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By Teaching Computers to Track Asteroids, w Scientists May Save the Earth
Researchers at the University of Washington (UW) are participating in a project to track asteroids so collisions with Earth can be predicted and averted.
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Darpa's Ex-Leader's Speculative Dream of Mind-Melding Empathy
The former head of DARPA, Arati Prabhakar, has a dream. It's a civilian utopian neuroscience dream that's kind of the inverse of the scenarios that the far-out...
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Juno Shatters Scientists' Jupiter Theories in Just 365 Days
Last July 4th, NASA's Juno spacecraft slowed its record breaking pace just enough to get caught in the pull of Jupiter's gravity.
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How Building Baseline Video Analytics via Crowdsourcing Can Lead to Safer Streets
The city of Bellevue, WA, is collaborating with Microsoft, the University of Washington, and the Institute of Transportation Engineers on the Video Analytics Towards...
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Hey Siri, an Ancient Algorithm May Help You Grasp Metaphors
Researchers have found digital assistants could one day learn the algorithms humans have used for centuries to create and understand metaphorical language.
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Single-Cell Sequencing Made Simple
Single-cell biology is a hot topic these days. And at the cutting edge of the field is single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq).
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Researchers Crack 1024-Bit Rsa Encryption in Gnupg Crypto Library
A team of researchers found that the "left-to-right sliding window" method used by the libgcrypt library for carrying out the mathematics of cryptography leaks...
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The Hidden Signs that Can Reveal a Fake Photo
Take a look at the photograph below; it's just an ordinary picture of two people outside a building, right? One of them appears to be handing something to the other...
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Sleuthing For Seismic Answers in the Sooner State
Oklahomans are no strangers to Mother Nature's whims.
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CM Scientists Harness 'mind Reading' Technology to Decode Complex Thoughts
Researchers have combined machine-learning algorithms with brain-imaging technology to "mind read."
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MIT Researchers Offer Algorithm For Picking 'winning' Startups
A new algorithmic scheme for venture capital investment pairs the unpredictabilty of Brownian motion with large datasets about startup founders, investors, and...
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Robots to Help Children With Autism
Researchers are working to develop robots to help children with autism in ways that humans cannot.
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Image Analysis and Artificial Intelligence Will Change Dairy Farming
Researchers at Osaka University in Japan have developed an early detection method for cow lameness, which is also known as hoof disease.
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An Algorithm Helps Protect Mars Curiosity's Wheels
There are no mechanics on Mars, so the next best thing for NASA's Curiosity rover is careful driving.
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New Natural Selection: How Scientists Are Altering Dna to Genetically Engineer New Forms of Life
Before human beings wrote books or did math or composed music, we made leather.
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That Ball Was Hit a Country Mile, or 495 Feet If You're Into Hard Data
Spoiler alert: If you wish to continue enjoying gargantuan home runs in the future with unspoiled pleasure, free of all polynomial equations, read no further. If...
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Record-Setting Seismic Simulations Run on the Cori Supercomputer
Researchers who achieved record-setting seismic simulations presented their studies at this week's ISC High Performance conference in Frankfurt, Germany.
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c Berkeley Releases Massive Dex-Net 2.0 Dataset
A University of California, Berkeley professor has announced the release of a massive dataset for Dex-Net 2.0.
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