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So Long Stiffness: Stanford Engineers se Soup Additive to Create a Stretchable Plastic Electrode
Stanford University researchers have demonstrated how to take a brittle plastic and modify it chemically to make it much more flexible, while slightly enhancing...
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Engineers Devise Two-Way Radio on a Single Chip
Researchers say they have developed a method for transmitting and receiving a radio signal on a single chip.
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In Black Box Algorithms We Trust (or Do We?)
Some issues that arise from the use of algorithms may be due to the data they are fed, rather than their black-box nature.
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What If Quantum Computers sed Hard Drives Made of Dna?
You've heard the hype: The quantum computer revolution is coming. Physicists say these devices will be fast enough to break every encryption method banks use today...
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Is Reliable Artificial Intelligence Possible?
Artificial intelligence technology should be openly available, according to researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne in France.
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Nanoscale Logic Machines Go Beyond Binary Computing
An international team of academic researchers has built minuscule logic machines that physically model computational problems and exploit the innate randomness...
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Doubts About Whether Internet Filters Protect Teenagers Online
Researchers surveyed 515 teenagers and their parents about whether they used technical tools to control or manage access to online content.
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Why We Should Not Know Our Own Passwords
There is active research transpiring in the area of unknowable password development.
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It's Possible to Hack a Phone With Sound Waves, Researchers Show
A security loophole that would allow someone to add extra steps to the counter on your Fitbit monitor might seem harmless. But researchers say it points to the...
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Synthetic Yeast Chromosomes Help Probe Mysteries of Evolution
Evolutionary biologist Stephen Jay Gould once pondered what would happen if the cassette "tape of life" were rewound and played again.
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Tim Berners-Lee: I Invented the Web. Here Are Three Things We Need to Change to Save It
World Wide Web pioneer Sir Tim Berners-Lee warns of three trends to be overcome in order to sustain the Web as beneficial for everyone.
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Quantum Computer Learns to 'see' Trees
St. Mary's College researchers trained a quantum computer to recognize trees, a breakthrough they say could help scientists use other quantum systems for complicated...
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Researchers Create 'time Crystals' Envisioned By Princeton Scientists
Researchers at Harvard University and the University of Maryland have generated time crystals based on the theoretical work of Princeton University scientists. ...
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The Quest to Crystallize Time
Christopher Monroe spends his life poking at atoms with light.
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Cassini Reveals Strange Shape of Saturn's Moon Pan
These raw, unprocessed images of Saturn's tiny moon, Pan, were taken on March 7, 2017, by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. The flyby had a close-approach distance of...
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Can Amazon Echo Help Solve a Murder? Police Will Soon Find Out.
A 2015 Arkansas murder case that had raised privacy questions surrounding "always-on" electronic home devices took a step forward last week after Amazon agreed...
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New Nasa Radar Technique Finds Lost Lunar Spacecraft
Finding derelict spacecraft and space debris in Earth's orbit can be a technological challenge.
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Amoeba-Like Robot Programmed With Dna
Researchers have developed a tiny robotic system that is programmed and controlled by DNA and moves like a living cell.
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New Deep Learning Techniques Analyze Athletes' Decision-Making
A new automated method based on deep-learning techniques will provide coaches and teams with a tool to help assess defensive athletic performance in all game situations...
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