Scientists created a large open database that uses light patterns to help satellites detect plastic in oceans more accurately from space.

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Robots and self-driving cars could soon benefit from a new kind of brain-inspired hardware that can allegedly detect movement and react faster than a human. A new study published in the journal Nature ...

The company said the demonstration shows that India is steadily developing space situational awareness (SSA), the ability to ...

AI-powered spectral sensor performs machine learning during light capture, identifying materials and chemicals in real time ...

Two research teams have identified possible landing sites for Luna 9, the first human-made object to safely reach the lunar ...

An American high school student has stunned the scientific world by developing an algorithm to map 1.5 million previously ...

Many robots are equipped with cameras to allow them to see the world. These digital eyes record sequences of still images which must somehow be interpreted as motion. A popular approach is optical ...

For nearly a quarter-century, the nonprofit B612 Foundation has helped scientists track dangerous asteroids and educated the ...

A niche corner of the commercial space sector is attracting attention from United States national security planners, not because of its economic promise, but because of the technical problems it is ...

Researchers developed an advanced AI system named YORU that can identify specific animal behaviors with over 90% accuracy ...