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­sing Smartphones For Smarter Social Science
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­sing Smartphones For Smarter Social Science

On Jan. 9, 2007, 10 years ago Monday, Steve Jobs formally announced Apple's "revolutionary mobile phone"—a device that combined the functionality of an iPod, phone...

Quantum Computing Is Real, and D-Wave Just Open-Sourced It
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Quantum Computing Is Real, and D-Wave Just Open-Sourced It

Quantum computing is real. But it's also hard.

Sketching Out Magnetism With Electricity
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Sketching Out Magnetism With Electricity

In a proof-of-concept study, researchers demonstrated that magnetic properties can be created and annihilated in a nonmagnetic material with precise application...

Robots Will Destroy Our Jobs, and We're Not Ready For It
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Robots Will Destroy Our Jobs, and We're Not Ready For It

The McDonald's on the corner of Third Avenue and 58th Street in New York City doesn/t look all that different from any of the fast-food chain's other locations...

At Ces 2017, You Have to Ask: What Makes a Robot a Robot?
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At Ces 2017, You Have to Ask: What Makes a Robot a Robot?

Tall, small, dancing, singing, cleaning, sassy, silly, cute and scary—CES 2017 was awash with robots.

Thanks to Ai, Computers Can Now See Your Health Problems
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Thanks to Ai, Computers Can Now See Your Health Problems

Patient number two was born to first-time parents, late 20s, white. The pregnancy was normal and the birth uncomplicated.

Researcher explores Earwax's Potential as Robotic Filter
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Researcher explores Earwax's Potential as Robotic Filter

Alexis Noel, a doctoral student at the Georgia Institute of Technology, is exploring the innovative potential of earwax as a high-tech filter for use in robotics...

Here's What Happens to Tech in 2017 (unless 2016 Was All a Dream)
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Here's What Happens to Tech in 2017 (unless 2016 Was All a Dream)

What does 2017 hold for the world of tech and media?

Electrons 'puddle' ­nder High Magnetic Fields, Study Reveals
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Electrons 'puddle' ­nder High Magnetic Fields, Study Reveals

In a new study from the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory, researchers used extremely high magnetic fields — equivalent to those found in...

Additive Manufacturing: A New Twist For Stretchable Electronics?
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Additive Manufacturing: A New Twist For Stretchable Electronics?

A 3-D printing-like approach to manufacturing may help make stretchable electronics more prevalent, say researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology...

Rewriting the Code of Life
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Rewriting the Code of Life

Early on an unusually blustery day in June, Kevin Esvelt climbed aboard a ferry at Woods Hole, bound for Nantucket Island.

Smart Gadgets Need Security. Startups, That's Your Cue
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Smart Gadgets Need Security. Startups, That's Your Cue

At CES next week, expect booth after booth of smart devices—and a host of approaches to their security.

Students: Colleges Are Tracking You Online. It Can Help You Graduate
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Students: Colleges Are Tracking You Online. It Can Help You Graduate

Companies use lots and lots of data, including your daily Web surfing, to help them sell you stuff.

Astro Teller, Captain of Moonshots at X, on the Future of Ai, Robots, and Coffeemakers
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Astro Teller, Captain of Moonshots at X, on the Future of Ai, Robots, and Coffeemakers

Astro Teller has an unusual way of starting a new project: He tries to kill it.

First Use of Graphene to Detect Cancer Cells
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First Use of Graphene to Detect Cancer Cells

By interfacing brain cells onto graphene, researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have shown they can differentiate a single hyperactive cancerous...

Artificial Intelligence Has a Big Year Ahead
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Artificial Intelligence Has a Big Year Ahead

Get ready for AI to show up where you'd least expect it.

Banks Turn to Mind Reading to Source Top Tech Graduates
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Banks Turn to Mind Reading to Source Top Tech Graduates

Want to work at a bank? First you have to let them read your mind.

7,500 Faceless Coders Paid in Bitcoin Built a Hedge Fund's Brain
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7,500 Faceless Coders Paid in Bitcoin Built a Hedge Fund's Brain

Richard Craib is a 29-year-old South African who runs a hedge fund in San Francisco. Or rather, he doesn't run it.

The CRISPR Pioneers
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The CRISPR Pioneers

Dr. Carl June's lab at the University of Pennsylvania looks like any other biology research hub.

Controversial Impact Factor Gets a Heavyweight Rival
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Controversial Impact Factor Gets a Heavyweight Rival

One of science's most contentious metrics has a flashy new rival. On 8 December, publishing giant Elsevier launched the CiteScore index to assess the quality of...
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