Most robots learn from mistakes the expensive way: they act, something falls, and the system tries again. On November 11, 2026, NTT announced a different approach. Its new physical AI technology lets a robot imagine what will happen for several possible moves, then pick the one least likely to end in a collapsed stack or a dropped item.
According to NTT's press release, the system raised the success rate of a shelf-loading task from 73.1% to 92.3%. The first target is a messy real-world job...
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Sugar Preserves Vaccines without Refrigeration
A sugar–glass cartridge can store vaccines without refrigeration.
Scientists at Nova Bio-Pharma Technologies and the University of Oxford have developed a new way of preserving vaccines without refrigeration by sealing the vaccine's live viruses inside glass made of sugar.
Currently, vaccines need to be stored in a fridge or freezer which means there is a need for electricity supply and refrigeration trucks for distribution as exposure to inappropriate temperatures can reduce the vaccine p...
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