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Foldable Drone Can Navigate Narrow Holes
A new drone can compress itself to pass through narrow spaces and then revert to its previous shape, all while continuing to fly.
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The Key to Cracking Long-Dead Languages
Broken and scorched black by fire, the dense, wedge-shaped marks etched into the ancient clay tablets are only just visible under the soft light at the British...
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Quantum Computing Needs You to Help Solve Its Core Mystery
Since 2016, IBM has offered online access to a quantum computer. Anyone can log in and execute commands on a 5-qubit or 14-qubit machine located in Yorktown Heights...
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Major Companies Are sing AI to Decide Who You Speak to on the Phone
Many large companies around the world use artificial intelligence-based software to manage millions of call-center conversations.
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Taming Turbulence: Seeking to Make Complex Simulations a Breeze
Researchers used state-of-the-art supercomputers to examine how turbulence in the atmosphere plays out over long periods of time
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Canada, France Plan an International Panel to Assess AI Dangers
Canada and France recently announced plans for an international panel to assess the dangers of artificial intelligence and formulate appropriate policies.
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Seeking Equilibria in Economics, Computer Science
Daskalakis' work brings deep theoretical analysis to bear on high-impact problems with direct effects on real-world applications.
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'Superhuman' AI Triumphs Playing the Toughest Board Games
DeepMind's self-learning AlphaZero algorithm has demonstrated superhuman success at complex board games including chess, shogi, and go.
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NASA's InSight Takes Its First Selfie
NASA's InSight lander isn't camera-shy. The spacecraft used a camera on its robotic arm to take its first selfie—a mosaic made up of 11 images.
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Inside Huawei's Secret HQ, China Is Shaping the Future
The surprise arrest of Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer of Huawei Technologies Co., has thrust the company into a political firestorm and deepened a core threat...
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Machine Learning Identifies Cryptocurrency Scams Before They Happen
Researchers in the U.K. have developed an algorithm that can predict "pump-and-dump" cryptocurrency scams prior to their occurrence.
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AI as Talent Scout: Unorthodox Hires, and Maybe Lower Pay
Companies are turning to services that use artificial intelligence to vet potential hires amid a tight labor market.
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Researchers se Computer Model to Predict Prostate Cancer Progression
Researchers from Denmark and Germany trained a computer model on prostate cancer patient data to predict disease progression.
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IHMC Teaches Atlas to Walk Like a Human
Roboticists at the Institute for Human and Machine Cognition are teaching Boston Dynamics' humanoid robot Atlas a more natural walking gait.
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Supercomputers Without Waste Heat
A team of researchers has demonstrated that lossless electrical transfer of magnetically encoded information is possible.
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Finding Alien Life May Require Giant Telescopes Built in Orbit
After snapping the final piece into place with a satisfying "click" she feels through her spacesuit gloves, the astronaut pauses to appreciate the view.
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This Plant Is Driving Its Own Robot
Elowan is a mobile cybernetic plant with a robotic base.
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Xiaomi's AI Restores Details, Enhances Colors in Poorly Exposed Photos
Researchers at Chinese smartphone company Xiaomi have devised an artificial intelligence system that corrects details and colors in poorly exposed photos.
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Purdue Researchers Devise 3D Printer That Can Make Energetic Materials Safer
Researchers have developed a three-dimensional printing technique that fabricates energetic materials with fine geometric features faster and at less cost than...
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