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A Robot Equipped with Real Feathers Flies Like a Bird
Stanford University researchers affixed actual pigeon feathers to a robot to allow it to fly like a bird.
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Wall Street Banks Ramp Up Research Into Quantum Finance
Wall Street banks are accelerating their research into quantum computing.
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How Well Can Computers Connect Symptoms to Diseases?
A new study found that health knowledge graphs perform poorly for diseases with high percentages of very old or young patients, or high percentages of male or female...
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Memory Storage for Super-Cold Computing
Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have demonstrated a cryogenic memory cell circuit incorporating three inductively coupled Josephson junctions that...
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Scientists at UVM, Tufts Create 'Living Robots'
Researchers have created tiny living robots made of frog cells using a supercomputer, an achievement with implications for regenerative medicine.
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Why the Quantum Internet Should Be Built in Space
Louisiana State University researchers have proposed a satellite array for building a global quantum Internet to broadcast entangled photon pairs to two different...
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From Surgery Simulators to Medical Mishaps in Space, Video Game Tech Is Helping Doctors at Work
Video game developers are creating technologies to support the training of doctors performing surgery and other medical procedures.
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Hundreds of Millions of Cable Modems Vulnerable to Cable Haunt Vulnerability
Danish researchers reported a security vulnerability affecting cable modems that use Broadcom chips, which is believed to impact about 200 million cable modems...
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'Holy Grail' Digital Effects Rewinding the Clock for Actors
Recent movies have made extensive use of digital visual effects to make performers appear younger.
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Paralyzed Man Breaks World Record for Finishing a Marathon in an Exoskeleton Suit
A man paralyzed from the waist down has broken the world record for finishing a marathon in an exoskeleton suit.
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Voting Machines Touted as Secure Option Are Actually Vulnerable to Hacking, Study Finds
Researchers found that ballot-marking devices, which will be used in at least 18% of U.S. districts in November’s presidential election, lack sufficient safeguards...
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AI for #MeToo: Training Algorithms to Spot Online Trolls
Researchers have demonstrated that machine learning algorithms can track evolving online social media conversations, which could eventually yield an automated method...
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Kaiser Permanente Bets on Smartwatches to Lower Costs
Kaiser Permanente is expanding a program in which patients recovering from a cardiac event wear smartwatches to confirm their adherence to prescribed exercise and...
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Simplifying How Scientists Share Data
Researchers have developed an open-source data-management system that will help scientists share data with each other.
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A Virtual Version of da Vinci's Mystery Glass Orb Has Helped Explain Its Weirdness
Researchers used computer graphics software to reproduce Leonardo da Vinci's painting Salvator Mundi in order to study how light refracts through glass orbs.
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Tech Chiefs Plan to Boost Cybersecurity Spending
Companies are dedicating increasing amounts of money to digital defenses in an effort to stop the spread of malware.
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Dating Apps Need Women, Advertisers Need Diversity. AI Companies Offer a Solution: Fake People
Artificial intelligence startups are marketing images of computer-generated faces created without the use of actual people.
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A Lazy Fix 20 Years Ago Means the Y2K Bug Is Taking Down Computers Now
A glitch connected to the Y2K bug addressed two decades ago is crashing payment systems and computers, due to a poor fix.
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Facebook Bans 'Deepfake' Videos
Facebook has banned doctored videos, or deepfakes, designed to spread misinformation as the 2020 U.S. presidential election approaches.
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