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INNOVATION 23/07/2026 16:58

Supercooled kidneys have been transplanted into pigs in a “landmark achievement”

When it comes to organ donation, time is everything. As soon as an organ has been carefully removed from a donor’s body, it starts to deteri…

INNOVATION 22/07/2026 18:00

The Computer That Helped Win World War II

One summer day in 1941, a British radio operator was monitoring German military frequencies and heard something unexpected in her headphones…

INNOVATION 23/07/2026 12:10

The Download: energy transmission and US threats against Chinese AI

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Th…

INNOVATION 21/07/2026 17:41

Why AI Needs a “Genie Coefficient”

Major benchmarks measure what AI can do. None measure whether it does what you mean: the distance between what you ask an AI to do and the u…

INNOVATION 23/07/2026 12:00

How AI helps scientists design the next generation of medicines

Designing and developing a new medicine is an expensive, failure-prone scientific challenge. A new drug can take many years to develop, at t…

INNOVATION 20/07/2026 18:00

IEEE Program Helps Girls In India See a Future In STEM

Roughly half the world’s population is female, but the STEM fields don’t reflect that. The 2024 U.N. Global Education Monitoring Report on g…

INNOVATION 23/07/2026 09:00

The power line that could reshape New York’s grid is hitting snags

On July 3, as a heat wave swept the region, New York State’s grid imported 52 gigawatt-hours of electricity from Canada—enough to meet about…

INNOVATION 20/07/2026 15:55

SEM-Guided Low-kV FIB Finishing for Leading-Edge Semiconductor Failure Analysis

Discover how the ZEISS Crossbeam 750 FIBSEM sets a new benchmark for precise TEM lamella prep, tomography, and advanced nanofabrication. Thi…

INNOVATION 22/07/2026 12:10

The Download: NASA’s new space telescope and OpenAI’s autonomous hacker

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Sh…

INNOVATION 20/07/2026 13:00

We’re Squandering LEDs’ Potential to Save Our Night Skies

In the chill of a London spring night, under overcast skies, iconic Trafalgar Square opens around me. Admiral Nelson rises on his pedestal, …

INNOVATION 22/07/2026 09:00

Shape-shifting mirrors on NASA’s new space telescope could unveil Jupiters like our own

When NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launches, as early as the end of next month, it will attempt one of astronomy’s most precise d…

INNOVATION 17/07/2026 18:00

This Graduate Student Equips NASA’s Robots With Assembly Skills

Like many engineers, Sarah Downs says she knew she wanted to pursue a STEM career from a young age. As a teenager, she discovered robotics t…

INNOVATION 21/07/2026 12:10

The Download: Chinese AI divides the White House, and a record copyright payout

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Ch…

INNOVATION 16/07/2026 12:00

Digital Surveillance Reshapes Fishery Enforcement in Indonesia

In the eastern Indian Ocean, south of Java in the vast sea stretching toward Australia, a fishing vessel slightly alters its course while op…

INNOVATION 21/07/2026 10:37

Advancing next-gen AI with materials science innovation

The conversation about AI often centers on algorithms, computing power, or huge investments in new semiconductor fabrication plants and hype…

INNOVATION 15/07/2026 19:52

When Career Risks Are Worth Taking

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INNOVATION 20/07/2026 18:00

China’s AI models have Trump’s AI world at war with itself

This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Ov…

INNOVATION 15/07/2026 18:00

Notice to Membership

As of 21 June 2026, a Level 1 Expulsion has been imposed on IEEE Member Dr. Fei-Yue Wang, former editor-in-chief of the IEEE Transactions on…

INNOVATION 20/07/2026 12:10

The Download: AI hiring biases, and weather data sabotage

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. AI…

INNOVATION 15/07/2026 15:35

The First Chatbot’s Multiple Personalities

ELIZA is remembered as the world’s first AI star, a kindly therapist in chatbot form that gently probed users’ worries. Even its creator, Jo…

INNOVATION 14/07/2026 15:59

How I Turned AI to the Dark Side

Summary Researcher Dave Kuszmar discovered multiple systemic vulnerabilities that let him bypass LLM safety and obtain dangerous instructio…

INNOVATION 13/07/2026 18:00

Panasonic’s PV-460 Camcorder Stabilized Shaky Videos

If you grew up in the 1980s or ’90s, you likely remember shaky home video footage, taken with a handheld camcorder, of family gatherings, va…

INNOVATION 13/07/2026 13:00

Nokia’s 14 Years of Mobile-Phone Supremacy Ended in an Afternoon

In 2005, Nokia sold its billionth mobile phone, a budget-friendly device that went to a customer in Nigeria. By then, the company, based in …

INNOVATION 13/07/2026 10:19

Building a Foundation Stack for General-Purpose Robots

This article is brought to you by X Square Robot.Large language models gave artificial intelligence a working recipe. Pretrain a large model…