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The Future of Search Engines
Researchers aim to improve enhance search engines by integrating artificial intelligence with annotation insights and information encoded in domain-specific resources...
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Demystifying the Black Box That Is AI
When Jason Matheny joined the U.S. Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) as a program manager in 2009, he made a habit of chatting to the organization's...
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National Ignition Facility Recreates the Interior of Heavy Stars
In a lot of ways, stars are our model for creating nuclear fusion here on Earth, with fusion power often promoted as "harnessing the power of the Sun."
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New Clues to niverse's Structure Revealed
What is our universe made of, and has its composition changed over time?
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In Memoriam Peter Wegner: 1932-2017
Wegner made significant contributions to the theory of object-oriented programming.
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New Horizons' Next Target Just Got a Lot More Interesting
Could the next flyby target for NASA's New Horizons spacecraft actually be two targets?
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Academic Supercomputer Seeks a Top 10 Ranking
A second-generation academic supercomputer aims to break into the top rankings of the world's fastest supercomputers.
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Radio Navigation Set to Make Global Return as Gps Backup, Because Cyber
Way back in the 1980s, when I was a young naval officer, the Global Positioning System was still in its experimental stage.
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Gene Editing For 'designer Babies'? Highly nlikely, Scientists Say
Now that science is a big step closer to being able to fiddle with the genes of a human embryo, is it time to panic?
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Stanford Bioengineers Encourage Virtual Competitors to Vie For a Different Kind of Athletic Title
Researchers have built precise models of how individual muscles and limbs move in response to neural control signals, and organized a contest to develop models...
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Artificial Intelligence Helps to Keep Tired Drivers Awake
Researchers at Panasonic have developed an artificial intelligence platform to keep tired drivers comfortably alert at all times.
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Cosmic Map Reveals a Not-So-Lumpy niverse
Cosmologists have produced the biggest map yet of the Universe's structure and they find it less lumpy than previous surveys have suggested.
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China and the .s. Are Battling to Become the World’s First AI Superpower
"Right now, AI is a two-horse race between China and the US."
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The Ghostly Radio Station That No One Claims to Run
In the middle of a Russian swampland, not far from the city of St Petersburg, is a rectangular iron gate.
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Clarifying Complex Chemical Processes With Quantum Computers
Researchers at ETH Zurich in Switzerland say they have demonstrated a concrete example of a future application for quantum computers.
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The Future Takes Flight at Du
Researchers at the University of Denver's Unmanned Systems Research Institute are attempting to improve unmanned aerial vehicle technology.
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Sneaky Attacks Trick Ais Into Seeing or Hearing What's Not There
A new technique could be used by hackers to trick autonomous cars into ignoring stop signs or prevent surveillance cameras from spotting a suspect.
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Argonne Goes Deep to Crack Cancer Code
Scientists are advancing an exascale computing framework for a deep neural network code designed to tackle key challenges to accelerate cancer research.
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Ever-Elusive Neutrinos Spotted Bouncing Off Nuclei For the First Time
Neutrinos are famously antisocial. Of all the characters in the particle physics cast, they are the most reluctant to interact with other particles.
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