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For Mobile Messaging, GIFs Prove to Be Worth at Least a Thousand Words
Lucy Dikeou, a 21-year-old senior at Stanford University, has long used English and the pictorial images known as emoji to text on her iPhone.
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Facing Islamic State Threat, Iraq Digitizes National Library
The dimly lit, dust-caked stacks of the Baghdad National Library hide a treasure of the ages: crinkled, yellowing papers holding the true stories of sultans and...
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New Army Cyber Officers Hack Improvements Into Darpa's 'plan X'
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's Plan X is a $120-million program to develop platforms to plan for, conduct, and assess cyberwarfare.
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Quantum Computing: Diode-Like Breakthrough Surmounts Roadblock
Niels Bohr Institute researchers have developed a diode-like component that enables single photons to be emitted and flow in only one direction.
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What a Comet Looks Like … From 9 Meters Away!
The European Space Agency has just released some fantastic close-up images taken by the Philae lander of the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
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Military Robots: Armed, But How Dangerous?
An open letter calling for a ban on lethal weapons controlled by artificially intelligent machines was signed last week by thousands of scientists and technologists...
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Earth's Ancient Magnetic Field Just Got a Lot Older
Earth developed a magnetic field at least four billion years ago, the latest research shows—more than half a billion years earlier than thought.
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China to Restrict Drone, Supercomputer Exports
China will restrict the export of drones and supercomputers from Aug. 15 to help protect national security out of fears such equipment could fall into the hands...
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Beyond Just 'big' Data
As big data technologies advance and the challenges of extracting meaning from these data sets shift, computer scientists will need new vocabulary.
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Study Shows Co-Operative Robots Learn and Adapt Quickly Through Natural Language
Robots can learn and adjust rapidly to their surroundings solely via natural-language processing, according to a new study.
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cf-Developed Software Analyzes Fat in Seconds
New computer-vision techniques can give doctors a more complete analysis of fat than images alone.
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Facial Recognition Tool 'works in Darkness'
A new tool can identify people in complete darkness by using their thermal signature and matching infrared images with ordinary photos.
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Big Data Challenge For Food Resilience
Microsoft Research and the U.S. Department of Agriculture have launched a contest aimed at exploring the impact of climate change on the U.S. food system.
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Flying Robots That Can See
A tiny artificial eye inspired by the vision systems of insects could help small flying drones navigate their surroundings well enough to avoid collisions while...
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Crumb of Mouse Brain Reconstructed in Full Detail
Six years might seem like a long time to spend piecing together the structure of a scrap of tissue vastly smaller than a bead of sweat.
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For Sympathetic Ear, More Chinese Turn to Smartphone Program
She is known as Xiaoice, and millions of young Chinese pick up their smartphones every day to exchange messages with her, drawn to her knowing sense of humor and...
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Turing Award-Winner Stonebraker on the Future of Taming Big Data
2014 ACM A.M. Turing Award recipient Michael Stonebraker says the future of big data usage hinges on several factors.
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Smart Mirror Monitors Your Face For Telltale Signs of Disease
A new mirror can assess the health of someone looking into it by analyzing facial expressions, fatty tissue, and how flush or pale the person is.
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Spintronic Devices Possible Without Magnetic Material
Argonne National Laboratory researcher Stephen Wu has found it may be possible to generate spin current from insulators without a magnetic material.
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