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Chapman University Researches Way to Mathematically Make Something Go Viral on Facebook
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Chapman University Researches Way to Mathematically Make Something Go Viral on Facebook

One person in a social cluster on Facebook can spread information to others just as effectively as an opinion leader, according to researchers at Chapman University...

AI 'Just an Ordinary Part of Our Lives,' Already Optimizing Business Operations, Says Researcher
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AI 'Just an Ordinary Part of Our Lives,' Already Optimizing Business Operations, Says Researcher

Artificial intelligence is already making its way into practical industrial and commercial systems, observes a Carnegie Mellon University researcher.  

Why Hasn't He/she Replied Yet?
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Why Hasn't He/she Replied Yet?

Researchers at the University of Southern California and Yahoo! Labs found email responses depend on a variety of factors, including age, platform, volume, and...

What's Killing Mars?
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What's Killing Mars?

The question of whether there is life on Mars is woven into a much larger thatch of mysteries. Among them: What happened to the ancient ocean that once covered...

Raising Computers to Be Good Scientists
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Raising Computers to Be Good Scientists

A new project aims to develop a computer that reads scientific papers, derives data on biochemical pathways, and plugs it into large-scale interactive models. 

New Report Puts Numbers on Data Scientist Trend
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New Report Puts Numbers on Data Scientist Trend

Data scientist–a job that barely existed a decade ago–has become one of the hottest and best-paid professions in the U.S.

U.s. Tech Firms Look To Data Centers on European Soil
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U.s. Tech Firms Look To Data Centers on European Soil

Silicon Valley companies say they’ve been preparing for yesterday's European Court of Justice decision invalidating the U.S.-Europe Safe Harbor agreement on data...

Cardiff University Develops Virtual Assistant Dubbed Sherlock
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Cardiff University Develops Virtual Assistant Dubbed Sherlock

A virtual assistant developed at Cardiff University recently had its first public trial at the BBC's Make It Digital event. 

Predicting Change in the Alzheimer's Brain
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Predicting Change in the Alzheimer's Brain

Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers are developing a computer system that uses multiple types of data to help predict the effects of disease on brain...

How Artificial Intelligence Could Lead to Self-Healing Airplanes
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How Artificial Intelligence Could Lead to Self-Healing Airplanes

Boeing and Carnegie Mellon University have launched an Aerospace Data Analytics Lab to mine insights from the vast body of data generated by the aerospace industry...

Mars Is Pretty Clean. Her Job at Nasa Is to Keep It That Way.
From ACM Careers

Mars Is Pretty Clean. Her Job at Nasa Is to Keep It That Way.

At the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Catharine A. Conley has a lofty job title: planetary protection officer.

Scientists Tap Dragonfly Vision to Build a Better Bionic Eye
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Scientists Tap Dragonfly Vision to Build a Better Bionic Eye

What can humans learn from dragonflies?

New Auto Safety Technologies Leave Some Drivers Bewildered
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New Auto Safety Technologies Leave Some Drivers Bewildered

Many Americans buying new cars these days are baffled by a torrent of new safety technology.

How Keystroking Style Could Replace Passwords For Authentication
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How Keystroking Style Could Replace Passwords For Authentication

Researchers at Jeppiaar Engineering College in Chennai, India, have developed a biometric keystroke algorithm that learns how the user types.

Search Engine For More Accurate and Fast Recognition of Metabolites
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Search Engine For More Accurate and Fast Recognition of Metabolites

A new machine learning-based search engine could benefit scientists in the life and medical sciences. 

Titan Helps ­npuzzle Decades-Old Plutonium Perplexities
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Titan Helps ­npuzzle Decades-Old Plutonium Perplexities

Researchers relied on density functional theory calculations and the dynamical mean field theory technique to calculate the electronic structure of plutonium. 

A Manifesto For Algorithms in the Environment
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A Manifesto For Algorithms in the Environment

Researchers at Stockholm University researcher are developing a Biosphere Code Manifesto.

Jpl's Role in Making 'the Martian' a Reality
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Jpl's Role in Making 'the Martian' a Reality

When fictional astronaut Mark Watney becomes stranded alone on the Red Planet in the novel and film "The Martian," people and technology from NASA's Jet Propulsion...

Europe's Highest Court Strikes Down Safe Harbor Data Sharing Between Eu, US
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Europe's Highest Court Strikes Down Safe Harbor Data Sharing Between Eu, US

Europe's top court, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), has struck down the 15-year-old Safe Harbour agreement that allowed the free flow of information...

The Battle Over Genome Editing Gets Science All Wrong
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The Battle Over Genome Editing Gets Science All Wrong

Nobel Prize speculation, gossip, and betting pools kick off every fall around the time Thomson Reuters releases its predictions for science's most prestigious prize...
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