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Scott Aaronson on Google's New Quantum-Computing Paper
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Scott Aaronson on Google's New Quantum-Computing Paper

Google researchers released a paper last week suggesting that the D-Wave computer exploits quantum phenomena. Scott Aaronson of MIT helps make sense of the new...

Singaporean Students Create Device to Help Fight Parkinson's Symptoms
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Singaporean Students Create Device to Help Fight Parkinson's Symptoms

One dangerous aspect of Parkinson's Disease is the impeded ability to walk, which causes people to fall and injure themselves.

Backslash: Anti-Surveillance Gadgets For Protesters
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Backslash: Anti-Surveillance Gadgets For Protesters

When riot police descended on protesters in Ferguson, Missouri, last year sporting assault rifles and armored vehicles, the images sparked an awareness of the military...

Small Variations Mean Big Changes in Oxide's Insulator-to-Conductor Transformation
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Small Variations Mean Big Changes in Oxide's Insulator-to-Conductor Transformation

Scientists have identified a surprising non-uniformity in vanadium dioxide that could one day enable more energy-efficient technologies.

Computer Shows Human-Like Learning For Writing Characters
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Computer Shows Human-Like Learning For Writing Characters

 U.S. and Canadian researchers have developed a computer program that teaches a computer to learn to recognize handwritten characters such as letters of the alphabet...

Silicon Valley Is in a War Over Artificial Intelligence and Facebook Just Made Its Boldest Move Yet
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Silicon Valley Is in a War Over Artificial Intelligence and Facebook Just Made Its Boldest Move Yet

In the war over deep learning that's currently taking place in Silicon Valley, Facebook just dropped a bomb.

To Get More Oomph From an Electron Gun, Tip It with Diamondoids
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To Get More Oomph From an Electron Gun, Tip It with Diamondoids

Scientists have increased the flow from electron guns 13,000-fold by applying a single layer of diamondoids — tiny, perfect diamond cages — to the's sharp gold...

Low Wages Not Education to Blame for Skills Gap
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Low Wages Not Education to Blame for Skills Gap

Low wages rather than inadequate training are to blame for the STEM skills gap, according to research from the University of Warwick.

Why Yahoo Faded: The Internet Changed, But It Didn't
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Why Yahoo Faded: The Internet Changed, But It Didn't

Yahoo and I go way back.

Terrorists Mock Bids to End ­se of Social Media
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Terrorists Mock Bids to End ­se of Social Media

In the hours after 14 people were killed in San Bernardino, Calif., a familiar voice celebrated the attacks on Twitter: "California, we have already arrived with...

The Football Mouthguards of Tomorrow Will Detect Dehydration and Head Injuries
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The Football Mouthguards of Tomorrow Will Detect Dehydration and Head Injuries

The humble mouthguard—that C-shaped piece of plastic that protects an athlete's teeth—has remained relatively unchanged for the past 60 years.

Ftc Appoints an Online Privacy Advocate
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Ftc Appoints an Online Privacy Advocate

The Federal Trade Commission has appointed a leading Internet privacy and security expert as its new chief technologist, amid a growing concern for consumer protections...

Drones Are A Big Job Opportunity; But For New Engineers, Not So Much
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Drones Are A Big Job Opportunity; But For New Engineers, Not So Much

The unmanned aerial vehicles market is huge and getting bigger — fast. But the growth doesn't seem to be helping engineering students and recent graduates who are...

Titan Supercomputer Helps Researchers Explore Explosive Star Scenarios
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Titan Supercomputer Helps Researchers Explore Explosive Star Scenarios

A team of researchers is exploring the physics of double-detonation supernovas using the Titan supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

­ntraceable Communication – Guaranteed
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­ntraceable Communication – Guaranteed

A team of MIT researchers have developed an untraceable text-messaging system that provides a strong mathematical guarantee of user privacy.

China Wants to Replace Millions of Workers with Robots
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China Wants to Replace Millions of Workers with Robots

China is laying the groundwork for a robot revolution by planning to automate the work currently done by millions of low-paid workers.

Obama Appeals to Silicon Valley For Help with Online Anti-Extremist Campaign
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Obama Appeals to Silicon Valley For Help with Online Anti-Extremist Campaign

President Barack Obama on Sunday called on Silicon Valley to help address the threat of militant groups using social media and electronic communications to plan...

The High-Stakes Race to Rid the World of Human Drivers
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The High-Stakes Race to Rid the World of Human Drivers

The race to bring driverless cars to the masses is only just beginning, but already it is a fight for the ages.

Columbia Engineers Build Biologically Powered Chip
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Columbia Engineers Build Biologically Powered Chip

Columbia Engineering researchers have harnessed the molecular machinery of living systems to power an integrated circuit, opening the door to creating artificial...

Shape Shifters: Demonstrating Tunable Phase Shifting
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Shape Shifters: Demonstrating Tunable Phase Shifting

Scientists have devised a new approach that balances attractions between particles and promises to become a useful tool to create designer materials that can repair...
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