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Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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Renewable Energy Generation With Kites and Drones
Researchers have developed software for analyzing energy-generation systems based on kites and drones.
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Call to Ban Killer Robots in Wars
A scientific coalition is urging a ban on the development of weapons governed by artificial intelligence.
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Farmworker vs Robot
Both human and machine have 10 seconds per plant. They must find the ripe strawberries in the leaves, gently twist them off the stems and tuck them into a plastic...
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NASA Selects New Mission to Explore Origins of niverse
NASA has selected a new space mission that will help astronomers understand both how our universe evolved and how common are the ingredients for life in our galaxy's...
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The S Cannot Crush s, Says Huawei Founder
The founder of Huawei has said there is "no way the US can crush" the company, in an exclusive interview with the BBC.
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Gravitational-Wave Observatory LIGO Set to Double Its Detecting Power
Spotting gravitational waves is due to become an almost hourly event in the next decade. Starting around 2023, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory...
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An AI that Writes Convincing Prose Risks Mass-Producing Fake News
Here's some breaking fake news … Russia has declared war on the United States after Donald Trump accidentally fired a missile in the air.
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Technology Could Make Hard Border Disappear, but at a Cost
“Hard” borders could potentially become invisible in the next few years, but practical applications could carry high costs and intrusive electronic surveillance...
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Pioneering Black Scientist to Receive 'Nobel Prize of Climate Change'
Retired National Center for Atmospheric Research scientist Warren Washington will receive the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement.
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Software Reads Cardiac Data, Can Predict Risk of Heart Disease
New open source software can predict the risk of potentially deadly heart maladies.
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.S. Revives Secret Program to Sabotage Iranian Missiles and Rockets
The Trump White House has accelerated a secret American program to sabotage Iran's missiles and rockets, according to current and former administration officials...
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Six Things to Know About NASA's Opportunity Mars Rover
After 15 years, the mission of NASA's Opportunity rover has come to an end, but its successes on Mars have earned it a spot in the robot hall of fame. Here's what...
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What Is Article 13? The E's Copyright Directive Explained
The final version of a controversial new EU copyright law has been agreed after three days of talks in France.
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Making New Drugs With a Dose of AI
An artificial intelligence designed by Google's DeepMind unit recently won the Critical Assessment of Structure Prediction competition.
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Teaching Self-Driving Cars to Predict Pedestrian Movement
University of Michigan researchers are teaching self-driving cars to recognize and predict pedestrian movements with greater precision than conventional systems...
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Retail Technology Aims to Bring Customers Back to the Store
A pair of startups are developing technologies to enhance the in-store experience for customers, retailers, and manufacturers.
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NASA's Opportunity Rover Mission on Mars Comes to End
One of the most successful and enduring feats of interplanetary exploration, NASA's Opportunity rover mission is at an end after almost 15 years exploring the surface...
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IBM Develops Technology to Help Prevent Power Outages
A new IBM Corp. system uses data from satellites, drones, aerial flights, sensors, and weather models to monitor the state of the power grid.
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And the Academy Award Goes to the Smiths Falls Programmer Behind This Megavillain
Disney Research computer programmer Derek Bradley won a Technical Achievement Oscar for his work on motion-capture technology used in the film "Avengers: Infinity...
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