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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...

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.

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...

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...

Robots or Job Training: Manufacturers Grapple With How to Improve Their Economic Fortunes
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Robots or Job Training: Manufacturers Grapple With How to Improve Their Economic Fortunes

For Anthony Nighswander, rock-bottom unemployment is both a headache and an opportunity. For businesses and workers, it could be the key to reversing one of the...

­ltrathin Membrane Both Isolates and Couples Living and Non-Living Catalysts
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­ltrathin Membrane Both Isolates and Couples Living and Non-Living Catalysts

Berkeley Lab researchers developed a nanoscale modular architecture that combines microbial cells with inorganic materials and introduces a design space for the...

Tech Didn't Spot Russian Interference During the Last Election. Now It's Asking Law Enforcement for Help.
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Tech Didn't Spot Russian Interference During the Last Election. Now It's Asking Law Enforcement for Help.

Silicon Valley companies and law enforcement are starting to talk about how to ward off meddling by malicious actors including Russia on social media in the November...

Adobe Is Using AI to Catch Photoshopped Images
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Adobe Is Using AI to Catch Photoshopped Images

While picture editors have tweaked images for decades, modern tools like Adobe Photoshop let them alter photos to the point of complete fabrication.

The ­.S. Once Again Has the World's Fastest Supercomputer. Keep ­p the Hustle.
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The ­.S. Once Again Has the World's Fastest Supercomputer. Keep ­p the Hustle.

The United States has knocked China out of the No. 1 position in supercomputing.

Summit Supercomputer Takes TOP500 Crown
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Summit Supercomputer Takes TOP500 Crown

Four of the five top supercomputer systems on the latest TOP500 list are either new or substantially upgraded.

Pain Is Weird. Making Bionic Arms Feel Pain Is Even Weirder
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Pain Is Weird. Making Bionic Arms Feel Pain Is Even Weirder

Pain is an indispensable tool for survival.

Listening to James Hansen on Climate Change, Thirty Years Ago and Now
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Listening to James Hansen on Climate Change, Thirty Years Ago and Now

On June 23, 1988—a blisteringly hot day in Washington, D.C.—James Hansen told a Senate committee that "the greenhouse effect has been detected and is changing our...
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