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Schools Dive In to Computer Science Education Week
This year's Computer Science Education Week, which started Monday, continues an ongoing effort to encourage K-12 students to engage with coding and computer science...
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More Realistic Ar Display Places Digital Images Among Real Objects
A prototype augmented reality display can show a virtual image that both blocks real-world objects sitting behind it and can itself be blocked by other real-world...
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Butterfly Pattern Emerges From Quantum Simulation
Researchers have simulated the energy spectrum predicted for two-dimensional electrons in a magnetic field, known as the Hofstadter butterfly.
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New Software Can Verify Someone's Identity By Their Dna in Minutes
Researchers have developed a new method to quickly and accurately identify people and cell lines from their DNA.
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Making AI 'intentional'
A new game-playing artificial intelligence program is imbued with social reasoning and "intentionality."
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Artificial Intelligence Predicts Outcomes of Chemical Reactions
By thinking of atoms as letters and molecules as words, artificial intelligence software from IBM is now employing the same methods computers use to translate languages...
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The ltimate Defense Against Hackers May Be Just a Few Atoms Thick
A new class of unclonable cybersecurity primitives has been made from a low-cost nanomaterial with the highest possible level of structural randomness.
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Helping Hands Guide Robots as They Learn
A new program guides robots toward the most helpful ways to collaborate on tasks, with the goal of simplifying the training of robots to work efficiently with humans...
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Google Has Released an AI Tool That Makes Sense of Your Genome
Google has released an artificial intelligence tool that uses gene sequencing data to build a more accurate genomic model.
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The Quantum Threat to Cryptocurrencies
Quantum computing could fundamentally break cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and throw markets into turmoil.
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Stanford-Led Artificial Intelligence Index Tracks Emerging Field
A Stanford University-led team has launched the AI Index, the first index to track the state of artificial intelligence.
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Judea Pearl to Receive Inaugural lf Grenander Prize in Stochastic Theory and Modeling
Pearl, a professor of computer science and statistics at the University of California Los Angeles, was the recipient of the ACM A.M. Turing Award for 2011.
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China's A.i. Advances Help Its Tech Industry, and State Security
During President Trump's visit to Beijing, he appeared on screen for a special address at a tech conference.
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Future Wars May Depend as Much on Algorithms as on Ammunition, Report Says.
The Pentagon is increasingly focused on the notion that the might of U.S. forces will be measured as much by the advancement of their algorithms as by the ammunition...
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A Nanotransistor Made of Graphene
Researchers grew graphene ribbons exactly nine atoms wide with a regular armchair edge from precursor molecules.
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Not Your Father's Analog Computer
Significant work is underway in analog computing in the context of machine learning, machine intelligence, and biomimetic circuits.
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Global Mosquito-Sensing Network Being Built sing Smartphones
MozzWear is a low-cost smartphone sensor system that can identify and monitor mosquito populations.
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Squeezing Light Into a Tiny Channel Brings Optical Computing a Step Closer
Researchers have paved the way for computers based on light rather than electronics.
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