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Wsu Physicists Write With Light, Turn Crystal Into an Electrical Circuit
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Wsu Physicists Write With Light, Turn Crystal Into an Electrical Circuit

Researchers at Washington State University have developed a method for writing an electrical circuit into a crystal.

Teaching Robots Right From Wrong
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Teaching Robots Right From Wrong

Artificial intelligence is outperforming the human sort in a growing range of fields—but how do we make sure it behaves morally?

New Web Tool Tracks Russian 'influence Ops' on Twitter
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New Web Tool Tracks Russian 'influence Ops' on Twitter

The Alliance for Securing Democracy, a bipartisan project backed by the German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF), has launched a Web tool to keep tabs on...

Chip Technology Could Help the Blind, Robots, See
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Chip Technology Could Help the Blind, Robots, See

Bio-inspired designs that encode light as time are ushering in systems as efficient as human neurology.

Storing Data in Dna Brings Nature Into the Digital ­niverse
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Storing Data in Dna Brings Nature Into the Digital ­niverse

Researchers at the University of Washington currently hold the record for the amount of information stored in and retrieved from DNA molecules.

Crispr Fixes Disease Gene in Viable Human Embryos
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Crispr Fixes Disease Gene in Viable Human Embryos

An international team of researchers has used CRISPR–Cas9 gene editing—a technique that allows scientists to make precise changes to genomes with relative ease—to...

Two Voyagers Taught ­S How to Listen to Space
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Two Voyagers Taught ­S How to Listen to Space

As NASA's twin Voyager spacecraft were changing our understanding of the solar system, they also spurred a leap in spacecraft communications.

How Neural Networks Are Transforming the World of Translation
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How Neural Networks Are Transforming the World of Translation

Imperial College London professor Erol Gelenbe says artificial neural networks can ease language translation by executing a three-step process.

'anonymous' Browsing Data Can Be Easily Exposed, Researchers Reveal
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'anonymous' Browsing Data Can Be Easily Exposed, Researchers Reveal

A German journalist and data scientist say they were able to easily obtain the "anonymous" online browsing information of more than 3 million Germans.

4d Movies Capture People in Clothing, Creating Realistic Virtual Try-on
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4d Movies Capture People in Clothing, Creating Realistic Virtual Try-on

ClothCapture is new technology that can digitally capture clothing on moving people, turn it into a three-dimensional digital platform, and dress virtual avatars...

Automatic Image Retouching on Your Phone
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Automatic Image Retouching on Your Phone

Researchers have developed a cellphone-based system that can automatically retouch images.

Looking to the Future Through the First Autonomous Artificial Iris
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Looking to the Future Through the First Autonomous Artificial Iris

Researchers have created an artificial iris that can react to light to the same degree as a human eye.

Deception Tech Helps to Thwart Hackers' Attacks
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Deception Tech Helps to Thwart Hackers' Attacks

In World War II, the Allies employed all kinds of sneaky tricks to deceive their enemies into thinking they had more troops and weapons at their disposal than they...

These Radio Telescopes See Almost to the Beginning of Time
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These Radio Telescopes See Almost to the Beginning of Time

There are few places in the world that can accommodate a radio telescope.

­kraine Finally Battens Down Its Leaky Cyber Hatches After Attacks
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­kraine Finally Battens Down Its Leaky Cyber Hatches After Attacks

When the chief of Microsoft Ukraine switched jobs to work for President Petro Poroshenko, he found that everyone in the office used the same login password.

Living Computers: Rna Circuits Transform Cells Into Nanodevices
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Living Computers: Rna Circuits Transform Cells Into Nanodevices

Researchers have developed a method for harnessing living cells to perform computations using self-assembling designer RNA circuits.

Designing Computer Software of the Future
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Designing Computer Software of the Future

Researchers have demonstrated that quantum computing could be useful for speeding up the solutions to "semidefinite programs."

To Build a Smarter Chatbot, First Teach It a Second Language
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To Build a Smarter Chatbot, First Teach It a Second Language

Researchers at Salesforce have developed a method that could improve the performance of modern language programs.

To Fix Voting Machines, Hackers Tear Them Apart
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To Fix Voting Machines, Hackers Tear Them Apart

The toughest thing to convey to newcomers at the DefCon Voting Village in Las Vegas this weekend? Just how far they could go with hacking voting machines set up...

Parking Smart
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Parking Smart

Using technology to make parking easier.
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