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Buntz</span></h1></div></div><div class="site-inner"><div class="wrap"><div class="content-sidebar-wrap"><main class="content"><article class="type-post entry has-post-thumbnail" aria-label="Robotic ‘backhand’ grasper achieves up to 100% grasp success for spinal cord injury patients"><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author">By <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/author/bbuntz/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">Brian Buntz</span></a></span> | <time class="entry-time">February 16, 2025</time></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/robotic-backhand-grasper-achieves-100-grasp-success-for-spinal-cord-injury-patients/">Robotic ‘backhand’ grasper achieves up to 100% grasp success for spinal cord injury patients</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><a class="entry-image-link" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/robotic-backhand-grasper-achieves-100-grasp-success-for-spinal-cord-injury-patients/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img width="368" height="300" src="https://www.rdworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20250122_DorsalGrasper_AVL_0393_16x9-1200x675-1-368x300.jpg" class="alignleft post-image entry-image wp-image-77032" alt="" decoding="async" /></a><p>Among the circa 15 million people worldwide who live with spinal cord injuries (SCI), many lose critical hand function, making everyday tasks like picking up a water bottle or reaching into a cupboard extraordinarily difficult. Now, a team of UC Berkeley researchers has developed a “backhand” robotic grasper that is showing promising results—enabling individuals with…</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer></article><article class="type-post entry has-post-thumbnail" aria-label="Musk says Grok 3 will be ‘best AI model to date’"><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author">By <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/author/bbuntz/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">Brian Buntz</span></a></span> | <time class="entry-time">February 16, 2025</time></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/musk-says-grok-3-will-be-best-ai-model-to-date/">Musk says Grok 3 will be ‘best AI model to date’</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><a class="entry-image-link" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/musk-says-grok-3-will-be-best-ai-model-to-date/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img width="368" height="300" src="https://www.rdworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/AdobeStock_673616890_Editorial_Use_Only-368x300.webp" class="alignleft post-image entry-image wp-image-77002" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a><p>Elon Musk announced the latest version of his AI chatbot, Grok 3, claiming it surpasses all current AI rivals, including OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s DeepMind Gemini, and others. Speaking via video at the World Government Summit in Dubai, Musk referred to Grok 3 as “scary smart” and “very powerful in reasoning…It comes up with solutions you…</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer></article><article class="type-post entry has-post-thumbnail" aria-label="NSF layoffs in 2025: Deep budget cuts headed for U.S. research sector"><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author">By <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/author/bbuntz/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">Brian Buntz</span></a></span> | <time class="entry-time">February 15, 2025</time></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/nsf-layoffs-in-2025-deep-budget-cuts-headed-for-u-s-research-sector/">NSF layoffs in 2025: Deep budget cuts headed for U.S. research sector</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><a class="entry-image-link" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/nsf-layoffs-in-2025-deep-budget-cuts-headed-for-u-s-research-sector/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img width="368" height="300" src="https://www.rdworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/nsf-368x300.jpg" class="alignleft post-image entry-image wp-image-76858" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a><p>[Updated on February 15 with additional details] The 2025 National Science Foundation (NSF) layoffs—stemming from budget freezes and aggressive federal downsizing—could reduce National Science Foundation staff by up to half, threatening the agency’s ability to fund critical research nationwide. Amid projections of a multibillion-dollar shortfall under the CHIPS and Science Act and a new executive…</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer></article><article class="type-post entry has-post-thumbnail" aria-label="Trump launches ‘DOGE’ Workforce Optimization Initiative executive order: What’s the impact on federal science agencies?"><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author">By <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/author/bbuntz/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">Brian Buntz</span></a></span> | <time class="entry-time">February 15, 2025</time></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/trump-launches-doge-workforce-optimization-initiative-executive-order-whats-the-impact-on-federal-science-agencies/">Trump launches ‘DOGE’ Workforce Optimization Initiative executive order: What’s the impact on federal science agencies?