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Is This the Sound of Black Holes Colliding?
Take a deep breath, put on your headphones and watch the video above. You're about to hear something truly astronomical: the sound of two black holes smashing together...
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Self-Powered Image Sensor Could Watch You Forever
Solar cells convert light to electricity. Image sensors also convert light to electricity. If you could do them both at the same time in the same chip, you'd have...
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NIST Chip Hints at Quantum Sensors of the Future
Researchers at NIST have created a new chip on which laser light interacts with a tiny cloud of atoms to act as a miniature toolkit for measuring important quantities...
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Electrical Pulses and Neural Code Boost Memory Storage
Researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center have used electrical stimulation and neural patterns to improve the storage of new information in the brain, which...
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Weird Quantum Physics Is Key to Keeping Your Credit Card Safe
Using the bizarre rules of quantum physics, US government researchers have developed a new way to generate random numbers that play a key role in protecting sensitive...
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Computer Scientists Create CG Sand That Looks nbelievably Real
Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles and the University of Pennsylvania have helped develop a new method for depicting computer-generated sand...
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Stanford Researchers Find That Friends of Friends Reveal Hidden Online Traits
Researchers at Stanford University have demonstrated more ways than previously established to infer demographic traits that people might be trying to hide online...
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Most Links to Popular Sites on Twitter Come From Bots
Sixty-six percent of links to popular sites shared on Twitter stem from automated accounts, including legitimate accounts from organizations that schedule tweets...
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Mars Express v2.0
Every so often, your smartphone or tablet receives new software to improve its functionality and extend its life. Now, ESA's Mars Express is getting a fresh install...
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NASA's Juno Mission Provides Infrared Tour of Jupiter's North Pole
Scientists working on NASA's Juno mission to Jupiter shared a 3-D infrared movie depicting densely packed cyclones and anticyclones that permeate the planet's polar...
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Preparing the First Fully Programmable Wireless Network
Researchers at Rice University, Texas Southern, the University of Michigan, and the University of Utah are developing the world's first fully programmable and observable...
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Want Computers to See Better in the Real World? Train Them in a Virtual Reality
Chinese researchers have developed a new method for improving how computers "see" and "understand" real-world objects by training their vision systems in virtual...
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Twenty-Four E Countries Sign Artificial Intelligence Pact in Bid to Compete With .S. & China
Twenty-four countries in the European Union recently signed a declaration to collaborate on a "European approach" to artificial intelligence so they can compete...
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Yarn-Like Rechargeable Zinc Battery Could Power Smart Clothes and Wearables
In a development that could lead to washable, sensor-laden smart clothes and wearable electronics, researchers at the City University of Hong Kong have molded a...
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How the niversity of Sheffield ses GPs to Supercharge Simulations
Researchers at the University of Sheffield are increasingly relying on graphics-processing unit (GPU) technology to supercharge their work with complex system simulations...
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A Long-Awaited IoT Crisis Is Here, and Many Devices Aren't Ready
You know by now that Internet of Things devices like your router are often vulnerable to attack, the industry-wide lack of investment in security leaving the door...
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Pressure Building for Rules of Engagement for Cyberwarfare
The call for an international legal framework governing cyberwarfare is gaining momentum.
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Building Better Maps for the Disability Community
Occupational therapist turned disability rights activist Alanna Raffel has spent her career thinking about accessibility. So for her 30th birthday last year, she...
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