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Robot Shows How Simple Swimming Can Be
A robotic eel designed by researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne can swim through water and receive sensory data while in motion.
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ORNL's Simulation Tool Creates Digital Twins of Buildings From Coast to Coast
Modeling software designed by researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory can simulate the energy profiles of all 129 million buildings...
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Farmers Help Create 'Virtual Safe Space' to Save Bumblebees
Land-management strategies to save bumblebees can be tested in a "virtual safe space" developed by scientists at the U.K.'s University of Exeter.
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Stanford Researchers Use AI to Unlock Extreme Weather Mysteries
New machine-learning approach helps scientists understand increased frequency of extreme precipitation days in the Midwest
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Wildfire Simulation Heats Up
Computer simulations can predict the spread of wildfires through sections of a real forest
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John Deere Doubles Down on Silicon Valley and Robots
Farm-equipment giant is buying Bear Flag Robotics, which makes autonomous tractors
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Facebook Disables Accounts Tied to NYU Research Project
Facebook disabled the personal accounts of New York University scientists studying political ads on the social network, alleging their extraction of data violates...
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Researchers Say They've Found a Wildly Successful Bypass for Face Recognition Tech
Computer scientists at Israel's Tel Aviv University (TAU) say they have developed a method for circumventing a large number of facial recognition systems.
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Apple is Prying into iPhones to Find Sexual Predators
Privacy activists worry governments could weaponize the feature.
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Algorithm Helps Probe Connections Between Stream Chemistry, Environment
A team of researchers used a novel machine learning algorithm to help scientists better understand the chemistry of streams and their environmental impact.
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Predicting Preterm Birth
Can machine learning provide advance notice of an extreme preterm birth, in sufficient time to implement a therapeutic intervention?
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AI Carpenter Can Recreate Furniture From Photos
An algorithm developed by University of Washington researchers can render photos of wooden objects into three-dimensional models with enough detail to be replicated...
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Do You Hear What I Hear? A Cyberattack.
Carnegie Mellon University researchers have designed a method of making abnormal network traffic audible by rendering cybersecurity data musically.
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AI Helps Improve NASA's Eyes on the Sun
U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration scientists are calibrating images of the sun with artificial intelligence to enhance data for solar research....
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Stanford ML Tool Streamlines Student Feedback Process for Computer Science Professors
Stanford University researchers have developed a machine learning teaching tool designed to assist computer science professors in gauging feedback from large numbers...
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Tracking Circadian Rhythms From Your Smartwatch
A new algorithm can extract an individual’s circadian rhythm from heart rate data collected by their smartwatch.
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Controversial Tool Calls Out Thousands of Hackable Websites
PunkSpider is back, and crawling hundreds of millions of sites for vulnerabilities.
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Why Self-Driving Cars Could be Going the Way of the Jetpack
Some observers say the dream of fully autonomous vehicles is a mirage: creating robot vehicles able to tackle any kind of road or traffic situation is just too...
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University of Minnesota Develops Tool to Help Farmers Make Crop Input Decisions
Farmers can formulate a budget balance sheet for nitrogen reduction plans and view customized economic and environmental impacts and benefits of the fields they...
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