NewTaqnia technology news and analysis

Health

•7 min

Two Humanoid Robots Removed an Organ From a Living Animal, but They Were Not Acting Alone

Humanoid robots have completed gallbladder surgery on live pigs for the first time. The milestone could reshape access to surgery, but every movement was still controlled by human surgeons.

Biomanufacturing

•4 min

Scientists Want to Turn Ordinary Grass Into Car Parts, Packaging and an Entire New Industry

A newly funded U.S. initiative plans to grow perennial grasses on underused farmland, break the plants into useful chemical building blocks and manufacture products for cars, buildings and packaging. BRIDGES has received an initial $15 million and could receive up to $160 million—but its promised industrial scale and economic impact remain targets, not proven outcomes.

Climate Technology

•4 min

Scientists Are Sending a Robot Swarm Beneath Greenland’s Ice, What It Finds Could Affect the Entire Planet

Health

•4 min

A Brain Implant Let a Man With ALS Speak and Work Independently for 3,800 Hours

Space

•4 min

FCC Clears a Giant Space Mirror to Beam Sunlight at Night - Astronomers Warn of the Risks

Technology Policy

•3 min

New York Becomes First U.S. State to Pause Hyperscale Data Centers

Artificial Intelligence

•3 min

MIT Students Built a Working Jet Engine With AI, Then Found Where AI Breaks

Science

•2 min

A ‘Quantum Bath’ Keeps Distant Qubits Entangled Without Active Control