</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><a class="entry-image-link" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/trump-launches-doge-workforce-optimization-initiative-executive-order-whats-the-impact-on-federal-science-agencies/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img width="368" height="300" src="https://www.rdworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/AdobeStock_1109107135-368x300.webp" class="alignleft post-image entry-image wp-image-76964" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a><p>After establishing the “Department of Government Efficiency” last month, President Trump has announced a DOGE “Workforce Optimization Initiative” that could have ramifications for thousands of science and regulatory roles across agencies—from the National Science Foundation to the FDA. In particular, the new executive order aims to reform the federal workforce. Agencies are required to limit…</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer></article><article class="type-post entry has-post-thumbnail" aria-label="As wildfires worsen, NASA turns to drones for real-time weather insights"><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author">By <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/author/bbuntz/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">Brian Buntz</span></a></span> | <time class="entry-time">February 14, 2025</time></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/as-wildfires-worsen-nasa-turns-to-drones-for-real-time-weather-insights/">As wildfires worsen, NASA turns to drones for real-time weather insights</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><a class="entry-image-link" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/as-wildfires-worsen-nasa-turns-to-drones-for-real-time-weather-insights/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img width="368" height="300" src="https://www.rdworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/firesensemissoula-loiacono-3023-368x300.webp" class="alignleft post-image entry-image wp-image-77015" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a><p>As wildfire threats grow globally, NASA is tapping decades of aeronautics and Earth science expertise to support firefighters. Through its FireSense project — part of the Wildland Fires program — the agency is testing unmanned aerial systems (UAS) that gather real-time weather data over fire-prone areas. A recent field campaign in Missoula, Montana, demonstrated the…</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer></article><article class="type-post entry has-post-thumbnail" aria-label="6 AI megatrends to keep an eye on in 2025: From hybrid reasoning to superhuman coding"><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author">By <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/author/bbuntz/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">Brian Buntz</span></a></span> | <time class="entry-time">February 13, 2025</time></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/6-ai-megatrends-to-keep-an-eye-on-in-2025-from-hybrid-reasoning-to-superhuman-coding/">6 AI megatrends to keep an eye on in 2025: From hybrid reasoning to superhuman coding</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><a class="entry-image-link" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/6-ai-megatrends-to-keep-an-eye-on-in-2025-from-hybrid-reasoning-to-superhuman-coding/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img width="368" height="300" src="https://www.rdworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Nissan_N7_005-368x300.jpg" class="alignleft post-image entry-image wp-image-76999" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a><p>In early 2025, the AI landscape continues to undergo tectonic shifts—hybrid models are poised to emerge that blur the lines between brute-force scaling and elegant reasoning, code generation tools threaten to disrupt entire industries, and AI bets hundreds of billions of dollar in scope collide with existential safety debates. As systems escape screens to navigate…</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer></article><article class="type-post entry has-post-thumbnail" aria-label="Blue Origin’s 10% cut part of a pattern as aerospace players race to streamline as space race heats up"><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author">By <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/author/bbuntz/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">Brian Buntz</span></a></span> | <time class="entry-time">February 13, 2025</time></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/blue-origins-10-cut-part-of-a-pattern-as-aerospace-players-race-to-streamline-as-space-race-heats-up/">Blue Origin’s 10% cut part of a pattern as aerospace players race to streamline as space race heats up</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><a class="entry-image-link" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/blue-origins-10-cut-part-of-a-pattern-as-aerospace-players-race-to-streamline-as-space-race-heats-up/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img width="368" height="300" src="https://www.rdworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/blue_origin_new_glenn-2-368x300.webp" class="alignleft post-image entry-image wp-image-74945" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a><p>[Blue Origin][/caption> Blue Origin‘s announcement of a 10% workforce reduction is not an isolated incident, but the latest sign of a significant belt-tightening across the aerospace sector. Joining companies like Boeing, Airbus, and Pratt & Whitney which have recently announced cuts, Blue Origin’s layoffs reflect a broader industry-wide push for efficiency as space companies race…</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer></article><article class="type-post entry has-post-thumbnail" aria-label="Early tests show ‘AI supermodels’ can speed up materials discovery by 100x (or more) with minimal data"><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author">By <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/author/bbuntz/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">Brian Buntz</span></a></span> | <time class="entry-time">February 13, 2025</time></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/early-tests-show-ai-supermodels-can-speed-up-materials-discovery-by-100x-or-more-with-minimal-data/">Early tests show ‘AI supermodels’ can speed up materials discovery by 100x (or more) with minimal data</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><a class="entry-image-link" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/early-tests-show-ai-supermodels-can-speed-up-materials-discovery-by-100x-or-more-with-minimal-data/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img