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The Secret History of World War Ii-Era Drones
Drones are the hallmark of tech-y modern warfare, but weapons piloted from afar have been around for more than a century.
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5 Amazing and Alarming Things That May Be Done with Your Dna
"You're a male, you're 34-years-old and your 5-foot-10 1/2 inches tall." That's a prediction that Craig Venter, long a pioneer on the frontier of genomics, offered...
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Landmark Algorithm Breaks 30-Year Impasse
Computer scientists are calling a new algorithm a breakthrough in mapping how hard computational problems are to solve.
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What the World Will Be Like in 30 Years, According to the .s. Government's Top Scientists
Three U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency researchers predict major technological advancements during the next 30 years in a new video series.
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Xprize Offers $7m Purse to nlock Mysteries of the Sea
XPRIZE has launched a three-year global competition focused on ocean mapping, featuring a $7-million prize purse.
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Algorithm Set to Save Millions in Energy Costs
Nanyang Technological University researchers have developed an algorithm that could help companies cut their energy bills by as much as 10%.
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How Artificial Intelligence Could Change the Way We Watch Sports
Machine learning and computer vision are being combined to provide commentary on professional sporting events as they occur.
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Nasa's Fermi Satellite Kicks Off a Blazar-Detecting Bonanza
A long time ago in a galaxy half the universe away, a flood of high-energy gamma rays began its journey to Earth.
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Visualization Streams For ltimate Scalability
In this era of big data, the world needs tools that can visualize the most important aspects of data without having to hold it all in memory.
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What Can—or Should—internet Companies Do to Fight Terrorism?
After the recent attacks in Paris and in San Bernardino, Calif., social media platforms are under pressure from politicians to do more to take down messages and...
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c Davis Scientists Demonstrate Dna-Based Electromechanical Switch
Researchers have demonstrated a method of modulating the conductance of DNA by controlling its structure.
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Scientists Discover New Computerized Linguistic Approach to Detect Alzheimer's Disease
University Health Network researchers have discovered how to diagnose Alzheimer's disease with more than 82% accuracy.
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Yahoo's Engineers Move to Coding Without a Net
Software engineering at Yahoo has undergone a transformation resulting in fewer errors and a much faster development cycle.
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Stanford-Led Skyscraper-Style Chip Design Boosts Electronic Performance By Factor of a Thousand
Stanford University engineers are leading a multi-institution effort to develop a revolutionary high-rise architecture for computing.
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Fact-Checking the Debate on Encryption
As politicians and counter-terrorism officials search for lessons from the recent attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, California, senior officials have called...
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How the Science in 'star Wars’ Is Actually Real
For a story that takes place "a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away" a great deal of the technology in the "Star Wars" series actually has parallels today on...
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How Thermal Imaging Tech Is About to Become Hot Stuff
Although it's already been used by industry, the military and some emergency services, it was expensive and therefore had a limited market.
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Online Degree Hits Learning Curve
The Georgia Institute of Technology's launch of an inexpensive online computer science master's degree program two years ago has had mixed results.
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Computing With Time Travel
National University of Singapore researchers have shown a quantum computer can solve insoluble problems even if it is traveling along "open time-like curves."
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