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Fudan-Led AI Builds Rare Gut-Lesion Training Images From One Photo
EndoRare, a Fudan-led AI model in Nature Communications, makes varied images of four rare gut conditions from one photo to train classifiers and novices.
Taiwan’s ITRI Plans 500-Tonne Rare-Earth Plant to Meet Half of Demand
Taiwan's ITRI plans a demonstration plant to make 500 tonnes of rare earths a year by 2030, a hundredfold rise that would meet about half of local demand.
Guangzhou Rescue Robot Final Tests 29 Teams on Fire and Flood Tasks
Robot dogs, drones and underwater robots from 29 teams took on fire and flood rescue tasks at a city-backed contest final in Guangzhou on 23-24 October.
Circle Shareholder Sues Trump, Says UAE Crypto Deals Were Emoluments
A Circle shareholder's derivative suit says Trump took foreign emoluments via World Liberty's UAE deals and USD1. The defendants call the claims meritless.
Carbon Membrane as Thin as 2nm Sieves CO2 Past Benchmarks in Lab Tests
A Tianjin University-led team made a carbon membrane as thin as 2nm that sieves CO2 from other gases faster than existing benchmarks in lab tests.
Recyclable Flow Battery Kept 98.1% of Capacity Over 2,200 Lab Cycles
A Zhengzhou University flow battery kept 98.1% of its capacity over 2,200 lab cycles, and its spent electrolyte can be turned back into raw material.
USTC Pushes a Self-Correcting Qubit Past Break-Even in One Ion
A USTC team reports a self-correcting qubit in a single trapped ion that beats the break-even point for lifetime - a quantum-memory result, not a computer.
Moonshot’s Own Tests Put Kimi K3.1 Pro at 65.7% on Terminal-Bench
Moonshot AI's Kimi K3.1 Pro is live with a 1M-token context. Its own tests put it near Claude Opus 5.5 on coding; open weights are due by 4 November.
FCC Grants Intel a One-Year Waiver to Keep Repairing Its Fab Robots
The FCC gave Intel a one-year waiver to repair robotic vehicles in its US chip plants, after Intel said the foreign robot ban might cover them.
Freenow and Baidu Unveil RT6 Robotaxi in London, Aim for 2027 Launch
Freenow by Lyft and Baidu's Apollo Go showed the RT6 robotaxi in London on 22 October and aim to launch a driverless ride service in the city in 2027.
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