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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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USC Develops Software to Facilitate Large-Scale Biological Inquiry
USC researchers have developed the ProteoWizard Toolkit, a cross-platform set of libraries and applications designed to facilitate the sharing of raw data and its...
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Using Cell Phone Data to Curb the Spread of Malaria
Researchers at HSPH and seven other institutions used cell phone data in Kenya to investigate how people's travel patterns contribute to the spread of malaria....
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New Web-Based Model For Sharing Research Datasets Could Have Huge Benefits
Ohio State University researchers recently proposed creating a Web-based data network to help researchers and policymakers use existing knowledge to develop real...
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W3c Launches Web Standards Documentation Site
The World Wide Web Consortium recently launched Web Platform Docs, a Web site with tutorials and other documentation that provides information on current Web standards...
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Google Puts Its Virtual Brain Technology to Work
Google's recently developed learning software, which can identify specific objects by watching YouTube videos, is now being used to make Google's products smarter...
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Information Nation: Digital Social Experiment to Put a Human Face on Big Data
Imagine seeing life through one eyeball but then being given the ability to view the world through two or even three eyeballs at once.
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Fast Algorithm Extracts, Compares Document Meaning
Technical University of Wroclaw researchers have developed an algorithm that reduces the complexity involved in comparing two documents by merging a computationally...
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On Waterfront, Rise of the Machines
In the rising light of a mid-September morning, the CSAV Pyrenees, a blue-water freighter sailing out of Suape Port in Brazil, was lashed to its lines at BerthPort...
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Google Adds Coral Reef Panoramas to Street View Maps
Google recently added panoramas of coral reefs to its Street View services, enabling users to navigate their way around the sites.
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Dbtoaster Breaks p Data Jams in Server Farms
Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne researchers have developed DBToaster, a system designed to improve the flow of database queries into server farms by accelerating...
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10 Hot It Skills For 2013
The demand for high-tech professionals continues to rise, as 33 percent of IT professionals in Computerworld's 2013 Forecast survey say they plan to hire more workers...
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Big Data Brings Big Academic Opportunities
Many colleges and universities are developing advanced degree programs in analytics to manage big data.
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Digging For Drug Facts
With the right approach, data mining can discover unexpected side effects and drug interactions.
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Redesigning the Data Center
Faced with rising electricity costs, leading companies have begun revolutionizing the way data centers work, from the hardware to the buildings themselves.
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Computer Science and the Three Rs
A growing sense of crisis prevails as computer science searches for its place in the K--12 curriculum.
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Home Sweet Lab: Computerized House to Generate as Much Energy as It Uses
The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology recently unveiled a laboratory designed to demonstrate that a typical suburban home for a family of four...
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Computer Simulations for Multiscale Systems Can Be Faster, Better, More Reliable
University of Oregon researchers have developed a method to reproduce the structure and thermodynamic qualities of large, multiscale systems at variable levels...
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Blue Brain Project Accurately Predicts Connections Between Neurons
Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne's Blue Brain Project has identified key principles that determine synapse-scale connectivity by virtually reconstructing...
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Twitter Data Crunching: The New Crystal Ball
Big data analysis of Twitter activity can help predict the outcome of election-based processes such as TV talent shows, according to new research.
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