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Pitt Researchers Control Supercomputers in Space
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Pitt Researchers Control Supercomputers in Space

Researchers are conducting high-performance computing operations in space.

Artificial Intelligence Helps to Keep Tired Drivers Awake
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Artificial Intelligence Helps to Keep Tired Drivers Awake

Researchers at Panasonic have developed an artificial intelligence platform to keep tired drivers comfortably alert at all times.

The Death of Ruby? Developers Should Learn These Languages Instead
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The Death of Ruby? Developers Should Learn These Languages Instead

The Ruby programming language's popularity has plummeted steeply in the past few years, owing to scalability limits, slower application runtimes, and an inability...

$2-Million Donation Supports Launch of Theoretical Machine Learning Program
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$2-Million Donation Supports Launch of Theoretical Machine Learning Program

The donation comes from Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of Google, and Wendy Schmidt, president of The Schmidt Family Foundation and cofounder of the Schmidt Ocean...

Caltech, Cornell Create Creature-Cataloging Contest For Computers
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Caltech, Cornell Create Creature-Cataloging Contest For Computers

Researchers have created the iNaturalist Challenge, a competition to produce the best machine-learning algorithm for identifying the world's plant and animal species...

Cosmic Map Reveals a Not-So-Lumpy ­niverse
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Cosmic Map Reveals a Not-So-Lumpy ­niverse

Cosmologists have produced the biggest map yet of the Universe's structure and they find it less lumpy than previous surveys have suggested.

China and the ­.s. Are Battling to Become the World’s First AI Superpower
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China and the ­.s. Are Battling to Become the World’s First AI Superpower

"Right now, AI is a two-horse race between China and the US."

The Ghostly Radio Station That No One Claims to Run
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The Ghostly Radio Station That No One Claims to Run

In the middle of a Russian swampland, not far from the city of St Petersburg, is a rectangular iron gate.

Barbara Grosz Receives 2017 ACL Life Time Achievement Award
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Barbara Grosz Receives 2017 ACL Life Time Achievement Award

Grosz is Higgins Professor of Natural Sciences in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University.

Clarifying Complex Chemical Processes With Quantum Computers
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Clarifying Complex Chemical Processes With Quantum Computers

Researchers at ETH Zurich in Switzerland say they have demonstrated a concrete example of a future application for quantum computers.

The Future Takes Flight at Du
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The Future Takes Flight at Du

Researchers at the University of Denver's Unmanned Systems Research Institute are attempting to improve unmanned aerial vehicle technology.

Sneaky Attacks Trick Ais Into Seeing or Hearing What's Not There
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Sneaky Attacks Trick Ais Into Seeing or Hearing What's Not There

A new technique could be used by hackers to trick autonomous cars into ignoring stop signs or prevent surveillance cameras from spotting a suspect.

Argonne Goes Deep to Crack Cancer Code
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Argonne Goes Deep to Crack Cancer Code

Scientists are advancing an exascale computing framework for a deep neural network code designed to tackle key challenges to accelerate cancer research.

An App For the Perfect Selfie
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An App For the Perfect Selfie

Researchers at the University of Waterloo in Canada say they have developed a smartphone application to help people learn how to take better selfies.

Ever-Elusive Neutrinos Spotted Bouncing Off Nuclei For the First Time
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Ever-Elusive Neutrinos Spotted Bouncing Off Nuclei For the First Time

Neutrinos are famously antisocial. Of all the characters in the particle physics cast, they are the most reluctant to interact with other particles.

The Race to Reveal Antimatter's Secrets
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The Race to Reveal Antimatter's Secrets

In a high-ceilinged hangar at CERN, six rival experiments are racing to understand the nature of one of the Universe's most elusive materials.

Five Years Ago and 154 Million Miles Away: Touchdown!
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Five Years Ago and 154 Million Miles Away: Touchdown!

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover, which landed near Mount Sharp five years ago this week, is examining clues on that mountain about long-ago lakes on Mars.

Are the World's Highest Paid Football Players Overpaid? Big Data Says Yes
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Are the World's Highest Paid Football Players Overpaid? Big Data Says Yes

Researchers have used machine learning and data science to analyze the salaries of 6,082 professional European football (soccer) players.

Robots Could Act as Ethical Mediators Between Patients and Caregivers
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Robots Could Act as Ethical Mediators Between Patients and Caregivers

Researchers hypothesize that robots that understand ethical issues would be able to observe interactions between patients and caregivers, and intervene when needed...

How Apps Can Motivate You By Tapping Into Your Personality
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How Apps Can Motivate You By Tapping Into Your Personality

Rita Orji at the University of Waterloo in Canada is designing interactive persuasive computer games customized to the player's motivational style.
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