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Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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.s. Proposes Requiring Vehicles to 'talk' to Each Other to Avoid Crashes
The U.S. Transportation Department on Tuesday proposed requiring all new cars and trucks to be able to "talk" to one another using short-range wireless technology...
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7,500 Faceless Coders Paid in Bitcoin Built a Hedge Fund's Brain
Richard Craib is a 29-year-old South African who runs a hedge fund in San Francisco. Or rather, he doesn't run it.
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Algorithms Compete to Predict Recipe For Cancer Vaccine
Could predictive algorithms be the key to creating a successful cancer vaccine?
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Computer-Based Biology Uncovers Secrets to Rice Growth
University of Indiana researchers are using a mix of experimental and computational work to study rice genetics, with the goal of addressing global issues in hunger...
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Did the Russians 'hack' the Election? A Look at the Established Facts
President-elect Donald Trump continues to discount or attempt to discredit reports that the intelligence community has linked the hacking of the DNC, the Hillary...
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Designing a Safer Battery For Smartphones (that Won't Catch Fire)
Mike Zimmerman likes to shock his guests by using a hammer to drive a nail through a solid polymer lithium metal battery.
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Google-Funded Flint Water App Helps Residents Find Lead Risk, Resources
Computer science researchers at the University of Michigan have released a mobile application and website to help Flint, MI, manage its ongoing water crisis.
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Printable Electronics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology engineers have developed an ultra-thin, high-resolution printing process that makes use of nanoporous stamps.
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AI Can Turn a Photo of Your Face Into an ncanny 3D Model
Researchers have developed a learning algorithm capable of building a precise three-dimensional model of a person's head based on a single low-resolution photo...
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Nasa Juno Mission Prepares For December 11 Jupiter Flyby
On Sunday, December 11, at 9:04 a.m. PST (12:04 p.m. EST, 17:04 UTC) NASA's Juno spacecraft will make its third science flyby of Jupiter.
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In Memoriam: Andrew Birrell 1951-2016
He specialized in "in the general area of operating systems and distributed systems, with occasional excursions into security."
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Inside the Big Dish that Brought US Tv from the Moon
The Parkes radio telescope in New South Wales, Australia, is one of the most elegant scientific instruments ever built.
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Earth's Day Lengthens By Two Milliseconds a Century, Astronomers Find
There may never be enough hours in the day to get everything done, but at least the forces of nature are conspiring to help out.
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Design Your Own Custom Drone
Researchers have developed a way for consumers to design and develop drones to meet their unique specifications.
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A Handful of Photos Yields a Mouthful of (digital) Teeth
Disney researchers have developed a model-based method of realistically reconstructing teeth for digital actors and for medical applications.
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A Year After San Bernardino and Apple-Fbi, Where Are We on Encryption?
The debate over encryption and government access to secured communications dates decades back.
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Spinoff 2017: Nasa Tech Makes a Difference on Earth
NASA has released its Spinoff 2017 publication, which takes a close look at 50 different companies that are using NASA technology—innovations developed by NASA,...
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CRISPR Heavyweights Battle in US Patent Court
It was a tough day in US patent court for the University of California, Berkeley.
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