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Software Aims to Reduce Food Waste by Helping Those in Need
Iowa State University researchers have developed software to divert excess food to those in need.
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Pi Day: What Is Pi and Where Did It Come From?
Today is Pi Day, an annual celebration of the famous mathematical concept that has fascinated people for millenia. But what exactly is π (pronounced like the word...
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Developers Love Trendy New Languages but Earn More with Functional Programming
Developer Q&A site Stack Overflow performs an annual survey to find out more about the programmer community, and the latest set of results has just been published...
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Behind the Broadcom Deal Block: Rising Telecom Tensions
Behind the U.S. move to block Singapore-based Broadcom's hostile bid for U.S. chip maker Qualcomm lies a new global struggle for influence over next-generation...
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Google Thinks It's Close to 'Quantum Supremacy.' Here's What That Really Means.
Seventy-two may not be a large number, but in quantum computing terms, it's massive.
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Teaching Computers to Guide Science: New Machine Learning Method Sees the Forests and the Trees
Researchers have created a novel machine learning method that enables scientists to derive insights from highly complex systems in record time.
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AI Has a Hallucination Problem That's Proving Tough to Fix
Deep neural network software driving innovation in consumer gadgets and automated driving is vulnerable to sabotage by hallucination, experts say.
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The New .S.-China Rivalry: A Technology Race
As the United States and China look to protect their national security needs and economic interests, the fight between the two financial superpowers is increasingly...
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The Key to the Perfect March Madness Bracket: Evolution
Predicting the winners and losers of March Madness is such a daunting challenge that it attracts math nerds like Starfleet voyagers lining up at Comic-Con.
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Newer Horizons: Scientist Pitch Pluto Probe as a nique Deep-Space Telescope
A maverick group of astronomers is proposing to radically reshape one of NASA's most successful missions in the modern era, the New Horizons probe that flew by...
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AI Cheats at Old Atari Games by Finding nknown Bugs in the Code
A new algorithm plays Atari games and advances within them either by baiting an enemy to kill itself, or by exploiting bugs that allow the algorithm to cheat.
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Computer Model Describes the 'Architecture of Life'
Researchers say they have used a new holistic multiscale modeling technique to demonstrate the application of tensegrity principles within living cells.
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New Algorithm Allows for Potential 'Brain-Reading'
A new machine learning algorithm is capable of identifying pieces of music from functional magnetic resonance imaging scans of the listener's brain.
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Research Team Explores the Melding of Concepts From Different Fields
Researchers are exploring how seemingly dissimilar concepts in scientific disciplines can be combined to become universal approaches.
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China Eyes 'Black Tech' to Boost Security as Parliament Meets
At a highway check point on the outskirts of Beijing, local police are this week testing out a new security tool: smart glasses that can pick up facial features...
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AI Has a Hallucination Problem That's Proving Tough to Fix
Tech companies are rushing to infuse everything with artificial intelligence, driven by big leaps in the power of machine learning software. But the deep-neural...
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Demand for Programmers Hits Full Boil as .S. Job Market Simmers
Ouliana Trofimenko and Annie Rihn, who work for different technology companies on the West Coast, are both on the front lines of one of the biggest challenges to...
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Who Makes the NCAA Tournament? Researchers at Illinois Can Help
University of Illinois researchers say they have found a way to predict the selection of basketball teams for the National Collegiate Athletic Association's annual...
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Social Sensing Emerges as a Tool for Army Leaders
U.S. Army and university scientists are seeking to create social sensing as a scientific discipline.
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