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Building Nanomaterials for Next-Generation Computing
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Building Nanomaterials for Next-Generation Computing

Nanoscientists at Northwestern University have developed a blueprint to fabricate new heterostructures using 2-D materials.

Teaching Chores To An Artificial Agent
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Teaching Chores To An Artificial Agent

Researchers will demonstrate a system that can simulate detailed household tasks and then have artificial "agents" execute them, opening up the possibility of one...

Microsoft Is Creating an Oracle for Catching Biased AI Algorithms
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Microsoft Is Creating an Oracle for Catching Biased AI Algorithms

Microsoft is building a tool to automatically identify bias in a range of different AI algorithms.

The G.D.P.R., Europe's New Privacy Law, and the Future of the Global Data Economy
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The G.D.P.R., Europe's New Privacy Law, and the Future of the Global Data Economy

They're curious messengers, these ants in your in-box.

Microsoft Is Developing a Tool to Help Engineers Catch Bias in Algorithms
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Microsoft Is Developing a Tool to Help Engineers Catch Bias in Algorithms

Microsoft is developing a tool that can detect bias in artificial intelligence algorithms with the goal of helping businesses use AI without running the risk of...

Graphene Layered With Magnetic Materials Could Drive ­ltrathin Spintronics
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Graphene Layered With Magnetic Materials Could Drive ­ltrathin Spintronics

Researchers at Berkeley Labs coupled graphene with thin layers of magnetic materials to produce exotic behavior in electrons that could be useful for next-generation...

Comprehensive Database Will Track Which K-12 Schools Teach C.S.
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Comprehensive Database Will Track Which K-12 Schools Teach C.S.

Code.org has announced a joint initiative with the Computer Science Teachers Association to create a nationwide database of U.S. schools showing which teach computer...

Before Reproducibility Must Come Preproducibility
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Before Reproducibility Must Come Preproducibility

From time to time over the past few years, I've politely refused requests to referee an article on the grounds that it lacks enough information for me to check...

Researchers Devise More Effective Location Awareness for the IoT
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Researchers Devise More Effective Location Awareness for the IoT

Engineers at Tufts University have come up with an improved algorithm for localizing and tracking mobile products by distributing the task among the devices themselves...

How Researchers Are Teaching AI to Learn Like a Child
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How Researchers Are Teaching AI to Learn Like a Child

Researchers in machine learning who use mountains of data to train computers to learn just about anything "have a blind spot," says Gary Marcus of New York University...

Distracted Driver and Braking Error Cited in Autonomous ­ber Car's Fatal Crash
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Distracted Driver and Braking Error Cited in Autonomous ­ber Car's Fatal Crash

More than a second before a self-driving car operated by Uber struck and killed a pedestrian in March, the vehicle's computer system determined it needed to brake...

NIST Puts the Optical Microscope ­nder the Microscope
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NIST Puts the Optical Microscope ­nder the Microscope

Research developments at the National Institute of Standards and Technology enable optical microscopes to measure nanometer-scale motion with a new level of accuracy...

Physicists Leap Into Quantum Computing with Simulations of Atomic Nucleus
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Physicists Leap Into Quantum Computing with Simulations of Atomic Nucleus

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have successfully simulated an atomic nucleus using a quantum computer.

Silicon Valley Must Consider Tech Ethics, DeepMind Chief Says
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Silicon Valley Must Consider Tech Ethics, DeepMind Chief Says

Big technology companies must rethink the way they develop products and services to put ethical considerations in the forefront, DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman...

Chip-Scale Broadband Optical System Can Sense Molecules in the Mid-Infrared
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Chip-Scale Broadband Optical System Can Sense Molecules in the Mid-Infrared

Researchers at Columbia Engineering have demonstrated a chip-based dual-comb spectrometer in the mid-infrared range that requires no moving parts and can acquire...

Making Decisions That the Computers Cannot
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Making Decisions That the Computers Cannot

Brain drain to the corporate sector has universities worried. The next generation of scientists risks losing its teachers.

70 Years of Instant Photos, Thanks to Inventor Edwin Land's Polaroid Camera
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70 Years of Instant Photos, Thanks to Inventor Edwin Land's Polaroid Camera

It probably happens every minute of the day: A little girl demands to see the photo her parent has just taken of her. Today, thanks to smartphones and other digital...

Software Will Help Researchers Interact With Data in New Ways
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Software Will Help Researchers Interact With Data in New Ways

Brookhaven National Laboratory computer scientist Wei Xu is building software to help researchers visualize data and create an interactive environment that helps...

Batteries Still Suck, But Researchers Are Working on It
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Batteries Still Suck, But Researchers Are Working on It

Better batteries mean better products. They give us longer-lasting smartphones, anxiety-free electric transport, and potentially, more efficient energy storage...

How China Acquires 'the Crown Jewels' of ­.S. Technology
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How China Acquires 'the Crown Jewels' of ­.S. Technology

The U.S. government was well aware of China's aggressive strategy of leveraging private investors to buy up the latest American technology when, early last year...
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