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Artificial Intelligence is Evolving All by Itself
Artificial intelligence (AI) is evolving—literally.
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The Easy Route the Easy Way: Chip Calculates the Shortest Distance in an Instant
A new chip uses special components to calculate the possible shortest distance to traverse up to 22 cities in a short period of time.
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Research Reveals Dirty Tricks of Online Shopping
Researchers have found dark patterns, or deceptive practices employed by user interface designs, frequently used on shopping websites of popular online retailers...
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German Scientists Pull Off Autonomous Aircraft Landing
C2Land is an automated landing system that uses GPS for flight control, but does not require any ground-based antennas.
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A Single Punctuation Mark Has Been Skewing Our Entire System of Scientific Ranking
A study has determined that academic papers with hyphens in their titles are counted less frequently in citation-tallying datasets.
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CSL Researchers Add 'Time-Travel' Feature to Solid State Drives to Fight Ransomware Attacks
Researchers have demonstrated how to use the commodity storage devices already in conventional computers to protect files against ransomware attacks.
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Taking Breaks Boosts Team Performance
New research has found that taking regular breaks can improve team performance.
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2017 Aaas Fellows Recognized For Advancing Science
The 2017 AAAS Fellows will be honored at the 2018 AAAS Annual Meeting in Austin, TX, Feb. 15-19, 2018.
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Filling the Pipeline For Computer Science Teachers
A shortage of computer science teachers is impeding state and local educators' adoption of new computer science mandates for students.
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Artificial Intelligence Helps Scientists Map Behavior in the Fruit Fly Brain
Scientists have used artificial intelligence technology to make 100 billion annotations of behavior from 400,000 fruit flies.
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How AI Detectives Are Cracking Open the Black Box of Deep Learning
Loosely modeled after the brain, deep neural networks are spurring innovation across science.
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Google Researchers Are Teaching Their AI to Build Its Own, More Powerful AI
Google has unveiled a new approach to machine learning in which neural networks are used to build better neural networks.
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Brainlike Computers Are a Black Box. Scientists Are Finally Peering Inside
Researchers say they have developed a method for examining neural networks as they operate and visualizing how they reach conclusions.
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NCSES Publishes Latest Women, Minorities, and Persons With Disabilities in Science and Engineering Report
The U.S. National Science Foundation's National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics has published a report quantifying the underrepresentation of women...
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Xsede 2.0: The Nsf Doubles Down
The U.S. National Science Foundation has awarded $110 million to the Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment.
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Flood Forecasting Gets Major pgrade
Researchers have created the National Water Model, which provides forecasts, data, and decision support to emergency services and water management personnel.
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Promoting Women in Science
Utrecht University professor Lynda Hardman discusses the pressing need to promote participation of women in science in the Netherlands.
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Smith’s STEM Education Act Signed Into Law
The STEM Education Act of 2015 strengthens U.S. science, technology, engineering, and math education efforts.
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Army Computer Scientist Streamlines Network Science
Researchers have developed an experimental infrastructure to dynamically create, deploy, and manage virtual clusters of heterogeneous nodes within a cloud.
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