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The US is banning foreign robots

The US government is targeting China with a new import ban on "advanced robotic devices" and power inverters made in foreign countries, as reported earlier by Reuters. In an announcement on Tuesday, the Federal Communications Commission says the ban will include "mobile"

Jensen hits the Hill

{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Nvidia's Huang hits Capitol Hill amid open-source debate Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang made a trip to Capitol Hill on Tuesday, as his company has become a key voice advocating for open-source models. © Jeffrey McWhorter, Associated

DOE identifies five states to hold nuclear waste

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Energy eyes nuclear waste deal with five states The Trump administration is eyeing five states that could accept nuclear waste, disposal of which has been a longtime issue with nuclear power. AP Photo/Mark

A new indicator to speed up metallic glass discovery

A research team led by Dongwoo Lee, an associate professor in the School of Mechanical Engineering at Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), and Yanhui Liu of the Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), has developed a new electrical resistivity-based indicator for

On the experience of the long haul flight . “The...

On the experience of the long haul flight . “The meal cart appears two hours in. You can hear it banging into passengers’ knees before you see it, and the sound causes the entire cabin to sit up slightly, like meerkats detecting motion on the savanna.”

Cyclospora concerns raise questions about produce safety

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Healthcare Health Care The Big Story Cyclospora concerns continue to dominate As federal health officials insist the U.S. food health supply is "safe" amid the ongoing cyclospora outbreak, concerns continue to sway American

Trump Is About to Send Seniors’ Drug Costs Surging

The Trump administration is planning to scrap Medicare subsidies, which could leave seniors facing higher rates for their prescription coverage next year. After 2026, the government will stop providing billions in subsidies to insurance companies that keep premiums low for

Judge orders release of Houston ICE shooting witness

A federal judge in Houston ordered the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Monday to release a man who witnessed federal immigration officers fatally shooting Lorenzo Salgado Araujo earlier this month. U.S. District Judge Keith P. Ellison wrote that the continued detention

The union drive at the Wikimedia Foundation is expanding

In June, UK staff at the nonprofit that runs Wikipedia became the first to announce their intentions to form a union. Now, US-based employees at the Wikimedia Foundation are joining the union drive, but management at the nonprofit have declined to voluntarily recognize their

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