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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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Physicists Discover the Secret of Quantum Remote Control
Teleportation is one of the more extraordinary phenomena in the quantum world.
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The Only Thing Programmers Have to Fear Is... All of These Things
Software developer is generally considered a pretty good job, and with good reason.
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The Last Survivors of the End of the World
In 2 billion years' time, life on Earth will be confined to pockets of liquid water deep underground, according to PhD astrobiologist Jack O'Malley James of the...
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Microscopy Technique Could Help Computer Industry Develop 3-D Components
NIST NewsThrough-focus Scanning Optical Microscopy (TSOM) could become a crucial tool for improving computer chips. For decades, computer chips have resembledView...
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Colleges Work to Retain Women in STEM Majors
Higher education institutions are working to encourage women to pursue majors in science, technology, engineering, and math.
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Teaching a Computer to Play 'Concentration' Advances Security, nderstanding of the Human Mind
A new software designed to play the game Concentration could lead to better computer security and a greater understanding of how the human mind works.
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Pruning the Power Grid
A new algorithm identifies the most dangerous pairs of failures among the millions of possible failures in a power grid.
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Move Over Messi, Here Come the Robots
More than 1,000 soccer-playing robots from 40 countries are competing against each other in the RoboCup soccer tournament.
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The Immortal Life of the Enron E-Mails
Former Enron executive Vincent Kaminski is a modest, semi-retired business school professor from Houston who recently wrote a 960-page book explaining the fundamentals...
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Meet the Most Important Tech Company You've Probably Never Heard Of
Never trust gadget-makers’ claims about battery life.
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What It's Like to Get a National-Security Letter
In the summer of 2011, while he was fighting an indictment for alleged computer crimes, Aaron Swartz, an information activist, read Kafka’s "The Trial" and ...
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'shields to Maximum, Mr. Scott'
Researchers are working with the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration to develop ballistic limit curves.
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Computer Models Figure Out Sickle Cell Crisis
Researchers have used computing models to show how different types of red blood cells interact to cause sickle cell crisis.
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Nus Team Creates Realistic Robot Carp, First Robot Fish With Autonomous 3D Movement in Asia
A robot fish is ready to be programmed for specific functions, such as exploring the nooks and corners of wreckage for underwater archeology.
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Artificial Intellience in Mental Healthcare
The mental healthcare field is seeking to use artificial intelligent agents to provide training, consultation, and treatment services.
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Google Creates Developers Cloud Playground For Code Testing
Google has created a Cloud Playground environment in which developers can quickly try out new ideas.
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New ATM Designs Imitate Online and Mobile Banking
Before heading to lunch, Kirsten Keary-Taylor, 29, uses an iPhone app to request $20 from a nearby ATM. Passing the cash machine on her way out, she scans it with...
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Indiana niversity Launches Data Capacitor Ii
Indiana University's new five-petabyte Data Capacitor "will accommodate our storage requirements for a while."
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Manage Your Smart Home with a Single Gesture
Our homes will get a lot smarter in the coming years, allowing us to use a smartphone to manage an integrated system of appliances and other electronics from any...
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