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Machines May Never Master the Distinctly Human Elements of Language
Artificial intelligence might never be able to completely understand human language.
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Slac & Berkeley Researchers Prepare For Exascale
The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory will work to develop applications for exascale supercomputers that can the handle massive datasets produced by x-ray lasers...
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Future Internet Voting Faces Security Hurdles, CMU Students Find
A team of Carnegie Mellon University students says strong encryption will be a necessity for any future online or Internet-based U.S. voting system.
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Big Data Shows People's Collective Behavior Follows Strong Periodic Patterns
Big data-based analysis of datasets of modern and historical news, social media, and Wikipedia page views can reveal periodic patterns in collective population...
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The Real-Time Technicolour Living Brain
Rosa Cossart thinks she knows what a memory looks like.
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Why You Don't Have Much Neanderthal Dna in Your Genome
Neanderthals and modern humans diverged from a common ancestor about half a million years ago.
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Chinese Characters Are Futuristic and the Alphabet Is Old News
Stanford University professor Tom Mullaney believes computers make Chinese far more advantageous than typing English via a QWERTY keyboard.
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Brown Researchers Developing New Interactive Sleep App
Brown University researchers have developed a smartphone app that uses sleep analytics to generate personalized sleep recommendations.
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A Slow Ride Toward the Future of Public Transportation
A self-driving electric bus relying on laser sensors, global-positioning systems, and software is undergoing testing in Helsinki, Finland.
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Will Computer Vision Help France Take a Lead in Ai?
A key factor for France emerging as a leader for research and development in artificial intelligence is overcoming public concerns and outdated government regulations...
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The Ocean's Robots May Soon Enjoy High-Speed Internet
A wireless communications network could soon enable autonomous underwater instruments to collect information, communicate, and transfer data at Internet speeds,
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Donald Trump's US Election Win Stuns Scientists
Republican businessman and reality-television star Donald Trump will be the United States' next president.
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China Adopts Cybersecurity Law Despite Foreign Opposition
China has green-lit a sweeping and controversial law that may grant Beijing unprecedented access to foreign companies' technology and hamstring their operations...
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Watching Summer Clouds on Titan
NASA's Cassini spacecraft watched clouds of methane moving across the far northern regions of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, on Oct. 29 and 30, 2016.
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Why Light Bulbs May Be the Next Hacker Target
The Internet of Things could prove highly vulnerable to cyberattackers, according to a new study.
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Robots With Warm Skin Know What They're Touching
Georgia Institute of Technology researchers have developed a new kind of robotic skin that incorporates active heating.
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Make America Tweet Again
Software developed by a team of researchers at the University of Utah can identify an individual's feelings toward current events by analyzing political tweets....
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Internet-Based and Open Source: How E-Voting Works Around the Globe
Although electronic voting in various forms has become more prevalent outside the U.S., its primary difficulties include its inability to verify source code and...
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Nyu Is Building a Real-Life Holodeck
New York University recently received a $2.9-million U.S. National Science Foundation grant to develop an immersive virtual reality experience.
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