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Purdue Researchers 3D-Print Minerals in Order to Better Predict Fracture Formation
Purdue University and Sandia National Laboratories researchers are three-dimensionally (3D) printing minerals, in order to learn to better predict how and where...
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To Tune Up Your Quantum Computer, Better Call an AI Mechanic
Researchers have developed a method for teaching an artificial intelligence program to make an interconnected set of adjustments to tiny quantum dots.
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A Digital Court for a Digital Age
Researchers have created a mechanism that uses blockchain to settle legal disputes.
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AI-Powered Search Engine Makes It Easier to Find Information in the Fight Against COVID-19
Researchers have developed a dedicated search engine for researchers fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Employers Face Shortages of Tech Gear as Coronavirus Forces Shipment Delays
The technology that has enabled the sudden shift to remote work is in short supply.
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Attackers Can Bypass Fingerprint Authentication with an ~80% Success Rate
Fingerprint-based authentication is fine for most people, but it's hardly foolproof.
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Your Internet is Working. Thank These Cold War-era Pioneers who Designed it to Handle Almost Anything
Coronavirus may have forced people to stay at home, but the Internet these scientists envisioned long ago is keeping the world connected.
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MIT Researchers Launch Location-Tracking Effort for the New Coronavirus
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers and partner organizations have launched a project to track COVID-19 patients through their phones.
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Molecule Co-Discovered at University of Limerick Leads to Breakthrough on How Data is Stored
Researchers have discovered a metal-organic molecule that can switch between three distinct, long-lived states.
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Behind the Global Efforts to Make a Privacy-first Coronavirus Tracking App
The hope is that smartphone tracking — combined with widespread testing — can help create a framework for cities to let people resume their lives.
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Covid-19: The Race to Create Privacy-focused Contact Tracing Tools
As authorities seek technological solutions to the pandemic, experts fear the consequences for civil liberties.
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Keeping Students Educated and Engaged
The use of distance learning has grown quickly in primary education, in response to school closures due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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How a Real Dog Taught a Robot Dog to Walk
Researchers at Google have developed a robotic dog and taught it to walk by showing it motion-capture videos of real dogs walking on treadmills.
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A 3D-Printed Brain Could Make It Easier to Find Cancer Treatments
Researchers have developed a technique to study glioblastoma brain tumors using a three-dimensionally (3D)-printed framework composed of human brain cells and biomaterials...
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How Are You Feeling? Surveys Aim to Detect COVID-19 Hot Spots Early
More than 2 million Britons and 150,000 Israelis have completed health surveys to trace COVID-19 outbreaks and send resources where they can do the most good.
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Study Uses AI to Estimate Unexploded Bombs From Vietnam War
Researchers at The Ohio State University (OSU) used artificial intelligence to find unexploded Vietnam War-era bombs in Cambodia.
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COVID-19 Response: New Jersey Urgently Needs COBOL Programmers (Yes, You Read That Correctly)
The danger of relying on COBOL despite its obsolescence is not a new issue.
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Engineers 3D-Print Soft, Rubbery Brain Implants
Engineers have developed a way to three-dimensionally print neural probes and other electronic devices that are as soft and flexible as rubber.
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FCC Moves to Boost Wi-Fi Speed
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission will vote on whether to permit Wi-Fi devices to access a greater portion of the radiofrequency spectrum.
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