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Peace.

Engineering leaders urge profession to adopt peace as core design standard

Engineers must actively design systems to reduce conflict rather than treating peace…
Lonely at work.

Poor job design, not physical isolation, drives workplace loneliness epidemic

A crowded office offers no guarantee against isolation, according to a comprehensive…
Quantum medicine.

Quantum sensors and ‘super-powered’ MRI set to revolutionise medicine

A new roadmap from Japan argues that quantum technology is ready to…
Factory robot.

Radio waves act as ‘brain power’ for robots, cutting energy use by 90%

Duke University engineers have developed a method to offload complex artificial intelligence…
Photonic skin.

‘Octopus skin’ material shapeshifts and changes colour in seconds

Stanford researchers have developed a flexible material that can change both its…
Online shopping.

Autonomous AI agents to trigger bigger sales shift than CRM software

A new study suggests the rise of “agentic” artificial intelligence will disrupt…
Oceans.

Digital twins promise ‘transparent oceans’ for deep-sea operations

Tsinghua University researchers have proposed a comprehensive development roadmap for marine digital…
Solar observations.

‘Scary’ solar storms flip railway signals and ground farm drones

A record-breaking solar observation has highlighted the fragility of modern industry, revealing…
Ai models like the human brain.

AI built like brain ‘sees’ without training, challenging billion-dollar orthodoxy

Artificial intelligence systems can simulate human brain activity without ever seeing a…
Self correcting machines.

Smart machines to self-correct in real-time as digital twins tame factory chaos

Precision engineering is hitting a wall as traditional error-correction fails to keep…