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Stanford Team Trains Computer to Evaluate Breast Cancer
Stanford University researchers have developed Computational Pathologist, a machine learning-based method for automatically analyzing images of cancerous tissues...
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NIST Signs Agreement to Enhance Cybersecurity Education Programs
Formal cybersecurity education will be the focus of a new public-private partnership developed by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology, the Department...
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Html5: A Look Behind the Technology Changing the Web
HTML5 is catching on in popularity as the online community embraces it.
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Google's Lab of Wildest Dreams
Google X is a top-secret lab where Google researchers are focusing on 100 blue-sky concepts, including reportedly the U.S. manufacture of driverless cars, space...
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In a Smart-System World, Data's 'the New Currency'
Modern smart systems produce billions of streams of real-time data, and analytics science is creating services that have even more value than the smart systems...
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The Revolution in Photography
When a set of online teasers for a new camera called the Lytro appeared earlier this year, you could have been forgiven for seeing the invention as just another...
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Pursuing a Piracy Claim Against Apple
David Gelernter is known for many things. As a pioneering computer scientist, he first earned renown by connecting computers together into collaborative networks...
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DARPA Looks to Protect Drones from Hack Attacks
Cybersecurity, as interpreted by the Pentagon’s premiere researcher, isn’t just about protecting data networks. It’s about making the military’s killer drones...
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First-Ever Leadership in Science Policy Institute Kicks Off
The Computing Community Consortium recently held its inaugural Leadership in Science Policy Institute workshop in Washington, D.C., which gave 35 computing researchers...
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Nsf Renews Grant For Scientists Who Study How the Brain Acquires Visual Expertise
Researchers studying how the brain acquires visual expertise will receive an additional $4 million in funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation.
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Closing the Girl Gap in Science
Southern Illinois University is one of the few U.S. schools where males outnumber female students, as women make up just 44 percent of undergraduates.
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DARPA Boosts Cybersecurity Research Spending 50 Percent
DARPA plans to increase spending on cybersecurity research by 50 percent over the next five years.
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Russians Fight to Save Mars Probe After Mishap
Russian space engineers scrambled Wednesday to salvage an ambitious science mission to Mars after the unmanned spacecraft became stranded in Earth orbit. If they...
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Gamers Create Scientific 'recipes'
Researchers say that players of a protein-folding game called Foldit are coming up with molecular "recipes" that rival their own complex algorithms. One of the...
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Gestural Interfaces Go Mainstream
Starting with the handheld controllers introduced by the Nintendo Wii console in 2006, gamers have been able to control computers by making gestures in the air...
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The Future of Human Computer Interfaces
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers are developing novel and more natural ways for people to interact with computers and access and store information...
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In Love With Android: Q&a With Matias Duarte
Google Android user experience director Matias Duarte notes that games influenced the new design for Android version 4.0, which includes new features such as Face...
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Artificial Intelligence Joins the Fossil Hunt
Researchers at Western Michigan University and Washington University in St. Louis have developed a predictive model that uses computer learning systems to identify...
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Generation Jobless: Students Pick Easier Majors Despite Less Pay
Although the number of college graduates increased about 29 percent from 2001 to 2009, the number graduating with engineering degrees increased just 19 percent...
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