battery packs in a high-tech factory.
RoboticsSponsored Article

These Robots Can Survive the Harshest Environments

How outdoor cobots can survive extreme weather and mechanical stress

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ComputingMagazineOpinionApril 2025

Saving Public Info from Oblivion

Through clever usage of APIs, the Library Innovation Lab at Harvard Law School has created an archive of Data.gov, home to 311,000 public datasets

3 min read
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AIGuest Article

The Rise and Fall of Inflection's Emotionally Intelligent Chatbot

A pedigree startup couldn't succeed with its chatbot, Pi

7 min read
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ComputingFeature

Doctor's Screen Time Hobbles Health Care

Since 2004, the U.S. has spent $100 billion for EHR systems that keep doctors glued to their screens

16 min read