Amy Nordrum
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Alaska’s Engineering Colleges Prepare to Slash Programs, Lay Off Faculty
Dramatic cuts to the budget of the state’s only public university put its engineering programs in jeopardy → Read More
An Oft-Struck Mountaintop Tower Gets a New Lightning Sensor
Säntis Tower in the Swiss Alps is struck by lightning more than 100 times a year → Read More
Transmission Failure Causes Nationwide Blackout in Argentina
Preliminary reports suggest problems with several 500-kilovolt transmission lines disrupted the flow of electricity from two dams to Argentina’s grid → Read More
ABB & Siemens Test Subsea Power Grids for Underwater Factories
Putting a power-distribution station on the ocean floor could allow more raw materials to be processed down there → Read More
Facebook’s 60-GHz Terragraph Technology Moves From Trials to Commercial Gear
The software suite allows base stations to connect to one another in small groups → Read More
MWC Barcelona 2019: Los Angeles to Require Scooter Companies to Share Data
Officials say figuring out how to collect data from transportation companies is the first step toward smarter cities → Read More
MWC Barcelona 2019: Los Angeles to Require Scooter Companies to Share Data
Officials say figuring out how to collect data from transportation companies is the first step toward smarter cities → Read More
Meet the Bots That Review and Write Snippets of Facebook's Code
Sapienz and SapFix are automated tools that Facebook now uses to find and fix problems across all of the company’s apps → Read More
Lasers vs. Microwaves: The Billion-Dollar Bet on the Future of Magnetic Storage
Seagate and Western Digital are pursuing rival technologies to push the limits of hard disk drives → Read More
Cyberdyne’s HAL Exoskeleton Helps Patients Walk Again in First Treatments at U.S. Facility
Patients at a Florida clinic are the only ones in the United States with access to Cyberdyne’s HAL exoskeleton, but that will change in 2019 → Read More
How Facebook Keeps Messenger From Crashing on New Year's Eve
Messenger's 1.3 billion users send more messages on New Year’s Eve than on any other day of the year → Read More
Amionx Ready to Roll Out Its Lithium-Ion Battery Safety Tech
Can a layer of cheap, widely-available mystery material prevent thermal runaway? → Read More
New IPCC Report Outlines Ways to Limit Global Warming
Preventing the global average temperature from rising by more than 1.5 degrees C will require new carbon-saving technologies to be more widely adopted → Read More
Strangers with Similar Names Meet Through Emails Sent to the Wrong Address
Two people whose email addresses are off by only one letter develop a digital kinship → Read More
Colorado Prepares to Install ‘Smart Road’ Product by Integrated Roadways
A basket of sensors buried in the pavement will measure the speed, weight, and trajectory of vehicles that pass over it → Read More
Millions of U.S. Voter Records Exposed on Robocall Company RoboCent's Poorly Configured AWS Cloud Storage
Some records listed voters’ personal interests, religious affiliation, and estimates of their income and net worth → Read More
We Grew Algae and Asked Spectrum Editors to Taste It
Algae could be the environmentally-friendly superfood we've all been waiting for. But will anyone actually eat it? → Read More
Intel's New Path to Quantum Computing
Intel's director of quantum hardware, Jim Clarke, explains the company's two quantum computing technologies → Read More
New Tech Could Turn Algae Into the Climate’s Slimy Savior
Low-power ways to grow algae could lock in carbon dioxide and feed the world → Read More
Forging Voices and Faces: The Dangers of Audio and Video Fabrication
Adobe, Baidu, Google, and others have software that can fabricate convincing video or audio clips of anyone → Read More