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My friend recently attended a funeral, and midway through the eulogy, he became convinced that it had been written by AI. There was the telltale proliferation of abstract nouns, a surfeit of ...

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For businesses of all shapes and sizes, the ability to predict cash flow is the difference between surviving and thriving. But even the best forecasts fail when operational friction takes over. When ...

Solid-state batteries could store more energy and charge faster than today’s batteries, but they tend to crack and fail over time. Stanford researchers found that a nanoscale silver treatment can ...