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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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Surprise! America Already Has a Manhattan Project For Developing Cyber Attacks
"What we really need is a Manhattan Project for cybersecurity." It's a sentiment that swells up every few years in the wake of some huge computer intrusion—most...
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More Watchful Eye Needed on 'dark Web' and Cybercriminal Activities, Notes New Paper
New research calls for increased monitoring of the Dark Web by security researchers and government investigators.
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The Plan to Find Alien Life in Europa's Icy Seas
How do you solve a problem like Europa?
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This Is Your Avatar Speaking
Last year, in a lab at the University of Barcelona, an anonymous woman was fitted with headphones, a microphone, a head-mounted virtual-reality display, a motion...
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Tracing Languages Back to Their Earliest Common Ancestor Through Sound Shifts
A new statistical technique can detect when changes to words' pronunciations most likely occurred in the history of related languages.
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Experts: Infrastructure 'legitimate Target' in Battle For Cyber Supremacy
The leaders of the U.S. Defense Department, National Security Agency, and Cyber Command have all warned of the potential for a cyber 9/11.
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Computer Science and Espn: Sports and Technology Collide
Christine Chung helped develop the K-Zone effect system, a computer-generated, on-screen rectangular box that serves as a strike zone for those watching TV.
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Computer Scientists' App Measures Our Online Footprints
A new app can assess how well someone's online persona matches their true nature.
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Document Reveals Growth of Cyberwarfare Between the .S. and Iran
A newly disclosed National Security Agency document illustrates the striking acceleration of the use of cyberweapons by the United States and Iran against eachnuclear...
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Social Network Analysis Privacy Tackled
Pennsylvania State University researchers are researching ways to maintain privacy on social networks.
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Rare Stegosaurus Skeleton Delivers Secrets Through 3D Scanning
In 2013, London's Natural History Museum acquired a rare Stegosaurus skeleton.
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Polymers Brighten Hopes For Visible Light Communication
Today nearly all computers, tablets, and cell phones have Wi-Fi capabilities, receiving and transmitting data over a range of radio frequencies.
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Python For Beginners
A survey found the language in use in introductory programming classes in the top U.S. computer science schools.
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Car Talk
Vehicle-to-vehicle communication is coming. Are we ready for it?
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Automating Organic Synthesis
A machine that could create organic molecules on demand awaits appropriate software and analytical components.
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Intel Forges Ahead to 10nm, Will Move Away from Silicon at 7nm
This week at the 2015 International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), Intel will provide an update on its new 10nm manufacturing process and new research...
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Meet Kevin Ashton, Father of the Internet of Things
The Internet of Things started in the mid-1990s, when a quirky young brand manager in the U.K. puzzled over why a shade of brown lipstick kept disappearing from...
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