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Dawn Mission Extended at Ceres
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Dawn Mission Extended at Ceres

NASA has authorized a second extension of the Dawn mission at Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. During this extension, the...

How Kaspersky Lab Got on the US Government's Bad Side
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How Kaspersky Lab Got on the US Government's Bad Side

The US government and one of the most popular and well-reviewed antivirus software companies are going through a messy breakup.

Material Could Bring Optical Communication Onto Silicon Chips
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Material Could Bring Optical Communication Onto Silicon Chips

Researchers have developed ultrathin films of a semiconductor that emits and detects light and can be integrated into silicon CMOS chips.

This Company's Robots Are Making Everything, and Reshaping the World
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This Company's Robots Are Making Everything, and Reshaping the World

The headquarters of Fanuc sit in the shadow of Mt. Fuji, on a sprawling, secluded campus of 22 windowless factories and dozens of office buildings.

Taming 'wild' Electrons in Graphene
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Taming 'wild' Electrons in Graphene

Scientists have learned how to tame the unruly electrons in graphene, paving the way for the ultra-fast transport of electrons with low loss of energy in novel...

Canada, a Leader in Ai, Is Now Taking Aim at Driverless Cars
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Canada, a Leader in Ai, Is Now Taking Aim at Driverless Cars

Having built an impressive lead in artificial intelligence, Canada is keen to do the same in driverless cars—specifically the lidar (laser radar) technology that...

Andrew Ng Has a Chatbot That Can Help with Depression
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Andrew Ng Has a Chatbot That Can Help with Depression

I'm a little embarrassed to admit this, but I've been seeing a virtual therapist.

The Shape of Work to Come 
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The Shape of Work to Come 

Last year, entrepreneur Sebastian Thrun set out to augment his sales force with artificial intelligence.

World's Most Powerful Computer Will Boost China, Scientist Says
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World's Most Powerful Computer Will Boost China, Scientist Says

Tianhe-3, the world's first exascale supercomputer, will "become an important platform for national scientific development and industrial reforms," says Meng Xiangfei...

Quantum Inside: Intel Manufactures an Exotic New Chip
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Quantum Inside: Intel Manufactures an Exotic New Chip

Intel has begun manufacturing chips for quantum computers.

Deepmind's Superpowerful AI Sets Its Sights on Drug Discovery
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Deepmind's Superpowerful AI Sets Its Sights on Drug Discovery

DeepMind, the London-based artificial intelligence company owned by Alphabet Inc., is planning to let its software learn how to fold proteins, an important problem...

Intel Proposes System to Make Self-Driving Cars Blameless
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Intel Proposes System to Make Self-Driving Cars Blameless

Intel Corp. has developed a system it says ensures that self-driving vehicles can't cause accidents where they are at fault, an effort to reassure a skeptical public...

Exascale and the City
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Exascale and the City

The Multiscale Coupled Urban Systems project will create a computational framework for urban developers and planners to evaluate integrated models of city systems...

Welcoming Our New Robot Overlords
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Welcoming Our New Robot Overlords

When David Stinson finished high school, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in 1977, the first thing he did was get a job building houses.

Virtual Therapists Help Veterans Open Up About Ptsd
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Virtual Therapists Help Veterans Open Up About Ptsd

When US troops return home from a tour of duty, each person finds their own way to resume their daily lives.

Would You Buy a Self-Driving Future From These Guys?
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Would You Buy a Self-Driving Future From These Guys?

When the owner of an automated Tesla was killed in a crash last year, the carmaker's founder, Elon Musk, urged journalists to peer into the future.

The Future of Dna Sequencing
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The Future of Dna Sequencing

Forty years ago, two papers1, 2 described the first tractable methods for determining the order of the chemical bases in stretches of DNA. Before these 1977 publications...

Injecting Electrons Jolts 2-D Structure Into New Atomic Pattern
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Injecting Electrons Jolts 2-D Structure Into New Atomic Pattern

The same electrostatic charge that can make hair stand on end could be an efficient way to drive atomically thin electronic memory devices of the future, according...

Inside the Moonshot Effort to Finally Figure Out the Brain
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Inside the Moonshot Effort to Finally Figure Out the Brain

"Here's the problem with artificial intelligence today," says David Cox.

Tim Cook Says the Tech 'doesn't Exist' For Quality Ar Glasses Yet
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Tim Cook Says the Tech 'doesn't Exist' For Quality Ar Glasses Yet

Apple CEO Tim Cook believes augmented reality's rise will be as "dramatic" as that of the App Store, but he doesn't believe AR glasses or similar wearables arewith...
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