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Can Paint Strokes Help Identify Alzheimer's?
Researchers at Maynooth University in Ireland and the University of Liverpool in the U.K. found it may be possible to use fractal analysis to detect neurodegenerative...
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A Digital Portrayal of James Joyce's 'portrait'
Computer scientists and literature scholars at University College Dublin in Ireland have teamed up to create a multimedia version of James Joyce's novel "A Portrait...
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Trump Questions Quest For Cybersecurity: 'no Computer Is Safe'
President-elect Donald Trump has repeatedly questioned whether critical computer networks can ever be protected from intruders, alarming cybersecurity experts who...
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Scientists Working on sing Dna For Computers
Researchers at Brock University in Canada have developed a strategy that simplifies the design of DNA circuits, which eventually could be used in a DNA computer...
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Mit's Foundry Interface Is the Photoshop of 3D Printing
MIT CSAIL has developed Foundry, a new interface for MultiFab, a multi-material printer unveiled last year.
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Intel Finds Moore's Law’s Next Step at 10 Nanometers
These days, forecasts about the future of Moore's Law tend to look quite gloomy. But Intel's outlook—at least for the next few years—is decidedly bright.
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Team at Rice Builds Machine to Transform the Way We Vote
Rice University researchers say they have developed a prototype voting machine designed to restore faith and trust in the U.S. election system.
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Expect Deeper and Cheaper Machine Learning
Machine-learning technologies are undergoing a transformation, appearing in products and systems that experts predict will be less expensive and more focused on...
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Space Timekeeping: Nasa's Sdo Adds Leap Second to Master Clock
On Dec. 31, 2016, official clocks around the world will add a leap second just before midnight Coordinated Universal Time—which corresponds to 6:59:59 p.m. EST. NASA...
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How Russia Recruited Elite Hackers For Its Cyberwar
Aleksandr B. Vyarya thought his job was to defend people from cyberattacks until, he says, his government approached him with a request to do the opposite.
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Everything You Need to Know About Gene Therapy's Most Promising Year
For a few lucky patients, 2016 was the year when gene therapy turned from promises to cures.
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Brain Activity Is Too Complicated For Humans to Decipher. Machines Can Decode It For S
Scientists are using artificial intelligence to analyze neuroscientific data, to gain insight into how the human brain functions.
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New Simulation Software Improves Helicopter Pilot Training
Researchers at the Technical University of Munich in Germany have developed simulation software to improve training for helicopter pilots via real-time computational...
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The Gender Gap in Computer Science Is Hurting .s. Businesses
Women's share of the computer science workforce continues to fall despite efforts to expand computing education for children and young adults, according to research...
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Why Connecting All the World's Robots Will Drive 2017's Top Technology Trends
Technological developments in 2016 offer guidance as to how 2017 will unfold.
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Election System Susceptible to Rigging Despite Red Flags
The U.S. election system is fraught with vulnerabilities, including antiquated electronic voting machines that can be hacked without leaving a paper trail.
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How Scientists se Slack
When geneticist Daniel MacArthur checks into his lab, the first thing he does is fire up Slack, a workplace messaging app.
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.s. Set to Announce Response to Russian Election Hacking: Sources
The Obama administration plans to announce on Thursday a series of retaliatory measures against Russia for hacking into U.S. political institutions and individuals...
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Enhanced Energy: Onr Global Seeks More Powerful Electronic Devices
The U.S. Office of Naval Research Global is sponsoring research by the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology in the United Arab Emirates on a new nanomaterial...
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