width="368" height="300" src="https://www.rdworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/AdobeStock_276891945-368x300.webp" class="alignleft post-image entry-image wp-image-76989" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a><p>Despite all of the bluster surrounding AI’s transformative promise, some R&D projects—especially in areas like battery materials development and drug discovery—face significant bottlenecks when relying on these tools, often requiring days and sometimes weeks or even months of GPU processing time on enormous datasets. Enthought—among other organizations—are investigating leaner approaches to tackle these limits, which…</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer></article><article class="type-post entry has-post-thumbnail" aria-label="China forms dedicated planetary defense team over 2024 YR4 asteroid fears"><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author">By <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/author/bbuntz/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">Brian Buntz</span></a></span> | <time class="entry-time">February 12, 2025</time></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/china-forms-dedicated-planetary-defense-team-over-asteroid-fears/">China forms dedicated planetary defense team over 2024 YR4 asteroid fears</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><a class="entry-image-link" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/china-forms-dedicated-planetary-defense-team-over-asteroid-fears/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img width="368" height="300" src="https://www.rdworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/AdobeStock_483042151-368x300.jpeg" class="alignleft post-image entry-image wp-image-76984" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a><p>As a result of the escalating threat of asteroid impacts to Earth, China has launched its planetary defense unit, recruiting specialists to advance asteroid monitoring, early warning, and potential deflection strategies. China’s immediate concern is the newly discovered asteroid 2024 YR4, measuring roughly the size of a football field. The threat of 2024 YR4 The…</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer></article><article class="type-post entry has-post-thumbnail" aria-label="This week in AI research: OpenAI teases release of GPT-4.5"><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author">By <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/author/bbuntz/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">Brian Buntz</span></a></span> | <time class="entry-time">February 12, 2025</time></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/this-week-in-ai-research-openai-teases-release-of-gpt-4-5/">This week in AI research: OpenAI teases release of GPT-4.5</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><a class="entry-image-link" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/this-week-in-ai-research-openai-teases-release-of-gpt-4-5/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img width="368" height="300" src="https://www.rdworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/AdobeStock_481107298_Editorial_Use_Only-368x300.jpeg" class="alignleft post-image entry-image wp-image-75441" alt="OpenAI logo on black background. Chernihiv, Ukraine - January 15, 2022" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a><p>While the pace of AI news seemed to slow somewhat in late 2024, things have progressed quickly in recent months. The GenAI pioneer OpenAI is now building excitement for GPT-4.5, which would be the first model in the series to launch since 2023. (Its 4o variant dropped in May 2024.) In other news, the AI…</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer></article><article class="type-post entry has-post-thumbnail" aria-label="Microsoft and CMU: GenAI may undercut critical thinking, but there’s an antidote"><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author">By <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/author/bbuntz/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">Brian Buntz</span></a></span> | <time class="entry-time">February 12, 2025</time></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/microsoft-and-cmu-genai-may-undercut-critical-thinking-but-theres-an-antidote/">Microsoft and CMU: GenAI may undercut critical thinking, but there’s an antidote</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><a class="entry-image-link" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/microsoft-and-cmu-genai-may-undercut-critical-thinking-but-theres-an-antidote/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img width="368" height="300" src="https://www.rdworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/AdobeStock_800301022-368x300.webp" class="alignleft post-image entry-image wp-image-76958" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a><p>Many scientists and clinicians remain concerned about the impact of generative AI on critical thinking. In Elsevier’s global Insights 2024: Attitudes toward AI report—released July 9 and based on survey data gathered from December 2023 to February 2024—81% of respondents worried that GenAI could erode critical thinking skills. Now, a fresh study out of Microsoft…</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer></article><article class="type-post entry has-post-thumbnail" aria-label="Google and Institute Curie to join forces in using AI to predict women’s cancer relapse risk"><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author">By <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/author/bbuntz/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">Brian Buntz</span></a></span> | <time class="entry-time">February 12, 2025</time></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/google-and-institute-curie-to-join-forces-in-using-ai-to-predict-womens-cancer-relapse-risk/">Google and Institute Curie to join forces in using AI to predict women’s cancer relapse risk</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><a