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Half of Milky Way's Matter Comes from Distant Galaxies
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Half of Milky Way's Matter Comes from Distant Galaxies

Up to half of the Milky Way is made up of matter that came from distant galaxies, having been ejected from its home during supernova explosions.

Nanoneurons Enable Neuromorphic Chips For Voice Recognition
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Nanoneurons Enable Neuromorphic Chips For Voice Recognition

Last month, IEEE Spectrum ran a special report focusing on the question "Can We Copy the Brain?" The report offered a thorough examination of all the ongoing efforts...

Storing Data in Dna Brings Nature Into the Digital universe
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Storing Data in Dna Brings Nature Into the Digital universe

Humanity is producing data at an unimaginable rate, to the point that storage technologies can't keep up.

First Human Embryos Edited in ­.s.
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First Human Embryos Edited in ­.s.

The first known attempt at creating genetically modified human embryos in the United States has been carried out by a team of researchers in Portland, Oregon, MIT Technology...

Chinese Scientists Create Biggest Virtual ­niverse With World's Fastest Computer
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Chinese Scientists Create Biggest Virtual ­niverse With World's Fastest Computer

Chinese researchers have produced the largest virtual universe on Sunway TaihuLight, the world's fastest supercomputer, using 10 trillion digital particles. The...

Robots, Start Your Engines!
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Robots, Start Your Engines!

There's nothing like a throw-down to push new technologies out to the masses.

Large, Distant Comets More Common Than Previously Thought
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Large, Distant Comets More Common Than Previously Thought

Comets that take more than 200 years to make one revolution around the Sun are notoriously difficult to study.

Complex Biological Computer Commands Living Cells
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Complex Biological Computer Commands Living Cells

Researchers have developed a biological computer that functions inside living bacterial cells and tells them what to do, according to a report published yesterday...

Big Names in Statistics Want to Shake ­p Much-Maligned value
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Big Names in Statistics Want to Shake ­p Much-Maligned value

Science is in the throes of a reproducibility crisis, and researchers, funders and publishers are increasingly worried that the scholarly literature is littered...

Two Groups Both Win $7.5m to Study Ai, Autonomous Systems
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Two Groups Both Win $7.5m to Study Ai, Autonomous Systems

The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded $15 million to two Cornell University research teams to pursue autonomous systems and artificial intelligence.

China's Robot Revolution
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China's Robot Revolution

The Chinese Robotics Industry Alliance aims to use robotics and automation to help China become increasingly a high-tech manufacturing nation.

Meet ­rduscript, the First ­rdu-Based Programming Language
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Meet ­rduscript, the First ­rdu-Based Programming Language

UrduScript is a new programing language that makes it easier for beginners to learn programming concepts.

Scientists Build Dna from Scratch to Alter Life's Blueprint
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Scientists Build Dna from Scratch to Alter Life's Blueprint

At Jef Boeke's lab, you can whiff an odor that seems out of place, as if they were baking bread here.

Cpu Architecture After Moore's Law: What's Next?
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Cpu Architecture After Moore's Law: What's Next?

Views differ on how central-processing unit architecture will proceed as Moore's Law becomes increasingly irrelevant.

Five Times the Computing Power
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Five Times the Computing Power

Researchers have developed a method to increase by the computing power of a standard algorithm when performed on a field-programmable gate array.

­CLA Research Offers Clearest Evidence of Long-Sought Majorana Particle
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­CLA Research Offers Clearest Evidence of Long-Sought Majorana Particle

A research team has uncovered evidence for the existence of the Majorana particle.

For Computers, Too, It's Hard to Learn to Speak Chinese
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For Computers, Too, It's Hard to Learn to Speak Chinese

Researchers often call 2017 the year of the conversational computer in China.

The Algorithm That Makes Preschoolers Obsessed With Youtube
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The Algorithm That Makes Preschoolers Obsessed With Youtube

Toddlers crave power. Too bad for them, they have none. Hence the tantrums and absurd demands.

Smart Contact Lenses and Eye Implants Will Give Doctors Medical Insights
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Smart Contact Lenses and Eye Implants Will Give Doctors Medical Insights

Poets say the eyes are a window to the soul. But biomedical engineers are using the eyes to gain insight into the body.

New Camera Designed By Stanford Researchers Could Improve Robot Vision and Virtual Reality
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New Camera Designed By Stanford Researchers Could Improve Robot Vision and Virtual Reality

A new four-dimensional camera captures almost 140 degrees of information, with implications for robot visual perception and virtual reality.
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