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New Gene Sequencing Software Could Aid in Early Detection, Treatment of Cancer
New computational software can detect the presence of an epigenetic add-on associated with cancer and other health conditions.
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Lies, Propaganda and Fake News: A Challenge For Our Age
Who was the first black president of America?
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Martian Winds Carve Mountains, Move Dust, Raise Dust
On Mars, wind rules. Wind has been shaping the Red Planet's landscapes for billions of years and continues to do so today.
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How Bioinformatics Tools Are Bringing Genetic Analysis to the Masses
For doctors trying to treat people who have symptoms that have no clear cause, gene-sequencing technologies might help in pointing them to a diagnosis. But the...
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New Studies Illustrate How Gamers Get Good
A new study followed players of the computer games "Halo: Reach" and "StarCraft 2" to learn how they acquired and maintained their skill level.
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Disney Research Demonstrates Open-Air Wireless Charging
Disney Research says its new quasistatic cavity resonance technology offers a way for mobile devices to wirelessly charge themselves.
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A Revolutionary Atom-Thin Semiconductor For Electronics
Researchers have developed a two-dimensional material that could revolutionize electronics.
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3D Computer Models of Gigantic Archaeological Objects
Researchers in Germany are employing contact-free digitization techniques to produce three-dimensional models of archeological artifacts.
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National Science Foundation Funds Supercomputer Cluster at Penn State
The Pennsylvania State University Cyber-Laboratory for Astronomy, Materials, and Physics is acquiring a high-performance computer cluster that will support interdisciplinary...
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Nasa's Europa Flyby Mission Moves Into Design Phase
A mission to examine the habitability of Jupiter's ocean-bearing moon Europa is taking one step closer to the launchpad, with the recent completion of a major NASA...
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Smart Cities Begin To Face Security Concerns
"The attack surface is growing faster than the protections."
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AI Learns to Write Its Own Code By Stealing from Other Programs
Out of the way, human, I've got this covered.
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Collapse of Aztec Society Linked to Catastrophic Salmonella Outbreak
One of the worst epidemics in human history, a sixteenth-century pestilence that devastated Mexico's native population, may have been caused by a deadly form of...
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Hpc Technique Propels Deep Learning at Scale
Baidu's Silicon Valley Artificial Intelligence Lab has released a modified implementation of the ring all-reduce OpenMPI algorithm for the deep-learning community...
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Computer Bots Are Like Humans, Having Fights Lasting Years
Software robots designed to fix errors on Wikipedia often engage in online fights lasting years, with bots repeatedly undoing each other's edits.
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Trump Inspires Encryption Boom in Leaky D.c.
Poisonous political divisions have spawned an encryption arms race across the Trump administration, as both the president’s advisers and career civil servants scramble...
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Craig Venter Mapped the Genome. Now He's Trying to Decode Death
The world's most extreme physical exam starts in the world's plushest exam room, complete with a couch, a private bathroom and a teeming fruit plate.
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Single Atom Feels the Quantum Heat
Thermal transport—the way heat is carried away from a processor, for instance—is very familiar to us.
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Here's Why Self-Driving Cars May Never Really Be Self-Driving
Researchers are exploring unpredictable issues with autonomous car technology that might be solved with embedded software to avoid accidents.
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