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'superhero' Robot Wears Different Outfits For Different Tasks
Primer is a shape-shifting robot that can reconfigure itself into different exoskeletal "outfits" to perform distinct tasks.
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Companies Are Once Again Storing Data on Tape, Just In Case
Companies are returning to tape as a medium for storing data as hackers get smarter about penetrating defenses.
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Nasa Damage Map Aids Puerto Rico Hurricane Response
A NASA-produced map showing areas of eastern Puerto Rico that were likely damaged by Hurricane Maria has been provided to responding agencies, including the Federal...
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New Gravitational Wave Detection From Colliding Black Holes
In another step forward for the rapidly expanding universe of invisible astronomy, scientists said on Wednesday that on Aug. 14 they had recorded the space-time...
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Lehigh University Engineers Create Computer Program That Is Saving the State Prison System Millions of Dollars
Researchers have developed an algorithm expected to save Pennsylvania's prison system $2.9 million annually by accelerating the process of determining where prisoners...
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Click Beetles Inspire Design of Self-Righting Robots
Researchers are studying click beetles to understand how the insects jump without using their limbs when tipped onto their backsides.
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Computer Science and Engineering Researcher Teams With Industry to Provide Facial Recognition Technology
A University of Texas at Arlington professor is working to evaluate existing deep-learning methods for face detection and facial recognition.
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Asu Team Takes Cyberbullying App Public
Researchers at Arizona State University have publicly released their BullyBlocker smartphone application.
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Microsoft's New Coding Language Is Made For Quantum Computers
Microsoft is integrating traditional programming languages into a new language that could be used to code instructions for quantum computers.
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The Value of Free STEM and Coding Bootcamps
What do students get for their participation?
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Gigantic Ice Spikes on Pluto Trace Climate
Pluto's Bladed Terrain is just as welcoming as the name sounds. The landscape type, which is found only in the high elevation areas around the dwarf planet's equator...
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As N. Korea Threatens Nuclear Missile Test, Are .s. Ballistic Defenses Ready?
After suffering yet another round of sanctions, as well as a provocative UN speech and further sanctions from President Donald Trump, North Korea's leaders have...
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Robots Could Destabilise World Through War and nemployment, Says n
The UN has warned that robots could destabilise the world ahead of the opening of a headquarters in The Hague to monitor developments in artificial intelligence...
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One Step Closer to Lifelike Robots
Researchers have developed a three-dimensionally-printable synthetic muscle with innate expansion ability that does not need an external compressor or high voltage...
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New Type of Supercomputer Could Be Based on 'magic Dust' Combination of Light and Matter
A joint U.K.-Russian research team has demonstrated the use of quantum particles called polaritons, combining light and matter, to solve complex problems.
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Researchers Claim They Just Invented the 'ultimate' Method For Quantum Computing
Akira Furusawa and Shuntaro Takeda at the University of Tokyo in Japan say they have developed the "ultimate" quantum computing method.
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Goodbye, Login. Hello, Heart Scan
A new computer security system uses heart dimensions for identification.
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Colleges Move to Close Gender Gap in Science
U.S. colleges and universities are aggressively courting more women to pursue degrees in science, technology, engineering, and math.
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The Coming Software Apocalypse
There were six hours during the night of April 10, 2014, when the entire population of Washington State had no 911 service.
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