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A Healthy Dose of AI
Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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Scientists Seek Other Scientists For Cosmology Problem
How do you measure something that is invisible?
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How Do Game Companies Share Massive Files?
Electronic Arts' multi-player shooter "Battlefield 4" exploded onto the computer games scene earlier this month, giving players a realistic taste of military combat...
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Can You Hack It?
Wherever you're sitting right now, take a moment to note the connected devices around you.
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Body Sensors Measure Impact of Blasts on Soldiers
Along with the heavy body armor and weapons they carry in the field, U.S. troops may soon be wearing another piece of equipment: a lightweight canvas pouch with...
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Today, Glasses. Tomorrow, Body Implants?
Wearable gadgets like smart watches and Google Glass can seem like a fad that has all the durability of CB radios or Duran Duran, but they're important early signs...
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'wise Chisels': Art, Craftsmanship, and Power Tools
It's often easy to tell at a glance the difference between a mass-produced object and one that has been handcrafted: The handmade item is likely to have distinctive...
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Why the .s. May Lose the Race to Exascale
In the global race to build the next generation of supercomputers—exascale—there is no guarantee the U.S. will finish first.
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Life Points the Way to a New Template For Chipmaking
While significant obstacles remain, researchers are optimistic about using DNA to guide graphene into complex circuit shapes on silicon.
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Meet The 'assassination Market' Creator Who's Crowdfunding Murder With Bitcoins
As Bitcoin becomes an increasingly popular form of digital cash, the cryptocurrency is being accepted in exchange for everything from socks to sushi to heroin.
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Wikimedia Foundation Sends Cease and Desist Letter to Wikipr
On October 21, the Wikimedia Foundation issued a statement from Sue Gardner, our executive director, condemning the black hat practice of paid advocacy editing...
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Chaotic Physics in Ferroelectrics Hints at Brain-Like Computing
Researchers have found unexpected behavior in ferroelectric materials, supporting a new approach to information storage and processing.
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From data and information to knowledge: the Web of tomorrow
Dr. Serge Abiteboul recently presented the Royal Society Milner Award lecture before the Royal Society in London.
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Quantum Memory 'world Record' Smashed
A team of researchers has achieved a breakthrough that brings quantum computing closer to real-world use.
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Microsoft Sees Huge Potential in Fuel Cells
Microsoft recently released a study that touted the use of fuel cells to power data centers.
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Nasa Probe May Help Solve Riddle of Mars's Missing Air
NASA's next mission to Mars aims to answer one question: What happened to the air that once made the surface habitable?
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A Neuroscientist's Radical Theory of How Networks Become Conscious
It's a question that’s perplexed philosophers for centuries and scientists for decades: Where does consciousness come from?
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Remembering Legendary Enigma Code Breaker Mavis Batey
Cracking one of the most complicated cipher devices ever created—the Enigma machine—may not have been what Britain's Mavis Batey envisioned when she studied the...
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NSF Advances National Efforts Enabling Data-Driven Discovery
The U.S. National Science Foundation recently announced several partnerships aimed at big data discovery, innovation, and education.
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Will Ibm's Watson sher in a New Era of Cognitive Computing?
Computers as we know them have are close to reaching an inflection point—the next generation is in sight but not quite within our grasp.
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