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Bayesian Quantum Algorithm Directly Calculates Energy Difference of Atom, Molecule
Researchers at Japan's Osaka City University have designed a quantum algorithm that directly calculates the energy difference of atoms or molecules.
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AI Weather Forecasting for Smart Farms
Researchers at Australia's James Cook University have developed a model to help farmers using smart devices choose the most accurate rainfall forecast for a given...
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Mining Financial Data Without Actually Seeing It Can Detect Fraud
Multiparty Computation permits computation on encrypted values.
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Smart Helmet Rapidly Assesses Stroke Patients
Uses EM waves to distinguish the size, position, and type of stroke
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Ethereum Weathers Bug That Underlines Possible Blockchain Risks
Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin said the blockchain survived a flaw from outdated software that divided the digital ledger last week, thanks to a quick program...
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AI Technology Set to Transform Heart Imaging
An international research team has developed an artificial intelligence technology to improve heart imaging.
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Mutual Attention Inception Network Developed for Remote Sensing Visual Question Answering
Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences have designed a novel mutual attention inception network and a remote sensing visual question answering dataset. ...
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Computational Study Identifies Human Proteins Structurally Similar to SARS-CoV-2 Proteins
Russian researchers identified more than two dozen structural proteins in the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein that were homologous to human proteins.
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Digital Archives Meant to Be Permanent Seem to Be Lost on the Web
Old Dominion University's Michael Nelson and colleagues have found that supposedly permanent digital Web archives could be lost.
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Student-Athletes Required to Wear COVID Trackers at Washington State High School
Some student-athletes and coaches at Eatonville High School in Eatonville, WA, are being required to wear proximity monitors to trace potential COVID-19 exposure...
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Technology to the Rescue
Updating emergency rescue equipment and tactics with digital technologies.
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Surprisingly Popular Voting Algorithm to Recover Ranked Choices
Researchers have developed an algorithm that can retrieve ranked choices by combining people's own opinions or votes with their predictions of others' responses...
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Baby Detector Software in Digital Camera Rivals ECG
New software uses a digital camera to automatically detect a baby's face in a hospital bed and remotely monitor its health.
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Study Suggests Algorithm May Help Optimize Future COVID-19 Vaccine Design
Researchers at the University of Hawaii at Manoa have developed an adaptive algorithm to help optimize the design of next-generation COVID-19 vaccines.
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These Robots Can Move Your Couch
University of Cincinnati engineers taught two robots to move a couch together without either robot directing the other.
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Imaging, ML Methods Speed Effort to Reduce Crops' Need for Water
New imaging and machine learning tools can analyze the genomic features of plant leaves as a means of increasing water-use efficiency for crops.
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Using Your Smartwatch to Reduce Stress
University of Houston researchers have constructed a closed-loop system for smartwatch-type wearables to use in collecting data to monitor and lower stress.
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Tool Could Help Authors Bust Writer's Block in Novel-Length Works
A new semantic frame forecast tool could help authors overcome writer's block by anticipating the future development of an ongoing novel-length story.
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Winemakers Tap AI to Salvage Grapes as Wildfires Rage
Software startup Tastry Inc. has developed an artificial intelligence model that can help California winemakers salvage grapes damaged by wildfire smoke.
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