Science Monitor — Science & Technology for Humanity
Analysis of how AI, quantum technology and R&D are reshaping industry and policy, from Seoul. Selected stories from our Korean edition, reviewed by our editors.
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Royal Navy tracks 3 Russian ships; Protector drone’s UK debut
The Royal Navy tracked a Russian intelligence-gathering ship, frigate and landing ship over 17 days in September and October. We look at the escort of sanctioned cargo ships and the…
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After US midterms, 3 science issues: budget, House panel, grants
After the US midterms, the science community’s key issues are the Dec. 12 funding deadline, the direction of the House Science Committee and probes into NSF and DOE grant terminations.…
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Asteroid Ryugu samples contain all five DNA and RNA nucleobases
All five nucleobases that serve as the letters of DNA and RNA have been found in samples from the asteroid Ryugu brought back by JAXA’s Hayabusa2 mission, according to a…
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Universal Quantum unveils iQPU, an all-in-one trapped-ion chip
Universal Quantum has unveiled iQPU, a trapped-ion processor that combines control electronics, a computing area and chip-to-chip links on a single chip. It was made on a 200 mm commercial…
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AMD Q3 revenue hits $13.4B as data center sales jump 97%
AMD’s third-quarter revenue rose 45% to $13.4 billion, as its data center segment, led by MI450 GPUs, grew 97%. The company forecast fourth-quarter revenue of about $17 billion.
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India signs deal for 8 next-generation corvettes from GRSE, GSL
India’s Ministry of Defence has signed a contract for eight Next Generation Corvettes, five from GRSE and three from GSL. The 4,950 t ships are due for delivery starting in…
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Russia Scraps Pyotr Velikiy Upgrade: Nakhimov’s 12-Year Lesson
Russia’s navy has canceled the modernization of the Kirov-class cruiser Pyotr Velikiy, TASS reported. Its sister ship Nakhimov took 12 years at an estimated cost of up to $5 billion,…
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DoorDash CEO: AI Agent Orders Total ‘Several Hundred’ So Far
DoorDash’s CEO said on its third-quarter earnings call that orders from outside AI agents total several hundred. That is tiny for a company that delivers about 3 million orders a…
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Naval Shipbuilding Up 50%: China Builds 636,000t, U.S. 271,000t
Global warship construction rose about 50% in 2024-25, according to a Euronaval report, with China building 636,000 tons and the U.S. 271,000 tons. We examine what the figures mean and…
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Anthropic’s Amended S-1 Shows $17B Q3 Revenue, Flags RSI Risk
Anthropic’s amended registration statement shows third-quarter revenue of about $17 billion and an operating loss of $567 million. Its compute and other commitments total about $895.4 billion.
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Infleqtion’s Tiqker Optical Clock Runs 2 Weeks in Navy Exercise
Infleqtion ran its compact optical atomic clock Tiqker aboard a U.S. Navy support vessel for about two weeks in an exercise off Southern California. It is meant as an independent…
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Einstein’s Equations Reveal Hidden Energy Transfer in Spacetime
Physicists rewrote Einstein’s equations and found that gravitational fields can “reconnect” and transfer energy to matter, much like magnetic reconnection behind solar flares.