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Electrons Slowing Down at Critical Moments
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Electrons Slowing Down at Critical Moments

Researchers from Argonne National Laboratory have determined that electrons in some oxides can experience an "unconventional slowing down" of their response to...

Generating Electrical Power From Waste Heat
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Generating Electrical Power From Waste Heat

Researchers from Sandia National Laboratories have developed a tiny solid-state device that can harness waste heat and turn it into DC power.

IBM's New Do-It-All Deep-Learning Chip
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IBM's New Do-It-All Deep-Learning Chip

The field of deep learning is still in flux, but some things have started to settle out. In particular, experts recognize that neural nets can get a lot of computation...

­ltra-High-Speed 'Electron Camera' Catches Molecules at a Crossroads
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­ltra-High-Speed 'Electron Camera' Catches Molecules at a Crossroads

An extremely fast "electron camera" at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory has produced a  detailed atomic movie of the decisive point where molecules hit by light...

­CI Awarded $5M NSF Grant to Boost Low-Income Engineering Enrollment
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­CI Awarded $5M NSF Grant to Boost Low-Income Engineering Enrollment

Aiming to increase the number of low-income engineering students specializing in advanced manufacturing, UC Irvine has won a $5 million NSF grant that will provide...

Silicon Valley's Giants Take Their Talent Hunt to Cambridge
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Silicon Valley's Giants Take Their Talent Hunt to Cambridge

When you step off the train here and walk into the city square outside the railway station, you will not see the spires of King's College Chapel or the turrets...

Merging Antenna and Electronics Boosts Energy and Spectrum Efficiency
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Merging Antenna and Electronics Boosts Energy and Spectrum Efficiency

Researchers have integrating the design of millimeter wave antennas and electronics to allow the simultaneous optimization of both, creating a new class of millimeter...

The Pentagon Is Building a Dream Team of Tech-Savvy Soldiers
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The Pentagon Is Building a Dream Team of Tech-Savvy Soldiers

Nicole Camarillo was touring the Army base at Fort Meade, Maryland, in early 2017 when a young captain—I'll call him Matt, due to the sensitivity of his position—crossed...

Why Made in China 2025 Will Succeed, Despite Trump
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Why Made in China 2025 Will Succeed, Despite Trump

China will succeed in building a powerful technology industry that will rival the United States, even if President Trump starts a trade war to stop it.

Chinese Scientists Break Quantum Computing Record
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Chinese Scientists Break Quantum Computing Record

Chinese physicists have achieved quantum entanglement with 18 qubits, surpassing the previous record of 10.

Speaking in Code: How to Program by Voice
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Speaking in Code: How to Program by Voice

Debilitating hand pain is always bad news, but Harold Pimentel's was especially unwelcome.

Improving the Quality of Medical Imaging with Artificial Intelligence
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Improving the Quality of Medical Imaging with Artificial Intelligence

A research team has developed an advanced computing technique for rapidly and cost effectively improving the quality of biomedical imaging.

How Much All-Seeing AI Surveillance Is Too Much?
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How Much All-Seeing AI Surveillance Is Too Much?

When a CIA-backed venture capital fund took an interest in Rana el Kaliouby's face-scanning technology for detecting emotions, the computer scientist and her colleagues...

Computer Algorithm Maps Cancer Resistance to Drugs, Therapy
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Computer Algorithm Maps Cancer Resistance to Drugs, Therapy

Researchers at Johns Hopkins University used the CoGAPS algorithm to model molecular changes associated with resistance to cancer treatments over time.

Supercomputers Help Design Mutant Enzyme that Eats Plastic Bottles
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Supercomputers Help Design Mutant Enzyme that Eats Plastic Bottles

Supercomputers helped study the binding of a plastic-degrading enzyme, which could lead to developing industrial-scale plastic recycling for throw-away bottles...

Google Doodle Celebrates Mathematician Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
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Google Doodle Celebrates Mathematician Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz was born in the middle of the 17th century, but his substantial contributions to our understanding of numbers form the underpinnings of...

Why Robots Helped Donald Trump Win
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Why Robots Helped Donald Trump Win

Ronald Shrewsbery II used to be the Robot Doctor. Now he's known by the more bureaucratic-sounding title "WCM (World Class Manufacturing) Electrical Technical Specialist...

DARPA ­nveils $100M EDA Project
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DARPA ­nveils $100M EDA Project

The U.S. will pour $100 million into two research programs over the next four years to create the equivalent of a silicon compiler aimed at significantly lowering...

Frank Heart, Who Linked Computers Before the Internet, Dies at 89
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Frank Heart, Who Linked Computers Before the Internet, Dies at 89

Frank Heart, the engineer who oversaw development of the first routing computer for the Arpanet, the precursor to the internet, died on Sunday at a retirement community...

China's Penetration of Silicon Valley Creates Risks for Startups
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China's Penetration of Silicon Valley Creates Risks for Startups

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