WIND BLOWN: James Dyson is beaten but not bowed by the failure of his electric car, a project many years in the making. JULIAN ANDERSON—EYEVINE/REDUX PICTURESJULIAN ANDERSON—EYEVINE/REDUX PICTURESJames Dyson, the billionaire British inventor and entrepreneur, is standing on a small stage at the mid-September gala opening of his new flagship retail store in Paris. The space is more high-end art gallery than appliance mart: matte black walls and ceiling, gray tile floors, and stylish gadgets displayed like sculptures, spotlighted on white-topped plinths. Dyson, spry and lanky at 72 years...…WIND BLOWN: James Dyson is beaten but not bowed by the failure of his electric car, a project many years in the making. JULIAN ANDERSON—EYEVINE/REDUX PICTURESJULIAN ANDERSON—EYEVINE/REDUX PICTURESJames Dyson, the billionaire British inventor and entrepreneur, is standing on a small stage at the mid-September gala opening of his new flagship retail store in Paris. The space is more high-end art gallery than appliance mart: matte black walls and ceiling, gray tile floors, and stylish gadgets displayed like sculptures, spotlighted on white-topped plinths. Dyson, spry and lanky at 72 years...WW…

Please choose whether this site may use cookies or related technologies such as web beacons, pixel tags, and Flash objects (“Cookies”) as described below.You can learn more about how this site uses cookies and related technologies by reading our privacy policy linked below.AcceptRejectEmerging coronavirus hotspots likely already exist undiscovered in the eight U.S. states planning to ease social distancing restrictions, a new analysis reveals.The discovers that in the eight states planning to ease social distancing measures in the coming weeks, almost two dozen small cities and rural...…Please choose whether this site may use cookies or related technologies such as web beacons, pixel tags, and Flash objects (“Cookies”) as described below.You can learn more about how this site uses cookies and related technologies by reading our privacy policy linked below.AcceptRejectEmerging coronavirus hotspots likely already exist undiscovered in the eight U.S. states planning to ease social distancing restrictions, a new analysis reveals.The discovers that in the eight states planning to ease social distancing measures in the coming weeks, almost two dozen small cities and rural...WW…

·August 18, 2020, 1:00 PM UTCResearchers at and New York University have found a way to significantly reduce the time it takes to capture magnetic resonance images, in a breakthrough with potential to transform medical imaging.By speeding up the process, the new technology could make it easier to use magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, on patients such as young children, who have trouble sitting still for long periods inside the giant cylindrical machines used to produce the scans.Currently, scans frequently take more than half an hour, and children are often sedated or anesthetized to help...…·August 18, 2020, 1:00 PM UTCResearchers at and New York University have found a way to significantly reduce the time it takes to capture magnetic resonance images, in a breakthrough with potential to transform medical imaging.By speeding up the process, the new technology could make it easier to use magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, on patients such as young children, who have trouble sitting still for long periods inside the giant cylindrical machines used to produce the scans.Currently, scans frequently take more than half an hour, and children are often sedated or anesthetized to help...WW…

·June 15, 2020, 3:00 PM UTCIn early June, civil liberties groups voiced alarm at a leaked memo showing the U.S. Justice Department had authorized the Drug Enforcement Administration to conduct covert surveillance and other investigations of those protesting the police killing of George Floyd.The document, , doesn’t say exactly how the DEA would conduct this surveillance, but technology publication CNET that the agency might deploy facial recognition technology. For its part, the DEA, along with other federal agencies, has refused to answer questions about whether it uses facial recognition...…·June 15, 2020, 3:00 PM UTCIn early June, civil liberties groups voiced alarm at a leaked memo showing the U.S. Justice Department had authorized the Drug Enforcement Administration to conduct covert surveillance and other investigations of those protesting the police killing of George Floyd.The document, , doesn’t say exactly how the DEA would conduct this surveillance, but technology publication CNET that the agency might deploy facial recognition technology. For its part, the DEA, along with other federal agencies, has refused to answer questions about whether it uses facial recognition...WW…

·March 4, 2021, 9:11 PM UTCOur mission to make business better is fueled by readers like you. To enjoy unlimited access to our journalism, .Researchers say they have made an important finding that could have big implications for the study of computer brains and, possibly, human ones too., the San Francisco–based A.I. research company, says that it has advanced methods for peering into the inner workings of artificial intelligence software known as , helping to make their notoriously opaque decision-making more interpretable. In the process they have uncovered that individual neurons in a...…·March 4, 2021, 9:11 PM UTCOur mission to make business better is fueled by readers like you. To enjoy unlimited access to our journalism, .Researchers say they have made an important finding that could have big implications for the study of computer brains and, possibly, human ones too., the San Francisco–based A.I. research company, says that it has advanced methods for peering into the inner workings of artificial intelligence software known as , helping to make their notoriously opaque decision-making more interpretable. In the process they have uncovered that individual neurons in a...WW…

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·June 30, 2021, 11:00 AM UTCPlastic: Next to the burning of fossil fuels, it represents one of the greatest environmental threats facing the planet.Researchers estimate that since 1950, more than 8.3 billion metric tons of the stuff has been produced, more than one ton for every person currently on the planet. Once used, much of it is burned. The rest winds up in landfills or in the ocean, where it can take up to five centuries to fully decompose. In the meantime, it poses a threat to wildlife and, through potentially carcinogenic microplastics that enter the food chain, us too.London-based...…·June 30, 2021, 11:00 AM UTCPlastic: Next to the burning of fossil fuels, it represents one of the greatest environmental threats facing the planet.Researchers estimate that since 1950, more than 8.3 billion metric tons of the stuff has been produced, more than one ton for every person currently on the planet. Once used, much of it is burned. The rest winds up in landfills or in the ocean, where it can take up to five centuries to fully decompose. In the meantime, it poses a threat to wildlife and, through potentially carcinogenic microplastics that enter the food chain, us too.London-based...WW…