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Despite Its Status as a Chip Powerhouse, Taiwan Neglects Supercomputing
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Despite Its Status as a Chip Powerhouse, Taiwan Neglects Supercomputing

A quick glance at the new ranking of top supercomputers gives a surprising showing by one of the world’s technological powerhouses.

'go' Is the Game Machines Can't Beat. Google's Artificial Intelligence Whiz Hints That His Will.
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'go' Is the Game Machines Can't Beat. Google's Artificial Intelligence Whiz Hints That His Will.

When the world’s smartest researchers train computers to become smarter, they like to use games.

Powering Science
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Powering Science

The MIT High Performance Research Computing Facility powers MIT research behind the scenes.

Strange Quantum Phenomenon Achieved at Room Temperature in Semiconductor Wafers
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Strange Quantum Phenomenon Achieved at Room Temperature in Semiconductor Wafers

Researchers have demonstrated that macroscopic entanglement can be generated at room temperature and in a small magnetic field.

$13.5M Moore Grant to Develop Working 'Accelerator on a Chip' Prototype
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$13.5M Moore Grant to Develop Working 'Accelerator on a Chip' Prototype

The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation has awarded $13.5 million to Stanford University for an international effort to build a working particle accelerator the size...

Rampant Software Errors May ­ndermine Scientific Results
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Rampant Software Errors May ­ndermine Scientific Results

The opportunities for both subtle and profound errors in software and data management are boundless, yet they remain surprisingly underappreciated. It is therefore...

How DNA and a Supercomputer Can Help Sustain Honey Bee Populations
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How DNA and a Supercomputer Can Help Sustain Honey Bee Populations

Researchers from Ohio State University are using the latest DNA sequencing technology and a supercomputer to uncover what plants honey bees rely on.

To Infinity: How Pixar Brought Computers to the Movies
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To Infinity: How Pixar Brought Computers to the Movies

Ed Catmull's office could be a window into the brain of Pixar.

Astronomers Begin Building Super Telescope to See Dawn of the ­niverse
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Astronomers Begin Building Super Telescope to See Dawn of the ­niverse

The biggest and baddest telescope in the world stands atop a volcanic peak in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa.

The Internet Lives in a Huge Hotel in Manhattan
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The Internet Lives in a Huge Hotel in Manhattan

There is no shortage of cool stuff to see on the Internet, but the Internet itself—the networks and servers and cables tying it all together—is pretty mundane....

The Nsa School: How the Intelligence Community Gets Smarter, Secretly
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The Nsa School: How the Intelligence Community Gets Smarter, Secretly

Leonard Reinsfelder's wife found a note on her car as she was leaving a shopping center one day: "Have your husband give us a call. We think we could use him."

To Study the Brain, a Doctor Puts Himself Under the Knife
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To Study the Brain, a Doctor Puts Himself Under the Knife

Phil Kennedy no longer saw any other way to get the data.

Quantum Materials: A New Paradigm For Computing?
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Quantum Materials: A New Paradigm For Computing?

Diamond spintronics, graphene-based infrared detectors, and other leading-edge technologies were discussed at the 2015 MIT Materials Day Symposium last month.

Relax: You Won't Be Replaced by a Robot
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Relax: You Won't Be Replaced by a Robot

Don't think a robot could take your job?

Toyota Invests $1 Billion in Artificial Intelligence in ­.s.
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Toyota Invests $1 Billion in Artificial Intelligence in ­.s.

Silicon Valley is diving into artificial intelligence technology, with start-ups sprouting up and Google and Facebook pouring vast sums into projects that would...

The Significance of an MIT Drone Weaving Around Tree Branches at 30 Mph
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The Significance of an MIT Drone Weaving Around Tree Branches at 30 Mph

To get his Ph.D., MIT grad student Andy Barry packed up a car with a drone and a catapult to launch it. Then he headed west.

Inside the Economics of Hacking
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Inside the Economics of Hacking

Imagine getting $1 million for finding a security weakness in a mobile operating system.

Tackling the Large Hadron Collider's Big Data Challenge
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Tackling the Large Hadron Collider's Big Data Challenge

Argonne physicists are using the Mira supercomputer to perform simulations of Large Hadron Collider (LHC) experiments with a leadership-class supercomputer, shedding...

The Hot New Job in Silicon Valley Is Being a Robot's Assistant
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The Hot New Job in Silicon Valley Is Being a Robot's Assistant

"I, for one, welcome our new robot overlords." So goes the joke every time artificial intelligence threatens to supersede humans in another job.

The Room Where the Internet Was Born
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The Room Where the Internet Was Born

Starting a cross-country drive to New York in Los Angeles is pretty inconvenient, unless your cross-country drive is also a vision quest to see the Internet.
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