class="entry-image-link" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/google-and-institute-curie-to-join-forces-in-using-ai-to-predict-womens-cancer-relapse-risk/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img width="368" height="300" src="https://www.rdworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/NZ8_9433.width-2200.format-webp-368x300.webp" class="alignleft post-image entry-image wp-image-76954" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a><p>Imagine AI predicting cancer’s next move, paving the way for personalized treatments that truly match each patient’s needs. To help make that goal a reality, Google is partnering with the newly formed Institute of Women’s Cancers to combat breast and gynecological cancers using AI. Announced at the France AI Action Summit, this collaboration unites Google’s…</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer></article><article class="type-post entry has-post-thumbnail" aria-label="From $400K salaries to severance: Meta’s workforce reckoning exposes continued reshaping of tech R&D"><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author">By <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/author/bbuntz/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">Brian Buntz</span></a></span> | <time class="entry-time">February 12, 2025</time></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/from-400k-salaries-to-severance-metas-workforce-reckoning-exposes-continued-reshaping-of-tech-rd/">From $400K salaries to severance: Meta’s workforce reckoning exposes continued reshaping of tech R&D</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><a class="entry-image-link" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/from-400k-salaries-to-severance-metas-workforce-reckoning-exposes-continued-reshaping-of-tech-rd/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img width="368" height="300" src="https://www.rdworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/meta_logo-368x300.jpg" class="alignleft post-image entry-image wp-image-73282" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a><p>“I am super confused how I got terminated. I still think this is an error.” “It is an engineering paradise, as everything is reinvented again here.” Two starkly different views of life at Meta—the first from a recently laid-off employee, the second from a Meta employee on Blind (where several workers have lamented that layoffs…</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer></article><article class="type-post entry has-post-thumbnail" aria-label="2025 R&D layoffs tracker"><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author">By <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/author/bbuntz/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">Brian Buntz</span></a></span> | <time class="entry-time">February 12, 2025</time></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/2025-rd-layoffs-tracker/">2025 R&D layoffs tracker</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><a class="entry-image-link" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/2025-rd-layoffs-tracker/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img width="368" height="300" src="https://www.rdworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/download-100-368x300.png" class="alignleft post-image entry-image wp-image-76987" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a><p>So far in February 2025, notable R&D-related job cuts keep coming at companies ranging from Chevron, which is laying off 15% to 20% of its global workforce by the end of 2026, to Boeing. The latter is responding in part to delays and cost pressures in NASA’s Artemis program and Cruise, the GM-acquired robotaxi firm.…</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer></article><article class="type-post entry has-post-thumbnail" aria-label="BYD and DeepSeek plan to bring “God’s Eye” autonomous driving features to sub-$10k vehicles"><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author">By <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/author/bbuntz/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">Brian Buntz</span></a></span> | <time class="entry-time">February 11, 2025</time></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/byd-and-deepseek-plan-to-bring-gods-eye-autonomous-driving-features-to-sub-10k-vehicles/">BYD and DeepSeek plan to bring “God’s Eye” autonomous driving features to sub-$10k vehicles</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><a class="entry-image-link" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/byd-and-deepseek-plan-to-bring-gods-eye-autonomous-driving-features-to-sub-10k-vehicles/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img width="368" height="300" src="https://www.rdworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/han-blue-pc-new-368x300.jpg" class="alignleft post-image entry-image wp-image-76937" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a><p>The Chinese EV giant BYD is shaking up the automotive market by breaking cost barriers in advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS). Its new “God’s Eye” technology — known technically as the DiPilot system — brings Level-2 autonomous features as standard equipment on EVs priced under $10,000. While Level 2 autonomy (SAE-defined) requires driver supervision (For context,…</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer></article><article class="type-post entry has-post-thumbnail" aria-label="NASA’s dazzling black hole visualization making waves online"><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author">By <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/author/bbuntz/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">Brian Buntz</span></a></span> | <time class="entry-time">February 11, 2025</time></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/nasas-dazzling-black-hole-visualization-making-waves-online/">NASA’s dazzling black hole visualization making waves online</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><a