China is About To Launch SSDs So Small You Insert Them Like a SIM Card
China is About To Launch SSDs So Small You Insert Them Like a SIM Card Summary Chinese manufacturer Biwin has unveiled a “Mini SSD” roughly the size of a human…
China Launches Three-Day Robot Olympics Featuring Football and Table Tennis
China Launches Three-Day Robot Olympics Featuring Football and Table Tennis Summary China has launched the World Humanoid Robot Games, a three-day competition with 280 teams from 16 countries. The event…
How Maclaren Racing Gets From the Browser to the Track
How Maclaren Racing Gets From the Browser to the Track Summary In an edited transcript from Google’s “There’s No Place Like Chrome” event, Dr Lisa Jarman of McLaren Racing explains…
Brain editing now ‘closer to reality’: the gene-altering tools tackling deadly disorders
Brain editing now ‘closer to reality’: the gene-altering tools tackling deadly disorders Summary Recent advances in gene-editing — notably prime editing and base editing, offshoots of CRISPR — have produced…
Controversial quantum-computing paper gets hefty correction — but concerns linger
Controversial quantum-computing paper gets hefty correction — but concerns linger Summary The journal Science has lifted an editorial expression of concern on a 2020 paper that claimed evidence for Majorana…
Cancelling mRNA studies is the highest irresponsibility
Cancelling mRNA studies is the highest irresponsibility Summary The Nature editorial criticises US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s decision to terminate 22 grants for mRNA-vaccine research (nearly US$500 million),…
Mysterious coffee species turns out to be a blend
Summary Detailed genetic and morphological analysis of the obscure coffee variety traditionally called liberica shows that it is actually three distinct species. Researchers re-examined specimens and genomes, finding clear genetic…
Daily briefing: These rappelling robots autonomously explore underground tunnels
Daily briefing: These rappelling robots autonomously explore underground tunnels Summary A Nature Briefing collecting several short science stories. Lead item: a team of wheeled rovers that can autonomously map and…
Quantum computing technology pushes for IT advantage
Quantum computing technology pushes for IT advantage Summary Quantum computing, while overshadowed recently by generative AI, is quietly progressing toward practical value. The article explains the current NISQ (noisy intermediate-scale…
China is About To Launch SSDs So Small You Insert Them Like a SIM Card
China is About To Launch SSDs So Small You Insert Them Like a SIM Card Summary Biwin has unveiled a “Mini SSD” that measures just 15mm x 17mm x 1.4mm…