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Nasa Scientists Find 'impossible' Cloud on Titan--Again
The puzzling appearance of an ice cloud seemingly out of thin air has prompted NASA scientists to suggest that a different process than previously thought—possibly...
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Cheap Lidar: The Key to Makingself-Driving Cars Affordable
Chances are you've never seen a fully autonomous self-driving car out on the street.
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Send Secret Messages Hidden in the Dna of Bacterial Spores
Humble bacterial spores are taking us closer to an age of DNA information storage, thanks to new ways of protecting archived data from corruption as well as from...
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A Tight Squeeze For Electrons--Quantum Effects Observed in 'one-Dimensional' Wires
Researchers observed quantum effects in electrons by squeezing them into one-dimensional "quantum wires" and monitoring the interactions.
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Quantum Teleportation Was Just Achieved Over More Than 7 Km of City Fibre
Quantum teleportation just moved out of the lab and into the real world, with two independent teams of scientists successfully sending quantum information across...
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Geneticists Attempt to Heal Rifts with Aboriginal Communities
In 1938, anthropologists Norman Tindale and Joseph Birdsell set off on an 18-month, 29,000-kilometre expedition to survey Australia's indigenous groups.
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Federal Officials Plan Aggressive Approach to Driverless Cars
U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx on Monday announced plans to aggressively influence the launch of driverless car technology.
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An Autonomous Fleet For Amsterdam
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has partnered with the Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions to test a fleet of autonomous boats.
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In Backing Autonomous Cars, .s. Tells Automakers to Figure It Out
The Obama administration's approach to hands-free driving is remarkably hands-off.
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Obama's Science Advisors: Much Forensic Work Has No Scientific Foundation
Last year, the US Department of Justice released a report that involved some painful self-examination.
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Artificial Intelligence Software Is Booming. But Why Now?
This is the year artificial intelligence came into its own for mainstream businesses, at least as a marketing feature.
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Remote Repairs, Healthy Crops, Police Surveillance: The Future of Drones, Ar, and Vr
The future, according to the world's largest vendor of networking gear, is all part of the Internet of Things.
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Hubble Telescope Snaps Best-Ever Views of a Comet's Disintegration
Building-size chunks of rock were photographed by the Hubble Space Telescope in January as they broke free from a disintegrating comet zooming around the sun.
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Loyola Faculty Win $280k Grant From National Science Foundation to Supercharge Research Computing Power Available on Campus
Four Loyola University Maryland faculty members have received more than $280,000 to build the university's first high-performance computing cluster.
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Ornl Helps Develop Hybrid Computational Strategy For Efficient Sequencing of Massive Genome Datasets
Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers say they have developed a novel hybrid computational strategy to efficiently discover genetic variants.
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Google's Go Language Ventures Into Machine Learning
There is a growing interest in having Go toolkits that take advantage of the language's conveniences.
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Confused About Those Emergency Cellphone Alerts? Here's How They Work.
Many New York-area commuters on Monday were interrupted by this alert on their cellphones: "WANTED: Ahmad Khan Rahami, 28-yr-old male. See media for pic. Call 9...
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How Random Is Your Randomness, and Why Does It Matter?
Randomness is vital for computer security, making possible secure encryption that allows people to communicate secretly even if an adversary sees all coded messages...
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How Police Trace Cellphones in Ieds Like the Ones in Nyc
A cellphone makes a convenient detonator for an improvised explosive device. But it's also one of the most conveniently trackable devices under the eye of American...
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