class="entry-image-link" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/nasas-dazzling-black-hole-visualization-making-waves-online/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img width="368" height="300" src="https://www.rdworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/blackHole-368x300.webp" class="alignleft post-image entry-image wp-image-76932" alt="black hole" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a><p>A year ago, NASA quietly released one of the most captivating astrophysical simulations ever produced: a mind-bending visual journey into the swirling depths of a supermassive black hole. Although published in May 2024, the immersive 360° visualization has inexplicably resurfaced on social media sites ranging from Instagram to Reddit and is now racking hundreds of…</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer></article><article class="type-post entry has-post-thumbnail" aria-label="Russia unveils prototype for plasma engine that could reach Mars in 1-2 months"><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author">By <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/author/bbuntz/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">Brian Buntz</span></a></span> | <time class="entry-time">February 11, 2025</time></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/russia-unveils-prototype-for-plasma-engine-that-could-reach-mars-in-1-2-months/">Russia unveils prototype for plasma engine that could reach Mars in 1-2 months</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><a class="entry-image-link" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/russia-unveils-prototype-for-plasma-engine-that-could-reach-mars-in-1-2-months/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img width="368" height="300" src="https://www.rdworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/ATM-21378-368x300.jpeg" class="alignleft post-image entry-image wp-image-76930" alt="Evgeny Pogonin" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a><p>Scientists at Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom have reported developing a plasma engine for deep space travel. They announced that they have already built a laboratory prototype of the craft. This engine uses electrically accelerated plasma (ionized gas) instead of chemical combustion, enabling considerable exhaust velocities. The scientists estimate that they could send a spacecraft…</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer></article><article class="type-post entry has-post-thumbnail" aria-label="Musk co-founded OpenAI – now he and investors are offering $97.4B to acquire it"><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author">By <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/author/bbuntz/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">Brian Buntz</span></a></span> | <time class="entry-time">February 10, 2025</time></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/musk-co-founded-openai-now-he-and-investors-are-offering-97-4b-to-acquire-it/">Musk co-founded OpenAI – now he and investors are offering $97.4B to acquire it</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><a class="entry-image-link" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/musk-co-founded-openai-now-he-and-investors-are-offering-97-4b-to-acquire-it/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img width="368" height="300" src="https://www.rdworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/AdobeStock_481107298_Editorial_Use_Only-368x300.jpeg" class="alignleft post-image entry-image wp-image-75441" alt="OpenAI logo on black background. Chernihiv, Ukraine - January 15, 2022" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a><p>Elon Musk, who co-founded OpenAI in 2015 only to exit a few years later, has joined a consortium of tech investors in an unsolicited attempt to acquire OpenAI for $97.4 billion. Almost immediately after, CEO Sam Altman rebuked him over X, saying that OpenAI would buy the social media platform “for $9.74 billion if you…</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer></article><article class="type-post entry has-post-thumbnail" aria-label="NASA estimates a 2.3% probability of an asteroid impact on earth in 2032"><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author">By <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/author/bbuntz/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">Brian Buntz</span></a></span> | <time class="entry-time">February 10, 2025</time></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/nasa-estimates-a-2-3-probability-of-an-asteroid-impact-on-earth-in-2032/">NASA estimates a 2.3% probability of an asteroid impact on earth in 2032</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><a class="entry-image-link" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/nasa-estimates-a-2-3-probability-of-an-asteroid-impact-on-earth-in-2032/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img width="368" height="300" src="https://www.rdworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2024yr4_s40_ca_uncertainty-368x300.png" class="alignleft post-image entry-image wp-image-76900" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a><p>Imagine a city-sized area obliterated. Not by war, but by space debris. Consider asteroid 2024 YR4—whose current impact probability has risen to 2.2–2.3% (up from initial estimates of 1–1.6% in January 2025). The discovery of this 40–90 meter object—the highest impact probability among known large near-Earth objects—serves as a sober reminder: planetary defense is not a…</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer></article><article class="type-post entry has-post-thumbnail" aria-label="X-ray surveys and redshift analysis reveal Quipu, the universe’s largest known structure"><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author">By <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/author/bbuntz/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">Brian Buntz</span></a></span> | <time class="entry-time">February 10, 2025</time></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/x-ray-surveys-and-redshift-analysis-reveal-quipu-the-universes-largest-known-structure/">X-ray