ANN ARBOR – Washtenaw Community College will launch a new semiconductor technician training program to advance the electrification of the automotive industry. WCC’s new short-term program will launch over the next year in partnership with the Semiconductor Talent and Automotive Research (STAR) initiative announced today by KLA Corporation (NASDAQ: KLAC) and imec, the Belgium-based global
EDMONTON, Alberta - University of Alberta researchers have developed a new catalyst that could revolutionize how we generate power and purify water. When placed in any type of water and provided with a small amount of power, the catalyst produces hydrogen that can be fed into a fuel cell to generate electricity along with distilled
According to a new study, some of the strongest of those radio signals have reached far-off stars. And apparently, if those stars happen to be home to extraterrestrial life that could respond to our ping, we could be hearing back as early as 2029. It’s an incredibly long shot. “Our puny and infrequent transmissions are unlikely to
NEW YORK - With powerful new chatbots and AI-powered apps and search engines released practically every day, concern about the rapid advance of artificial intelligence has heated up recently to near obsession. And with good reason. The risk of humans losing control over AIs smarter — or at the very least faster — than us has been
WASHINGTON DC - The Senate Armed Services Committee will be conducting an open hearing on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena, more commonly called Unidentified Flying Objects, on April 19, confirmed press secretary Cole Stevens. The hearing has been scheduled to address the growing concerns surrounding the allegedly growing UAP incidents. The lawmakers are also expected to bat for
NEW YORK - Due to global warming, a deep ocean current around Antarctica that has been relatively stable for thousands of years could head for "collapse" over the next few decades. Such a sudden shift could affect the planet's climate and marine ecosystems for centuries to come. So says a recent study that was published in the peer-reviewed
SAN FRANCISCO - Scientists have studied photosynthesis in plants for centuries, but an international team believes they've unlocked new secrets in nature's great machine that could revolutionize sustainable fuels and fight climate change. The team says they've determined it's possible to extract an electrical charge at the best possible point in photosynthesis. This means harvesting
NEW YORK - Last month’s report from the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change contained a dire warning: Radical action is needed to cut worldwide carbon emissions 60 percent by 2035 and avert the worst effects of a climate disaster. The report raised the stakes in the ongoing race to decarbonize the world’s industries, with
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Ca. - Google is adding new features to its Workspace products, giving users of Gmail and Google Docs direct access to a ChatGPT-like AI writing assistant — but when it’ll be available for everyone is still TBD. Generative AI: Generative AI — software trained to produce text, images, and other content in response to
LONDON - Artificial intelligence has developed a treatment for an aggressive form of cancer in just 30 days and demonstrated it can predict a patient's survival rate using doctors' notes. The breakthroughs were performed by separate systems, but show how the powerful technology's uses go far beyond the generation of images and text. University of Toronto
