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Computer System Can Help Inform Future Therapies for Patients with Inherited Heart Disease
A computer system trained on clinical data can support medical and surgical decisions on the treatment of patients with inherited heart disease.
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AI Spots Coronal Holes to Automate Space Weather Prediction
Automated space weather prediction came a step closer to reality via a neural network that can identify coronal holes in space-based observations.
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Beautiful or Handsome? Neural Language Models Try Their Hand at Word Substitution
Researchers had five neural language models compete in lexical substitution tasks, including plain substitution and word sense induction .
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AI, Drones Will Help Pin Down Sosnovsky's Hogweed
To monitor the spread of Sosnovsky's hogweed, scientists developed an artificial intelligence monitoring system that performs real-time image segmentation onboard...
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Overcoming Tab Overload
Computer scientists at Carnegie Mellon University have found that tab overload is an issue for many people.
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Fertility Apps Collect, Share Intimate Data Without Users' Knowledge or Permission
Many top-rated fertility apps collect and share personal information without the knowledge or permission of users, according to a new study.
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Untangle Your Hair With Help From Robots
Researchers have develop a robotic arm setup that can comb tangled hair.
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Ultrasound Reads Monkey Brains, Opening Path to Controlling Machines with Thought
Researchers have developed a method of predicting a monkey's intended eye or hand movements using ultrasound imaging.
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DARPA's New Combat Drones Could Catch a Ride from Other Aircraft
The program aims to create autonomous, fighter-jet-like craft that would deploy from the sky and then wield air-to-air weapons.
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Scientists Decode Neural Mechanisms of Computer Programming
Johns Hopkins University scientists mapped computer programmers' brain activity during coding exercises to uncover the underlying neural processes.
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A Measure of Smell
Computer scientists, neurobiologists, and a master-perfumer at Israel's Weizmann Institute of Science have developed a framework for odors that maps how they are...
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Sensor for Smart Textiles Survives Washing Machine, Cars, Hammers
Researchers have developed a strain sensor for use in smart textiles and soft robotic systems that is extremely resilient.
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‘Ethically troubling.’ University Reopening Plans Put Professors, Students on Edge
Universities across the United States are grappling with how to reopen safely amid a pandemic.
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Transparent, Reflective Objects Now Within Grasp of Robots
Roboticists at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) have developed a technique that uses a color camera to enable robots to pick up transparent and reflective objects...
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System Combines Smartphone Videos to Create 4D Visualizations
Carnegie Mellon University researchers combined iPhone videos shot "in the wild" by separate cameras to produce four-dimensional visualizations.
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Self-Driving Cars That Recognize Free Space Can Better Detect Objects
Researchers have developed a method to improve self-driving vehicles's ability to detect objects by enabling them to recognize empty space.
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Eye-Catching Advances in Some AI Fields Not Real
Some improvements to artificial intelligence may come from tweaks rather than core innovations, and some of those gains may not exist at all.
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Device Simulates Feel of Walls, Solid Objects in VR
Carnegie Mellon University researchers have created a device to help simulate the feel of objects in virtual reality.
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These Fold-Up Robots Fly Just Like Ladybugs
Researchers in South Korea have built remote-controlled robots inspired by ladybugs, with wings that snap open, lock, and fold up like origami upon landing.
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