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AI's Health Advice Equivalent to Human Doctors, Startup Says
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AI's Health Advice Equivalent to Human Doctors, Startup Says

Babylon Health has demonstrated an AI system that provides health advice which is on-par with practicing physicians.

­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...

Researchers Gather for the International Workshop on Emoji ­nderstanding
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Researchers Gather for the International Workshop on Emoji ­nderstanding

A collection of linguists, data scientists, computer researchers, and emoji enthusiasts gathered at Stanford University this week for the International Workshop...

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.

Why Academics Cannot Be Reduced to Summary Statistics
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Why Academics Cannot Be Reduced to Summary Statistics

The primary means by which universities measure research impact and teaching excellence rely heavily on flawed metrics. And they are particularly flawed if you...

57% of Tech Workers Are Suffering From Job Burnout
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57% of Tech Workers Are Suffering From Job Burnout

A survey of tech workers, including many at Silicon Valley's elite tech companies, reveals that over 57% of respondents are suffering from job burnout.

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.

Furor on Claim Women's Choices Create Gender Gap in Comp Sci
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Furor on Claim Women's Choices Create Gender Gap in Comp Sci

Lecturer at University of Washington says he's standing up to political correctness. Many challenge his facts.

MIT to Conduct an Environmental Scan of Open Source Publishing
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MIT to Conduct an Environmental Scan of Open Source Publishing

A grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will enable MIT to conduct a landscape analysis and code audit of all known open source authoring and publishing platforms...

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.

Why a 40-Year-Old SCOT­S Ruling Against Software Patents Still Matters Today
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Why a 40-Year-Old SCOT­S Ruling Against Software Patents Still Matters Today

Forty years ago this week, in the case of Parker v. Flook, the US Supreme Court came close to banning software patents.

NSF Supports Development of Open Storage Network
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NSF Supports Development of Open Storage Network

A U.S. National Science Foundation grant will support the initial development of a data storage network that will enable academic researchers across the United...

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.

Bias Detectives: The Researchers Striving to Make Algorithms Fair
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Bias Detectives: The Researchers Striving to Make Algorithms Fair

In 2015, a worried father asked Rhema Vaithianathan a question that still weighs on her mind.

DOE Selects Six Computing Researchers for Early Career Program Funding
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DOE Selects Six Computing Researchers for Early Career Program Funding

The U.S. Department of Energy has selected 84 scientists from across the United States—including six in Advanced Scientific Computing Research—to receive significant...

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...

What Did the Atom Say to the Quantum Dot? Let's Talk!
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What Did the Atom Say to the Quantum Dot? Let's Talk!

Scientists demonstrate coherent coupling between a quantum dot and a donor atom in silicon, vital for moving information inside quantum computers.

IBM Pits Computer Against Human Debaters
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IBM Pits Computer Against Human Debaters

IBM pitted a computer against two human debaters in the first public demonstration of artificial intelligence technology it's been working on for more than five...

Program Builds a STEM Career Pathway for Tribal Students in North Dakota
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Program Builds a STEM Career Pathway for Tribal Students in North Dakota

Each summer the tribal college campuses and public universities of North Dakota open their doors to tribal students, instructors, and faculty for a series of collaborative...
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