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Tech Xplore / Fujitsu and leading Japanese robotics companies to use Nvidia technology in 'physical AI'

Japanese communications company Fujitsu is leading a major push in artificial intelligence using Nvidia's technology, bringing together what it said was the best in Japan's manufacturing prowess in robotics with AI.

15 hours ago
Tech Xplore / Germany's Delivery Hero agrees 12.7-bn-euro takeover by Uber

German food delivery group Delivery Hero said Thursday it has agreed to be acquired by U.S. ride-hailing giant Uber in a 12.7 billion euro ($14.6 billion) deal.

14 hours ago
Phys.org / To measure a black hole's ultimate spin, we have to go to space

Despite their depiction as massive monsters that simply suck in everything, including light, astronomers know black holes actually spin. And they spin really, really quickly. Determining just how quickly is key to understanding ...

21 hours ago
Medical Xpress / AI helps nurses stay one step ahead in chronic disease care, new review finds

Artificial intelligence (AI) is helping nurses better predict health problems before they become emergencies, according to a new review of existing research published in JMIR Nursing. The study found that AI-based nursing ...

9 hours ago
Medical Xpress / More smokers are buying tobacco from illicit sources, new study reveals

Research published in Nicotine & Tobacco Research analyzed repeated cross-sectional survey data from 9,996 participants ages 16 and older who reported currently smoking. It found that while most smokers (76.9%) reported purchasing ...

19 hours ago
Medical Xpress / New optical method reveals early collagen damage invisible in skin scans

An international team led by researchers at Hiroshima University has developed a new way to detect subtle, early-stage changes in human skin collagen before any visible signs of damage appear. The study, published in ACS ...

19 hours ago
Phys.org / What science loses when T. rex becomes a trophy

On July 14, 2026, "Gus," one of the most complete specimens of Tyrannosaurus rex, went to an as-yet-unidentified buyer for $50.1 million. This auction at Sotheby's set a record for the most valuable fossil ever sold. Another ...

22 hours ago
Phys.org / A new stellar census strengthens the case for a 13.8-billion-year-old universe

Astronomers have used the ages of more than 155,000 stars in the Milky Way to independently estimate the age of the universe, and their findings may be good news for the standard cosmological model. The new research was reported ...

Jul 15, 2026
Medical Xpress / US gripped by major outbreak of intestinal infections

More than half of U.S. states are grappling with an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness caused by a foodborne parasite, America's top health agency reported Tuesday.

22 hours ago
Tech Xplore / 20 years ago, China bet big on electric vehicles. Now Western carmakers are feeling the pain

In Germany, Japan and the United States, famous carmakers are in trouble. One reason is intense competition from Chinese electric vehicle manufacturers—and growing public demand for EVs. The automakers that dominated the ...

23 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Newborn screening: Why clear communication matters as testing expands

"I think you always believe it's never going to happen to me." That is how one parent described learning that their newborn baby had been identified as being at possible risk of a rare genetic condition through routine newborn ...

23 hours ago
Phys.org / Quantum-gravitational mechanism could explain the universe's homogeneity

Our universe is known to be remarkably homogeneous and isotropic. This essentially means that matter is distributed evenly throughout the universe and that it looks almost the same in all directions.

Jul 13, 2026