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A Healthy Dose of AI
Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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On Pi Day, How Scientists Use This Number
If you like numbers, you will love March 14, 2015.
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Googlers' Epic Hack Exploits How Memory Leaks Electricity
Researchers have demonstrated they could bypass security protections to induce electromagnetic leakage in the dynamic random access memory of some laptops.
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Guaranteeing Online Anonymity
A new program can provide an accurate assessment of the level of online anonymity an individual user achieves.
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Researchers Develop "visual Turing Test"
Researchers have developed a "visual Turing Test" that can evaluate how well computers understand information taken from images.
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Watch What You Say
Mu'tah University researcher Ahmad Hassanat is developing a computerized system that can analyze the shapes human lips make as they produce different sounds.
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Complex Molecules Made to Order in Synthesis Machine
Synthesizing complex molecules is a notoriously fiendish art—and a daily toil for many chemists.
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FCC Goes Public with Net Neutrality Rules For Governing Internet
The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday finally spelled out how it will preserve the open Internet, publicly releasing a 400-page PDF that details its...
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The Philae Comet Lander Might Have Enough Power to Wake Up
In November, a spacecraft made a dramatic, first-ever landing on a comet—three times.
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Spacecraft Data Suggest Saturn Moon's Ocean May Harbor Hydrothermal Activity
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has provided scientists the first clear evidence that Saturn's moon Enceladus exhibits signs of present-day hydrothermal activity which...
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Computer Science Researcher Hopes to Make Access to Cloud Storage More Efficient
A Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University professor plans to further develop a high-performance and load balanced in-memory object caching storage system...
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Connecting the Internet of Things to the Marketplace
The European Union-funded BUTLER initiative to expand the Internet of Things in a cooperative and seamless manner has published its achievements.
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Pre-Crime Software Recruited to Track Gang of Thieves
They always choose the line at the bank farthest from CCTV—that's how the Felony Lane Gang got its name.
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Cybercriminals Are Misappropriating Businesses' Web Addresses
Cybercriminals targeting businesses are stealing more than customer passwords and credit-card numbers these days.
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Finding Out What the Past Smelled Like
It was the smell that hit me first, a heady mixture of roasting meat, woodsmoke, and farmyard manure.
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Computer Scientists' 4-Million-Euro Project Aims to Make Big Data More Productive and Useful
Researchers are working a Horizon 2020 research project aimed at creating systems that will enable developers to incorporate big data into a variety of applications...
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Shortage of Security Pros Worsens
Cybersecurity job postings grew 74 percent from 2007 to 2013, more than twice the rate of all information technology jobs, according to a Burning Glass study.
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The CIA Campaign to Steal Apple's Secrets
New secret documents reveal a nearly 10-year effort by security researchers at Sandia National Laboratory to crack the security of Apple's iPhone and iPad mobile...
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Ftc Pits Humans Against Robocalls in New Contest
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is launching two contests asking the public to develop solutions for blocking, forwarding, and analyzing automated calls.
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Finger-Mounted Reading Device For the Blind
Researchers have developed a prototype of a finger-mounted device with a built-in camera that converts written text into audio for visually impaired users.
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