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a Researchers Observe Electrons Zipping Around in Crystals
Researchers at the University of Arizona are investigating transition metal dichalcogenides' potential for enabling new techniques for data processing and storage...
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cf Researchers Lend a Hand on Additive Manufacturing
The U.S. Army and the U.S. Office of Naval Research are working with University of Central Florida researchers to help push the limits of additive manufacturing...
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Applying Machine Learning to the niverse's Mysteries
Berkeley Lab scientists and their collaborators used neural networks to analyze simulations of heavy ion collisions.
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Data Visualization Tools Drive Interactivity and Reproducibility in Online Publishing
As Benjamin Delory started his paper documenting a new way to quantify plant morphology, he realized that one of the figures could pose a problem.
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Vista From Mars Rover Looks Back Over Journey So Far
A panoramic image that NASA's Curiosity Mars rover took from a mountainside ridge provides a sweeping vista of key sites visited since the rover's 2012 landing,...
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The Next Big Breakthrough in Robotics
Northeastern University professor Robert Platt says advances in machine learning, big data, and robot perception have put the robotics field on the brink of a major...
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Study Produces 3D Images That Float in 'thin Air'
Researchers say they have developed a way to create a three-dimensional volumetric projection hat a viewer can walk around and see from every angle.
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How Programmers Learn to Code
Most coders' programming skills are self-taught, and more than a quarter of surveyed developers wrote their first piece of code before they were 16 years old. ...
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Blockchain Is This Year's Buzzword, But Can It Outlive the Hype?
The speculation around cryptocurrencies has obscured the fact that blockchain, the decentralised, open-source ledger that drives bitcoin, could radically change...
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Researchers se Sound Waves to Advance Optical Communication
Researchers at the University of Illinois have demonstrated that sound waves can produce ultraminiature optical diodes small enough to fit onto a computer chip....
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The Quantum Computer Era Arrives
The drive to develop and commercialize the first quantum computer has been characterized as the new arms race.
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Artificial Neurons Compute Faster Than the Human Brain
Superconducting computing chips modelled after neurons can process information faster and more efficiently than the human brain.
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Strava Suggests Military sers 'opt Out' of Heatmap as Row Deepens
Fitness-tracking company Strava has defended its publication of heatmaps that accidentally reveal sensitive military positions, arguing that the information was...
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Feedback Enhances Brainwave Control of a Novel Hand-Exoskeleton
Researchers are developing a portable hand exoskeleton controlled by brainwaves.
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Scientists Work to Automate Quick Translation of Obscure Languages
Researchers have received a U.S. Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity grant to develop an automated tool for translating obscure languages.
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Tech Giants Brace For Europe's New Data Privacy Rule
Over the past two months, Google has started letting people around the world choose what data they want to share with its various products, including Gmail and...
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The Algorithms of Our Future Thinking Machines
Researchers in Sweden are building algorithms for dynamic systems.
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Bitcoin Wallets Vulnerable to Security Hacks
Researchers say they have identified some security flaws in communications systems used in popular models of bitcoin wallet.
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Smartphones Come in Handy For Rare Cosmic Particles Search
Researchers say they have improved a method for analyzing ultra-high-energy cosmic rays with mobile phones.
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