2,200-year-old Roman shipwreck reveals ancient waterproofing secrets

Scientists analyzing a 2,200-year-old Roman shipwreck found that its hull was coated with pine tar and, in one area, a mixture of tar and beeswax. Pollen trapped in those ancient coatings acted like a geographic fingerprint, revealing the landscapes surrounding the ship when repairs were made.

Abandon ship: Can scale solve both climate adaptation and mitigation?

Africa's voluntary carbon market: How do you price what was never for sale?

Fragility is a design condition

BrainChip launches symphony community Akida bundle for IBM’s workload management solution

BrainChip, a provider of ultra-low power, fully digital, event-based neuromorphic AI, has released the Symphony Community Akida Bundle, a free, open-source software bundle that lets developers run BrainChip Akida neuromorphic processors alongside their existing compute under a workload scheduler built on IBM Spectrum Symphony Community Edition. IBM Spectrum Symphony Community Edition, a workload management and […]

Dubai housing supply surges as project completions accelerate

Dubai’s supply of new homes jumped more than a third in the first half of the year as developers accelerated project completions, adding to signs the emirate’s property market is entering a period of increased construction. The emirate completed 104 projects, up from 75 a year earlier, the UAE state-run Wam news agency reported, citing […]

Waymo reveals Nvidia-powered compute system behind its robotaxis

Waymo has revealed new technical details about the onboard computing system that powers its autonomous driving technology, including a purpose-built 5 nm ASIC delivering more than 1,000 TOPS of machine learning performance. The company says its latest compute architecture is designed to provide millisecond-level response times while operating under the vibration, temperature extremes and other […]

Logic Robotics launches autonomous pallet for rail-to-road transloading

Logic Robotics, a developer of autonomous, data-driven logistics solutions, has unveiled what is described “a breakthrough” in multimodal logistics automation with the introduction of its intelligent transloading solution, powered by the Logic Digital Twin Operating System. Designed for rail-to-road operations, the system integrates the Logic Pallet’s autonomous mobility with real-time digital twin visualization to eliminate […]

Focal therapy for localized prostate cancer has divided physicians. Will new data change minds?

Urologic oncologists who treat prostate cancer are split over the benefits of focal therapy compared to traditional surgery or radiation.

Opinion: Lil Nas X’s bipolar diagnosis and the paradox of treatment

We continue to romanticize the symptoms of mental health problems, especially when we talk about achievement.