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A Healthy Dose of AI
Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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Explained: Matrices
Researchers say they have built one of the first chips to implement the new high-efficiency video-coding standard for ultrahigh-definition TVs.
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Database Tracks Toxic Side Effects of Pharmaceuticals
Updates to an extensive toxicology database should make it easier to track information about the unintentional toxic effects of therapeutic drugs.
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Falling in Love with AI Virtual Assistants: A Creepy Love Affair Nearer Than You Think
"I've never loved anyone the way I've loved you," swoons Joaquin Phoenix, in the movie Her.
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Nasa Curiosity: First Mars Age Measurement and Human Exploration Help
NASA's Curiosity rover is providing vital insight about Mars' past and current environments that will aid plans for future robotic and human missions.
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Body of Knowledge
Electronic textiles and smart clothing promise to weave new, improved computing capabilities into the fabric of our lives.
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Could Atomically Thin Tin Transform Electronics?
Scientists have been trying to develop room-temperature superconductors—materials that conduct electrons with zero resistance, and do so without cumbersome, energy...
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Supreme Court to Decide on Patent Protections For Software
The Supreme Court agreed last Friday to rule on the divisive issue of what kinds of software are eligible for patent protection in a case being closely watched...
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World of Spycraft: Nsa and CIA Spied in Online Games
Not limiting their activities to the earthly realm, American and British spies have infiltrated the fantasy worlds of World of Warcraft and Second Life, conducting...
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Laser Instrument on Nasa Mars Rover Tops 100,000 Zaps
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has passed the milestone of 100,000 shots fired by its laser. It uses the laser as one way to check which chemical elements are in rocks...
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How to se Mind-Controlled Robots in Manufacturing, Medicine
Researchers are developing brain-computer interfaces that will allow them to control robots with their minds.
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Tech Giants Issue Call For Limits on Government Surveillance of Users
Eight major technology companies on Monday called on the Obama administration and Congress to set limits on government surveillance activities.
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Coding Kids
As the importance of programming as a life skill grows, parents are beginning to seek coding education for their children.
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Love Connection
Researchers have developed an algorithm for dating sites that uses a person's contact history to recommend compatible partners.
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Students Can Create Animations of Garfield the Cat With New Version of Carnegie Mellon's Alice Software
A new version has been released of the Alice Project, free educational programming software that enables beginners to create animations.
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Old School vs. New School As Academic Publishers Brawl Over Web
The competition for prominence in academic publishing heated up this week as a traditional company, Elsevier, tangled with a Digital Era rival, Academia.edu.
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Identifying Signs of Chronic Brain Injury in Living Football Players
Eight former pro football players learned this year that they have signs of a degenerative brain disorder called chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a condition...
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Moore's Law Isn't Making Chips Cheaper Anymore
At a wine bar in San Francisco on Wednesday, Broadcom Chairman and CTO Henry Samueli delivered some sobering news: Moore's Law isn't making chips cheaper anymore...
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Someone's Been Siphoning Data Through a Huge Security Hole in the Internet
In 2008, two security researchers at the DefCon hacker conference demonstrated a massive security vulnerability in the worldwide internet traffic-routing system—a...
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