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Robot Completes First Round of 'Supermicrosurgeries' on Human Patients
A new robot has successfully performed its first round of supermicrosurgical procedures.
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Iran Unveils Its Most Advanced Humanoid Robot Yet
A team of researchers at the University of Tehran in Iran has developed a fourth version of the Surena humanoid robotic system.
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Engineers Built a Stable Quantum Silicon Chip From Artificial Atoms
Researchers have found a way to make artificial atoms on a silicon chip more stable by drawing in additional electrons to the atoms' outer shell, which could produce...
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Brazil Takes a Page From China, Taps Facial Recognition to Solve Crime
Brazil is following China's example and adopting facial-recognition technology to crack down on crime.
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Deep Learning Accurately Forecasts Heat Waves, Cold Spells
A new computer system used deep learning to teach itself to accurately predict extreme weather events like heat waves and cold spells, based on a minimal amount...
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FAA Moves Toward Certifying Specific Drones for Package Deliveries
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has proposed new safety standards for specific unmanned-aircraft models, a significant step toward eventually authorizing...
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Good at StarCraft? DARPA Wants to Train Military Robots with Your Brain Waves
The University at Buffalo's gaming project is all about trying to make machines that think more like humans.
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Computer Simulation for Understanding Brain Cancer Growth
A new three-dimensional simulation combines the macroscopic scale of tissue with the microscopic scale of individual cells to realistically model the mechano-biology...
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Research Data Puts Self-Driving Cars to the Ultimate Test: Canadian Winter
Researchers have created a dataset for training future autonomous vehicles to drive in winter conditions.
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World's First Classical Chinese Programming Language
Carnegie Mellon University graduate Lingdong Huang has created the first programming language based on classical Chinese.
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Researchers Report Progress on Molecular Data Storage System
Researchers have stored and retrieved over 200 kilobytes of digital image files by encoding the data in mixtures of custom-synthesized libraries of small molecules...
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Facebook, Google and Twitter Scramble to Stop Misinformation About Coronavirus
Facebook, Google, and Twitter are struggling to prevent misinformation on their platforms about the outbreak of the coronavirus.
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MIT's 'Smart Surface' Could Improve Your Wi-Fi Signal Tenfold
Researchers have designed a prototype "smart surface" that can concentrate wireless radio signals to maximize reception.
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Intel and Softbank Beware: Open Source Coming for Chips
Opening up part of the chipmaking process could jostle the industry.
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CT Scans, 3D Printing Give Voice to Mummified Priest
Researchers in the U.K. used computed tomography scanning and a three-dimensionally-printed larynx to reproduce the sound from the vocal tract of a 3,000-year-old...
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IBM's Debating AI Just Got a Lot Closer to Being a Useful Tool
IBM upgraded the neural networks of its Project Debater system to improve the quality of evidence the argument-mining system uncovers.
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Intel Patching the Patch for the Patch for 'Zombieload' Flaw
Intel said it will release yet another patch for a microarchitectural data sampling vulnerability that allows hackers to fool microprocessors into exposing protected...
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Virginia Schools Steer Students to Computer Science Careers
Virginia school districts are starting to offer high school students dual-enrollment computer science courses that count as credit at local community colleges,...
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