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Turning Phones on Silent May Increase Phone Checking
Pennsylvania State University researchers found turning phones on silent or buzz mode may encourage, rather than discourage, more phone checking.
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Tuning Sound Waves on Chip
Harvard University researchers have shown that acoustic waves can be controlled and modulated with an electric field on chip.
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Robotic Arms Connected to Brain of Partially Paralyzed Man Allow Him to Feed Himself
Johns Hopkins University researchers led a team that developed a robotic system that allowed a partially paralyzed man to feed himself.
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Toxicity in Open-Source Community Varies From Other Internet Forums
A team of researchers conducted an analysis of toxicity on open-source community platforms.
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Huge Step Forward in Quantum Computing Announced: The First-Ever Quantum Circuit
The latest invention follows the team's creation of the first ever quantum transistor in 2012.
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Robotic Shoulders May Be Key to Lab-Made Tendon Grafts
U.K. and German scientists developed a proof of concept for using robotic skeletons to grow tendons that are strong enough for human transplants.
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Japan Tries—Again—to Revitalize its Research
The latest effort would spend billions on a few universities, but skeptics give it long odds.
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AI Could Prevent Eavesdropping
Neural Voice Camouflage technology can help prevent eavesdropping by producing custom background noise.
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NSF Program Hopes to Rev Nation's Innovation 'Engines'
A new U.S. National Science Foundation program aims to help communities outside innovation hubs create companies and well-paying jobs from local research.
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Perception-Based Nanosensor Platform Could Advance Detection of Ovarian Cancer
A multi-institutional research team analyzed spectral signatures of ovarian cancer by harnessing machine learning and the fluorescence of carbon nanotubes.
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Microchips that Mimic the Human Brain Could Make AI More Energy Efficient
Neuromorphic chips could cut the power demands of digital assistants and other devices by orders of magnitude.
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Finding the Branches on the Tree of Life
The new Deep Learning for Unsupervised Clustering of DNA Sequences technique draws taxonomic relationships between organisms via unsupervised machine learning. ...
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Proposed Search Strategies Improve Computational Cost of Bicycle-Sharing Problem
Researchers at Japan's Tokyo University of Science proposed two methods for reducing the computational cost of bicycle sharing systems without impacting performance...
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Feel the Attraction of Zwitterionic Janus Particles
Researchers have simulated the electrostatic self-configuration of zwitterionic Janus nanoparticles.
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AI-Based Model Can Use ECG Images to Diagnose Multiple Heart Rhythm, Conduction Disorders
An artificial intelligence model can diagnose several heart rhythm and conduction disorders using electrocardiogram images in various formats and layouts.
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Better, Faster, Energy Efficient Predictions
The research combines artificial intelligence and computational science for accurate and efficient simulations of complex systems.
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AI Could Help Night Vision Cameras See Color in the Dark
Could an AI algorithm better predict colors in an image from a night vision camera that uses multiple wavelengths of infrared light?
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The March of the Penguins Has a New Star: An Autonomous Robot
Researchers built a ground vehicle that may be operated in autonomous or remote-controlled modes to study hundreds of Emperor penguins in Antarctica.
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Computer Simulates Schools of Fishlike Underwater Research Drones
An international team of researchers has created a three-dimensional simulation of small fish swimming that could improve aquatic research robots designed to mimic...
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