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Scientist Working to Make Computers Human
A researcher is working with neuroscientists to better understand how the brain searches its store of knowledge while reading a text document.
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Spintronic Devices Possible Without Magnetic Material
Argonne National Laboratory researcher Stephen Wu has found it may be possible to generate spin current from insulators without a magnetic material.
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Obama Orders Effort to Build First Exascale Computer
The United States is now committed to building an exascale computer, some 30 times more powerful than today’s top machine.
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Search For Alien Life Ignites Battle Over Giant Telescope
There is a gaping hole in the latest effort to reinvigorate the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI), one so big it could hold an estimated 357 million...
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Science on the Surface of a Comet
Complex molecules that could be key building blocks of life, the daily rise and fall of temperature, and an assessment of the surface properties and internal structure...
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Hacked Molecular Machine Could Pump Out Custom Proteins
By hijacking the cellular machinery that makes proteins, bioengineers have developed a tool that could allow them to better understand protein synthesis, explore...
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Facial Recognition Tool 'works in Darkness'
Two scientists at a German university have developed a tool which recognises a person's face in complete darkness.
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Intel and Micron nveil 3d Xpoint, a Brand New Memory Technology
Intel and Micron have unveiled what appears to be the holy grail of memory.
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Making the New Silicon
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers say they have developed gallium nitride transistors to power electronic circuits.
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CLA Researchers Create Smartphone-Based Device That Reads Medical Diagnostic Tests Quickly and Accurately
University of California, Los Angeles researchers say they have developed a mobile phone-based device that can read enzyme-linked immunosorbant assay plates.
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Superfast Fluorescence Sets New Speed Record
Duke University researchers say they have developed an ultrafast plasmonic device that could form the basis of optical computing.
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In Data Science, the R Language Is Swallowing Python
Within the burgeoning big data realm, the R programming language will likely merge with Python, a developer-friendly generalist data language.
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Beam Me Up? Teleporting Is Real, Even If Trekkie Transport Isn't
"I have a hard time saying this with a straight face, but I will: You can teleport a single atom from one place to another," says Chris Monroe, a biophysicist at...
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China Building One of the World's Fastest Astronomical Computers to Power Giant, Alien-Seeking Telescope
China's new Sky Eye 1 supercomputer is expected to be the fastest astronomical supercomputer in the world, topping Japan's Aterui.
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Obama's New Executive Order Says the .s. Must Build an Exascale Supercomputer
President Obama has established a new initiative across multiple government agencies that will focus entirely on creating the fastest supercomputers ever devised...
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Fraud, Corruption Infect Poland’s Computer Science Community
Academics face legal proceedings for allegedly extorting research grants.
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Hackers Can Disable a Sniper Rifle—Or Change Its Target
Put a computer on a sniper rifle, and it can turn the most amateur shooter into a world-class marksman.
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Neanderthals Had Outsize Effect on Human Biology
Our ancestors were not a picky bunch.
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