surveys and redshift analysis reveal Quipu, the universe’s largest known structure</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><a class="entry-image-link" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/x-ray-surveys-and-redshift-analysis-reveal-quipu-the-universes-largest-known-structure/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img width="368" height="300" src="https://www.rdworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/x6-368x300.webp" class="alignleft post-image entry-image wp-image-76892" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a><p>Astronomers have identified what appears to be the largest confirmed filament in the universe, a structure named “Quipu,” using a combination of X-ray surveys and redshift analysis. It measures about 1.3 billion light-years across and holds the mass of roughly 200 quadrillion suns. Quipu’s filamentary path emerged through X-ray detections of hot intracluster gas—markers of…</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer></article><article class="type-post entry has-post-thumbnail" aria-label="What Is Safe Superintelligence Inc., the AI R&D outfit poised to be worth $20B?"><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author">By <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/author/bbuntz/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">Brian Buntz</span></a></span> | <time class="entry-time">February 10, 2025</time></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/what-is-safe-superintelligence-inc-the-ai-rd-outfit-poised-to-be-worth-20b/">What Is Safe Superintelligence Inc., the AI R&D outfit poised to be worth $20B?</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><a class="entry-image-link" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/what-is-safe-superintelligence-inc-the-ai-rd-outfit-poised-to-be-worth-20b/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img width="368" height="300" src="https://www.rdworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/AdobeStock_1000771589_Editorial_Use_Only-368x300.jpeg" class="alignleft post-image entry-image wp-image-76888" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a><p>Safe Superintelligence Inc. (SSI), a startup co-founded by Ilya Sutskever (former), Daniel Levy, and Daniel Gross, is aiming to develop “superintelligence.” Despite having no products, customers, or revenue, SSI is in talks to raise funding that would value the company at $20 billion, according to Reuters. While this is significantly less than OpenAI’s potential $300+…</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer></article><article class="type-post entry has-post-thumbnail" aria-label="NASA’s nuclear-powered engine promises 3x efficiency boost in Mars missions"><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author">By <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/author/bbuntz/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">Brian Buntz</span></a></span> | <time class="entry-time">February 9, 2025</time></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/nasas-nuclear-powered-engine-promises-3x-efficiency-boost-in-mars-missions/">NASA’s nuclear-powered engine promises 3x efficiency boost in Mars missions</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><a class="entry-image-link" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/nasas-nuclear-powered-engine-promises-3x-efficiency-boost-in-mars-missions/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img width="368" height="300" src="https://www.rdworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/draco-4-darpa-nasa-ussf-caption-368x300.webp" class="alignleft post-image entry-image wp-image-76883" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a><p>NASA and DARPA have unveiled plans to test a novel nuclear thermal rocket engine—a technology capable of tripling propulsion efficiency compared to conventional chemical rockets. The project, dubbed DRACO, hinges on recent advances in nuclear fuel, with General Atomics reporting significant progress in testing fuel elements capable of withstanding the extreme conditions of an Nuclear…</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer></article><article class="type-post entry has-post-thumbnail" aria-label="How a ‘DOGE’ engineer (and former SpaceX intern) used AI to decode some of history’s oldest sealed scrolls"><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author">By <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/author/bbuntz/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">Brian Buntz</span></a></span> | <time class="entry-time">February 8, 2025</time></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/how-a-doge-engineer-and-former-spacex-intern-used-ai-to-decode-some-of-historys-oldest-sealed-scrolls/">How a ‘DOGE’ engineer (and former SpaceX intern) used AI to decode some of history’s oldest sealed scrolls</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><a class="entry-image-link" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/how-a-doge-engineer-and-former-spacex-intern-used-ai-to-decode-some-of-historys-oldest-sealed-scrolls/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img width="368" height="300" src="https://www.rdworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Hero-4_16-368x300.jpg" class="alignleft post-image entry-image wp-image-76866" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a><p>Before he joined the White House’s new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), 23-year-old engineer and former SpaceX software intern Luke Farritor was already making waves in digital archaeology. In 2023, he helped lead the Grand Prize-winning team in the Vesuvius Challenge—netting a portion of a $700,000 payout—by using state-of-the-art “autosegmentation” algorithms to virtually unroll a…</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer></article><article class="type-post entry has-post-thumbnail" aria-label="SoftBank reportedly wrapping up $40B investment in OpenAI"><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author">By <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/author/bbuntz/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">Brian Buntz</span></a></span> | <time class="entry-time">February 7, 2025</time></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/softbank-reportedly-wrapping-up-40b-investment-in-openai/">SoftBank reportedly wrapping up $40B investment in OpenAI</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><a class="entry-image-link" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/softbank-reportedly-wrapping-up-40b-investment-in-openai/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img width="368" height="300" src="https://www.rdworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/AdobeStock_393414488_Editorial_Use_Only-368x300.jpeg" class="alignleft post-image entry-image wp-image-76854" alt="SoftBank sign at Silicon Valley SoftBank Vision Fund headquarters. SoftBank Group Corporation is a Japanese multinational conglomerate holding company - San Carlos, CA, USA - 2019" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a><p>Japanese conglomerate SoftBank is reportedly nearing a deal to invest $40 billion in OpenAI. This investment, coupled with a separate $500 billion joint venture called “Stargate” to build advanced AI infrastructure in the U.S., provides fresh evidence that the AI arms race is showing no signs of slowing down, even as DeepSeek spooked investors in…</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer></article><article class="type-post entry has-post-thumbnail" aria-label="Polyimide cathodes surpass 200 mAh g⁻¹ with molecular tweaks, promising longer-lasting lithium batteries"><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author">By <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/author/bbuntz/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">Brian Buntz</span></a></span> | <time class="entry-time">February 7, 2025</time></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/polyimide-cathodes-surpass-200-mah-g%e2%81%bb%c2%b9-with-molecular-tweaks-promising-longer-lasting-lithium-batteries/">Polyimide cathodes surpass 200 mAh g⁻¹ with molecular tweaks, promising longer-lasting lithium batteries</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><a class="entry-image-link" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/polyimide-cathodes-surpass-200-mah-g%e2%81%bb%c2%b9-with-molecular-tweaks-promising-longer-lasting-lithium-batteries/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img width="368" height="194" src="https://www.rdworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/image-3-368x194.webp" class="alignleft post-image entry-image wp-image-76852" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a><p>It might sound like battery geek-speak, but scientists have found a surprisingly straightforward way to push polyimide cathodes over the 200 mAh g⁻¹ mark. In essence, that involves making subtle adjustments to how many active sites exist, how easily they can be reached, and how reactive they are. By carefully engineering these molecular “sweet spots,” the Chinese…</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer></article><div class="archive-pagination pagination"><div class="pagination-next alignright"><a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/author/bbuntz/page/2/" class="button">Next ></a></div></div></main><aside class="sidebar sidebar-primary widget-area" role="complementary" aria-label="Primary Sidebar"><section id="custom_html-11" class="widget_text widget widget_custom_html"><div class="widget_text widget-wrap"><div class="textwidget custom-html-widget"><center> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; justify-content: center; width: 300px;"> <div align="center"> <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/enews-sign-up/" target="_blank"> <img src="https://www.rdworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/RDWorld-300x100-1.jpg" alt="rd newsletter"> </a> </div> <div align="center" style="width: 300px; line-height: 20px; padding-top: 10px;"> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: #0c506d; text-align: center; font-size: 20px;"> EXPAND YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND STAY CONNECTED </span> </div> <div align="center" style="line-height: 16px; padding-top: 5px;"> <span style="text-align: center; font-size: 16px;"> Get the latest info on technologies, trends, and strategies in Research & Development. </span> </div> <div align="center" style="padding-top: 10px;"> <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/enews-sign-up/"> <button style="background-color: #18325b; color: white; font-weight: bold; border: none; padding: 10px; font-size: 16px; cursor: pointer;"> GET THE ENEWSLETTER </button> </a> </div> </div> </center> </div></div></section> <section id="custom_html-5" class="widget_text widget widget_custom_html"><div class="widget_text widget-wrap"><div class="textwidget custom-html-widget"><center><div id='div-gpt-rdworld_sidebar1' style="align:center"> <script> googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-rdworld_sidebar1'); }); </script> </div> </center></div></div></section> <section id="custom_html-10" class="widget_text widget widget_custom_html"><div class="widget_text widget-wrap"><div class="textwidget custom-html-widget"><center><a href="https://index.rdworldonline.com"><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/RD-House-Promo.jpg" alt="RD 25 Power Index"></a></center></div></div></section> <section id="custom_html-8" class="widget_text widget widget_custom_html"><div class="widget_text widget-wrap"><h4 class="widget-title widgettitle">R&D World Digital Issues</h4> <div class="textwidget custom-html-widget"><div id="digital" style="padding: 0 15px 10px 15px;"> <a href="/topics/digital-issues/"><img align="left" style="padding:0 10px; width: 100px;" src="/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/rdworld-fall24-coverifinal.jpg" alt="Fall 2024 issue" /></a> <p><a href="/topics/digital-issues/" style="text-decoration: underline;">Browse the most current issue</a> of R&D World and back issues in an easy to use high quality format. 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