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Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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New Tool Enhances the Search For Genetic Mutations
New software uses statistical probabilities to help identify mutations and more accurately pinpoint their source and their possible significance for health.
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Html5 Now Neck and Neck With Native Apps For Developer Love
More developers will trade a superior native experience for the lower cost of maintaining a common code base using HTML5 code in a native app container.
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Think You Can Drive a Bulldozer?
As he closed the door, leaving me alone at the controls of a 41,000-pound bulldozer with list price of nearly $432,000, a Komatsu Ltd. executive shouted, "No worries...
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Here's How One Hacker Is Waging War on the Syrian Government
As President Obama weighed U.S. air strikes in Syria this week, a lone American hacker was waging his own attack on the Syrian government.
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Moore's Law Dead by 2022, Expert Says
Moore's Law could come to an end as soon as 2020 at the seven-nanometer node.
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Plan B For Navigation
Scientists and engineers are exploring alternative navigation systems against the possibility of GPS failing.
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Researcher Controls Colleague's Motions in First Human Brain-to-Brain Interface
University of Washington researchers have performed what they believe is the first noninvasive human-to-human brain interface, with one researcher able to send...
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Nasa's Mars Curiosity Debuts Autonomous Navigation
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has used autonomous navigation for the first time, a capability that lets the rover decide for itself how to drive safely on Mars.
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How Scholars Hack the World of Academic Publishing Now
If you want to understand the modern academy, it wouldn't hurt to start at "impact factor."
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The New York Times Web Site Was Taken Down By Dns Hijacking. Here's What That Means.
Just weeks after The Washington Post had our own run-in with the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA), the New York Times is down, and the SEA is claiming responsibility...
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Princeton Researchers se Mobile Phones to Measure Happiness
Researchers used mobile phones to capture information in a study exploring the connection between environment and happiness.
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A Glimpse Into the Future of Robotic Technology
The European Union-funded EYESHOTS project has developed a model robot that can acquire awareness of its surroundings and use its memory to reach for objects.
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Hacked Feature Phone Can Block Other People's Calls
A few changes to a standard phone can block calls and text messages intended for nearby users of the same GSM cellular network.
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Computer Science Teacher Certification 'deeply Flawed,' Report Says
State systems for certifying computer science teachers are fundamentally flawed, according to a report from the Computer Science Teachers Association.
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Ios and Android Weaknesses Allow Stealthy Pilfering of Website Credentials
A weakness in both the iOS and Android mobile operating systems makes it possible for hackers to steal sensitive user data and login credentials.
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How Surveillance Changes Behavior: A Restaurant Workers Case Study
Surveillance is certainly much in the news lately. Most notably, of course, there is the continuing outcry over the National Security Agency’s call-tracking program...
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NASA's Plan to Put a Landsail Rover on Venus
Venus is like a reclusive celebrity that gets the public's attention every couple of years, though in the planet's case it's more like every century.
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Wearable Robots Are No Longer Science Fiction
Exoskeletons will address military, medical, commercial applications.
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Why Video Games May Be Good For You
Games have long been accused of making players violent, but evidence has been building over the years that they can have positive effects.
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