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Can We Identify Every Kind of Cell in the Body?
How many types of cells are there in the human body? Textbooks say a couple of hundred. But the true number is undoubtedly far larger.
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Wearables May Get Boost From Boron-Infused Graphene
Rice University researchers have upgraded a microsupercapacitor they say could eventually be incorporated into personal and wearable electronics.
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Computers Harness Language Translation
Statistical machine-translation technologies developed at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory have helped the Army become less reliant on human translators.
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New Options For Spintronic Devices: Switching Between 1 and 0 With Low Voltage
Researchers have demonstrated switching ferromagnetic domains on and off with low voltage at near-room temperature in a structure made of ferroic materials.
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Code.org Targets High School Computer Science
Code.org is collaborating with College Board to work to increase the number of female and minority students taking computer science courses.
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Tech Giants Don’t Want Obama to Give Police Access to Encrypted Phone Data
Technology companies, trade associations, and security and policy experts are urging President Obama to reject proposals to weaken security of communication devices...
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Attention White-Collar Workers: The Robots Are Coming For Your Jobs
From the self-checkout aisle of the grocery store to the sports section of the newspaper, robots and computer software are increasingly taking the place of humans...
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Latest Self-Driving Google Car Heading to Public Streets
Google has announced plans to debut the latest version of its self-driving car on public roads this summer.
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Astronomers Take a New Kind of Pulse From the Sky
Every night, our sky beats with the pulses of radio light waves, most of which go unseen.
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How Maker Faires Are Inspiring Young 'makers' All Over the World
One of the truly bright lights in tech education is the Maker Faire.
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Blueprint For a Better Human Body
When Elizabeth Wright smacks her right leg on a table, she says "ow."
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Feds Say That Banned Researcher Commandeered a Plane
A security researcher kicked off a United Airlines flight last month after tweeting about security vulnerabilities in its system had previously taken control of...
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Google's Vint Cerf Warns Against Fragmentation of Internet
Internet pioneer Vinton G. Cerf warned Thursday that political and technological forces threaten universal access and integrity, which he described as the foundation...
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A Secure, Anonymous, Easy Way to Pay for Online Content
Researchers at the University of Luxembourg have developed a new way for readers, viewers, and gamers to pay for online content without making cash payments.
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Say Hello to Machines That Read Your Emotions to Make You Happy
EmoSPARK is an artificial intelligence-based device that can gauge a person's mood based on what they say and how they say it.
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Artbot Engineers the Discovery of Art
Artbot is a new mobile website app that mines both user preferences and event tags to provide users with connections to the local art scene.
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Google, Nasa Work Together on Disney Show to Inspire Girls Into Sciences
Disney Junior wants a new show it is developing to help bury media stereotypes about science and programmers.
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Autonomous Car Prototype Folds, Shrinks, Drives Sideways
A group of engineers, software developers, and designers in Germany have developed a design for a electric micro car capable of driving sideways.
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Liberty Science Center Bestows Genius Awards on Cerf, Bezos, Tartar
Liberty Science Center recently bestowed Genius Awards on Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Google Chief Internet Evangelist Vint Cerf, and SETI astronomer Jill Tarter.
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