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Associated Press

Industrial Media Unboxing Video

Industrial Media Unboxing Video

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A technician works in the Large Hadron Collider tunnel of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Meyrin, Switzerland, Feb. 16, 2016.

Atom-Smashers Ponder Response to Russia's Invasion

Nuclear researchers want to punish Russia while protecting its scientists working on the universe's deepest mysteries.

Marina Picasso, right, and Florian Picasso pose with a ceramic work of Pablo Picasso, Cologny, Switzerland, Jan. 25, 2022.

Picasso Heirs Launch Digital Art to Ride 'Crypto' Wave

They will sell more than 1,000 digital pieces of a never-before-seen ceramic work.

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Nations Renew Talks on 'Killer Robots'

Some world powers oppose binding constraints on the development of autonomous weapons systems.

John Kerry at the COP26 U.N. Climate Summit in Glasgow, Nov. 2, 2021.

No Arm-Twisting: Corporates Back Plan to Cut Carbon

So far, almost three dozen global companies have committed to changing their purchasing practices.

Hadrien Gurnel, software engineer EPFL's Laboratory for Experimental Museology (eM+), explores a map of the universe with the virtual reality software VIRUP, St-Sulpice, Switzerland, Oct. 12, 2021.

Researchers Unveil VR Software of the Universe

The open-source beta software allows virtual visits through the cosmos.

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, Va., Jan. 2019.

Innovation Continued Even as Coronavirus Emerged

But a global intellectual property agency warned that change in the “innovation landscape” was happening too slowly.

Michelle Bachelet, U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, speaks during a press conference at the U.N.'s European headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, Dec. 9, 2020.

Moratorium Urged on AI that Imperils Human Rights

A U.N. official called for bans on government "social scoring" systems and other AI tools.

Plastic bottles and other garbage floats in the Potpecko lake near Priboj, Serbia, Jan. 22, 2021.

Countries Take Steps to Curb Plastic Waste in Oceans

The document aims to build momentum for a binding global deal as early as next year.

Military vehicles during a parade to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of Communist China, Beijing, Oct. 1, 2019.

China 'Looking at' New Nuclear Technologies

Beijing is interested in the types of so-called “exotic nukes" being developed by Russia.

Frozen vials of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine are taken out to thaw, MontLegia CHC hospital, Liege, Belgium, Jan. 4, 2021.

WTO Panel Considers Easing Protections on COVID-19 Vaccines

The idea is backed by the Biden administration but opposed in other wealthy countries with strong pharmaceutical industries.

U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai during a Senate subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill, April 28, 2021.

U.S. Backs Waiving Intellectual Property Rules on Vaccines

Proponents argue sharing the technology would help speed the end of the pandemic.