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Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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Warning: This Algorithm Will Self-Destruct After It's sed
Two researchers say they have built a proof-of-principle algorithm that destroys itself after use.
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Filling the Pipeline For Computer Science Teachers
A shortage of computer science teachers is impeding state and local educators' adoption of new computer science mandates for students.
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Hpc, Analytical ltracentrifugation, and a New Detector
Recent insights into how the West Nile virus replicates using cell proteins were gained using analytical ultracentrifugation technology.
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Russians Took a Page from Corporate America By sing Facebook Tool to Id and Influence Voters
Russian operatives set up an array of misleading Web sites and social media pages to identify American voters susceptible to propaganda, then used a powerful Facebook...
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'mind-Boggling' Math Could Make Blockchain Work For Wall Street
A major breakthrough in cryptography may have solved one of the biggest obstacles to using blockchain technology on Wall Street: keeping transaction data private...
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A Summer Away From the Keyboard
Three computer science students explain the pros and cons of spending their summer away from coding.
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A Field Farmed Only By Drones
Across the United Kingdom, the last of the spring barley has been brought in from the fields, the culmination of an agricultural calendar whose rhythm has remained...
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USC Isi Researchers Poised to Crack the Code on Reducing Workplace Stress
Researchers aim to relieve workplace stress by first understanding its causes.
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A Sea of Spinning Electrons
Researchers say they have found a sea of electrons that spin in opposing circles, a phenomenon known as the chiral spin mode.
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Fast-Moving Magnetic Particles Could Enable New Form of Data Storage
Researchers have shown they can create tiny disturbances in magnetic orientation at will in specific locations, which they say could be used to make a more efficient...
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Improving K–12 Computer Science Education
Code.org estimates fewer than half of U.S. K-12 schools offer computer science courses, which a 2016 Google-Gallup survey elevates to 75% when accounting for after...
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Two Intelligent Vehicles Are Better Than One
Researchers are working to improve intelligent vehicle systems by combining the data collected by such a vehicle with that collected from other intelligent vehicles...
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Scientists in Mexico Scramble to Deploy Seismic Sensors
Late one night in September, Victor Cruz, a geophysicist at Mexico's National Autonomous University, submitted an article to a scientific journal describing progress...
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Office of Naval Research Awards Uw-Madison $6.1 Million For Computer Security Research
The U.S. Office of Naval Research has awarded a $6.1-million grant to a University of Wisconsin-Madison containerization project associated with software security...
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Southampton Experts to Trial 'instant' Test For Eye Infections
A new microchip can quickly identify serious eye infections and prevent antibiotic misuse by analyzing bacteria from laboratory-infected tissue samples.
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Umd-Led Project Awarded Nsf Grant to Study Big Data Ethics
The Pervasive Data Ethics for Computational Research project is using a U.S. National Science Foundation grant to study ethical issues related to user consent,...
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In Plain Sight
Researchers have found deep neural networks can be superior to humans in conducting visual searches, because the networks do not overlook mis-scaled targets.
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E-Commerce Supports Data-Driven Economic Development
The integration of "pure play" e-commerce and brick-and-mortar goods and services is accelerating.
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Russian Facebook Ads Showed a Black Woman Firing a Rifle, Amid Efforts to Stoke Racial Strife
One of the Russian-bought advertisements that Facebook shared with congressional investigators on Monday featured photographs of an armed black woman "dry firing"...
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