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Self-Folding Nanotech Creates Origami Bird, Presages Nanoscale Robots
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Self-Folding Nanotech Creates Origami Bird, Presages Nanoscale Robots

Researchers created a microscale self-folding origami bird to demonstrate micron-sized shape memory actuators that enable atomically thin two-dimensional materials...

FSU Researchers Enhance Quantum Machine Learning Algorithms
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FSU Researchers Enhance Quantum Machine Learning Algorithms

Florida State University Professor William Oates and postdoctoral researcher Guanglei Xu found a way to automatically infer parameters used in an important quantum...

One Researcher's Mission to Encourage Reproducibility in Machine Learning
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One Researcher's Mission to Encourage Reproducibility in Machine Learning

A researcher has started the "Papers Without Code" website with a goal of having a centralized list of machine learning papers that are not implementable.

Machine Learning Reduces Impact of Noise on Quantum Circuits
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Machine Learning Reduces Impact of Noise on Quantum Circuits

Noise-aware circuit learning, a framework based on machine learning, is poised to play a key role in reaching quantum advantage.

Software Bug Keeping Hundreds In Arizona Prisons Beyond Release Dates
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Software Bug Keeping Hundreds In Arizona Prisons Beyond Release Dates

Whistleblowers at the Arizona Department of Corrections say that hundreds of incarcerated people who should be eligible for release are being held in prison because...

AI Can Write A Passing College Paper In 20 Minutes
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AI Can Write A Passing College Paper In 20 Minutes

AI can write a paper for a college course in 20 minutes that receives a passing grade from a panel of professors, according to an experiment from EduRef.

Enabling Renewable Energy Through Smarter Grids
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Enabling Renewable Energy Through Smarter Grids

We have enormous power to change the world through the systems we create. A world with clean air and water in which every person is respected seems like something...

Progress in Colloidal Quantum Dot Lasing Reported
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Progress in Colloidal Quantum Dot Lasing Reported

A paper by authors from Los Alamos and Argonne national laboratories sums up the recent progress in colloidal-quantum-dot research and highlights the remaining...

Machine Learning Algorithm Boosts Defense Against Zero-Day Attacks
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Machine Learning Algorithm Boosts Defense Against Zero-Day Attacks

A Penn State-led team of researchers used a machine learning approach based on a technique known as reinforcement learning to create an adaptive cyber defense against...

Researchers Embed Programmable Model Into Quantum Computer Chip
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Researchers Embed Programmable Model Into Quantum Computer Chip

Researchers from Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Purdue University, and D-Wave Systems harnessed the power of quantum annealing...

Extreme-Scale Computing Program Seeks Applications for 2021
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Extreme-Scale Computing Program Seeks Applications for 2021

Applications are being accepted for ATPESC 2021, an intensive training program that teaches key skills and tools for working with leading class supercomputers and...

Algorithms May Lead to More Robust Machine Learning Applications
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Algorithms May Lead to More Robust Machine Learning Applications

Scientists are looking to develop algorithms based on mathematical objects known as manifolds and Lie groups to make more efficient machine learning applications...

Researchers Create Photonic Digital-to-Analog Converter
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Researchers Create Photonic Digital-to-Analog Converter

Researchers at George Washington University and the University of California, Los Angeles, have developed and demonstrated a photonic digital-to-analog converter...

Quantum Computers Not 'Supreme' Against Classical Systems, IBM Exec Says
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Quantum Computers Not 'Supreme' Against Classical Systems, IBM Exec Says

Quantum machines will work in concert with classical computers and will not reign supreme over them, says Director of IBM Research India Gargi Dasgupta.

Researchers Working to Improve AI that Controls Traffic Lights
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Researchers Working to Improve AI that Controls Traffic Lights

Researchers at Texas A&M are working on technology to make traffic lights change more efficiently with the goal of reducing wait times at intersections.

2021 Michael and Sheila Held Prize Winners Announced
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2021 Michael and Sheila Held Prize Winners Announced

Adam W. Marcus of EPFL, Daniel Alan Spielman of Yale University, and Nikhil Srivastava of the University of California, Berkeley, will receive the 2021 Michael...

Designing Customized 'Brains' for Robots
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Designing Customized 'Brains' for Robots

MIT and Harvard researchers have developed a system that generates customized computer hardware that minimizes a robot's response time.

$30M Grant Will Support Flexible Networks Project
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$30M Grant Will Support Flexible Networks Project

A $30 million DARPA grant will support a collaborative effort of Princeton, Cornell, Stanford, and the Open Networking Foundation to build and test new types of...

Job Screening Service Halts Facial Analysis of Applicants
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Job Screening Service Halts Facial Analysis of Applicants

HireVue, a provider of software that screens job candidates based on an algorithmic assessment, is killing off the controversial feature of its software that analyzes...

IBM Remains Top Recipient of U.S. Patents in 2020
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IBM Remains Top Recipient of U.S. Patents in 2020

IBM held its long-time place as the top recipient of U.S. patents in 2020 with 9,130 inventions, followed by Samsung, Canon, and Microsoft, according to research...
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