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Free-Standing Two-Legged Robot Conquers Terrain
University of Michigan researchers report an unsupported bipedal robot can walk down steep slopes, through a thin layer of snow, and over uneven and unstable ground...
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Not Lost in Translation: Researchers 'teach' Computers to Translate Accurately
Scientists are seeking to improve the capabilities of online translation programs by embedding new artificial intelligence methods to build complete sentences.
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Gene Therapy's First Out-and-Out Cure Is Here
A treatment now pending approval in Europe will be the first commercial gene therapy to provide an outright cure for a deadly disease.
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Stingrays, the Spy Tool the Government Tried, and Failed, to Hide
Stingrays, a secretive law enforcement surveillance tool, are one of the most controversial technologies in the government’s spy kit.
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How Nasa's Next Big Telescope Could Take Pictures of Another Earth
Can NASA's next big space telescope take a picture of an alien Earth-like planet orbiting another star?
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A New Mobile Phone App For Grassroots Mapping
Researchers have developed a mobile phone application that uses geographic data to map landscapes and help humanitarian rescue workers in disaster-struck regions...
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The Scientists Who Simulate the End of the World
The U.S. National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center models how national infrastructure and human behavior would be affected by attacks or catastrophes...
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Enceladus Jets: Surprises in Starlight
During a recent stargazing session, NASA's Cassini spacecraft watched a bright star pass behind the plume of gas and dust that spews from Saturn's icy moon Enceladus...
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Computer Gleans Chemical Insight from Lab Notebook Failures
Did your experiment fail? Don't bin the data just yet—they could be useful.
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Building AI Is Hard‹so Facebook Is Building AI That Builds AI
Deep neural networks are remaking the Internet. Able to learn very human tasks by analyzing vast amounts of digital data, these artificially intelligent systems...
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After Moore's Law: Predicting The Future Beyond Silicon Chips
For several decades now, Georgia Tech professor Tom Conte has been studying how to improve computers: "How do we make them faster and more efficient next time around...
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Moore's Law Running Out of Room, Tech Looks For a Successor
For decades, the computer industry has been guided by a faith that engineers would always find a way to make the components on computer chips smaller, faster and...
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Google, -M to Build Digital Tools For Flint Water Crisis
Researchers at Google and the University of Michigan's Flint and Ann Arbor campuses will develop digital tools to help Flint, MI, manage its water crisis.
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Skintrack Technology Turns Arm Into Smartwatch Touchpad
SkinTrack is a new wearable technology that enables continuous touch tracking on the user's hands and arms.
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The Search for Our Missing Colors
Each year, a group of experts at Pantone, the company best known for its exacting color-matching system, chooses and promotes a Color of the Year that aims to set...
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The Gene Editor Crispr Won't Fully Fix Sick People Anytime Soon. Here's Why
This week, scientists will gather in Washington, D.C., for an annual meeting devoted to gene therapy—a long-struggling field that has clawed its way back to respectability...
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The Leap Second: Because Our Clocks Are More Accurate Than the Earth
We've recently been treated to that extra day in February that reminds us that 2016 is a leap year.
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Looking For Art in Artificial Intelligence
Dartmouth College professors will explore the potential for algorithms to produce human-quality dance music, sonnets, and short stories.
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Headaches Likely to Grow Over Auto Cybersecurity Concerns
Issues related to automobile cybersecurity are likely to increase, but U.S. auto cybersecurity standards are not expected until at least 2018.
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