Research & Development
Directed Energy Weapons Shoot Painful but Non-Lethal Beams – Are Similar Weapons Behind the Havana Syndrome?
In 2020, a study on Havana syndrome by the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine concluded that the more than 130 victims experienced some real physical phenomena.
DOD Funds HBCUs to Advance Biotechnology and Materials Science Research
New Centers of Excellence will house an array of future-facing studies.
How NIH’s Research-Driving, Centralized Hub for COVID-19 Patient Data is Evolving
Scientists are drawing insights via an enclave of patient records from 7.6 million individuals.
Air Force Looks to Kaiju for Advanced Anti-Aircraft Countermeasures
Project Kaiju—expected in January—will include nine efforts named after famous giant monsters.
Army Researchers Turn to DOD Supercomputers to Digitally Twin Gas Turbine Engine
It could lead to “disruptive new engine designs,” an engineer involved said.
Elon Musk’s Tesla Bot Raises Serious Concerns – but Probably Not the Ones You Think
The Tesla Bot comes with a whole portfolio of risks that are hard to quantify and easy to overlook and yet inevitably end up tripping up innovators.
Lawmakers Push Agencies to Establish U.S.-Israel Artificial Intelligence Center
Congress would put forth millions to fund the newly proposed collaboration.
Scientists Are Using New Satellite Tech to Find Glow-in-the-Dark Milky Seas of Maritime Lore
For centuries, sailors have told tales of huge swaths of ocean glowing on dark nights.
These 3 Energy Storage Technologies Can Help Solve the Challenge of Moving to 100% Renewable Electricity
Energy storage can make facilities like solar farms more profitable by letting them store power for cloudy days.
Critical Update: When Seeing No Longer Means Believing, What’s a Government to Do?
Agencies and lawmakers are moving to combat deepfakes and other synthetic media used as powerful tools in disinformation campaigns.
Rescue Robots Get a Speed Upgrade for Rough Terrain
A new planning algorithm helps robots figure out how to balance with hands and feet.
IG: State Office of the Science and Tech Adviser Needs Stable Leadership and a Formal Strategy
The 10-year-old office has done good work, the inspector general found, but suffers from staff turnover and a lack of strategic vision.
Lesson from a Robot Swarm: Change Group Behavior by Talking One-on-One Rather than Getting on a Soapbox
Persuading people one-on-one might be the best route to getting them to recognize better alternatives.
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