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Researchers can turn a single photo into a video

Posted: 15 Jun 2021 10:23 AM PDT

Researchers have developed a deep learning method that can produce a seamlessly looping, realistic looking video from a single photo.

Scientists make highly maneuverable miniature robots controlled by magnetic fields

Posted: 15 Jun 2021 10:22 AM PDT

A team of scientists has developed millimeter-sized robots that can be controlled using magnetic fields to perform highly maneuverable and dexterous manipulations. This could pave the way to possible future applications in biomedicine and manufacturing.

Combining classical and quantum computing opens door to new discoveries

Posted: 15 Jun 2021 10:22 AM PDT

Researchers have discovered a new and more efficient computing method for pairing the reliability of a classical computer with the strength of a quantum system.

Rarest bee genus in North America is not so rare after all

Posted: 15 Jun 2021 10:20 AM PDT

Canadian researchers have discovered that a bee thought to be rarest in North America, as the only representative of its genus, is no more than an unusual specimen of a widespread species. They have reclassified the mystery bee, collected in Nevada in the 1870s, as an aberrant specimen of the California digger-cuckoo bee, a cleptoparasitic bee, with females that lay eggs in the nests of digger bees.