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These Micro-Robots Do the Breaststoke
Researchers placed magnetized spheres into a solution and subjected them to an "eccentric magnetic field" so they self-assemble with smaller spheres, attached by...
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DevOps Momentum in the Enterprise
The notion of unifying software development and software operation is catching on.
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IARPA Launches Challenge to Improve AV-Captured Imagery
The U.S. Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity recently announced the UG2 Prize Challenge for unmanned aerial vehicles, gliders, and ground data entries...
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Justice Dept. Revives Push to Mandate a Way to nlock Phones
Federal law enforcement officials are renewing a push for a legal mandate that tech companies build tools into smartphones and other devices that would allow access...
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Making Monitors Brighter: Researchers in Bayreuth Discover a Way to Control the Color of OLEDs
Researchers have discovered how the spatial structure of conjugated polymers can be used to control the colors of organic light-emitting diodes and increase the...
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.S. Children Now Draw Female Scientists More Than Ever
Researchers have found U.S. children now depict scientists as female more than ever.
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At First Blush, You Look Happy—or Sad, or Angry
Researchers have discovered a previously undocumented connection between the central nervous system and emotional expression in the face.
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Earwigs and the Art of Origami
Researchers have developed multifunctional origami structures that emulate the framework of an earwig's wing, and fabricated them as three-dimensional printed objects...
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Researchers Find Leaky Apps Put Privacy at Risk
Social media platforms, web browser extensions, and mobile platforms can leak user information, threatening user privacy.
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For the .S. and China, a Technology Cold War That's Freezing Over
A cold war is being waged across the world's most advanced industries. And it just got a lot chillier.
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This Stanford Computer Science Genius Aims To Crack The Code Of Learning And Leadership
John Hennessy, president emeritus of Stanford University and co-recipient of the ACM A.M. Turing award, discusses digital education and the future of leadership...
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Facebook's New Data Restrictions Will Handcuff Even Honest Researchers
Last week, when news broke (again) that Cambridge Analytica had allegedly misused 50 million Facebook users' data, it immediately raised a difficult question: When...
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ber Robocar Kills Pedestrian, Despite Presence of Safety Driver
This is the first fatality involving a robocar under the care of a professional human minder.
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AI Can Spot Signs of Alzheimer's Before Your Family Does
Researchers are exploring machine learning as a tool for identifying signs of Alzheimer's disease that physicians and loved ones may otherwise overlook.
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New TSA Study Presents Method to Stop Cyberattacks on GPS-Enabled Devices
A new study describes a computer algorithm that mitigates the effects of spoofed GPS attacks on electrical grids and other GPS-reliant technologies.
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New Model Reveals Forgotten Influencers and 'Sleeping Beauties' of Science
Researchers at the University of Chicago's Knowledge Lab have created a computational model to measure the spread of influential ideas across scholarship and culture...
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Machines See the Future for Patients Diagnosed With Brain Tumors
New artificial intelligence software forecasts the survival of glioma patients by examining tissue biopsy data.
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Stack Overflow Developer Survey Results 2018
This year, over 100,000 developers told us how they learn, build their careers, which tools they're using, and what they want in a job.
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Spot the Fake: Artificial Intelligence Can Produce Lifelike Photographs
Fraudulent images have been around for as long as photography itself. Take the famous hoax photos of the Cottingley fairies or the Loch Ness monster.
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