The White House released today Winning the Race: America’s AI Action Plan, identifying over 90 Federal policy actions to be enacted in the coming months, in accordance with President Trump’s January executive order on Removing Barriers to American Leadership in AI. The AI Action Plan focuses on three pillars—Accelerating Innovation, Building American AI Infrastructure, and Leading in International Diplom···

Scientists at Northwestern University have developed a new coating for food packaging that may replace PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances. The coating, made of graphene oxide, is non-toxic and compostable, and offers high levels of oil, water, and grease resistance ideal for containing food of all kinds.Food packaging materials are often coated with plastic, foil, or PFAS to achieve water- and oil-resist···

Ballet pirouettes on pointe require precision, balance, and technique, and they may involve an element of engineering in the future. A new podcast from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) showcases a new smart toe pad and ankle band designed to help prevent injuries by ensuring that ballet dancers are achieving perfect alignment on their toes.Creators Christine Fernandez, a biomedical engineering major, and Kaitlyn Ku···

Potential future missions to space could involve advanced AI systems that are capable of making autonomous decisions in real time. The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) recently published a video presentation featuring Steve Chien, fellow and senior research scientist and technical group supervisor of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Group at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, at the AIAA SciTech Forum.Chi···