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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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Vexed in the City: Starved For Tech Talent and Yet Nobody to Hire?
Darin Wedel made headlines in 2012 when his wife, Jennifer, asked President Barack Obama during a Google+ Hangout why her husband was still out of work while H-1B...
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Sequencing at Sea
Using a DNA sequencer, researchers were able to sequence 26 bacterial genomes, as well as two metagenomes.
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New Era in Safety When Cars Talk to One Another
A driver moves along in traffic, the forward view blocked by a truck or a bend in the road. Suddenly, up ahead, someone slams on the brake. Tires screech.
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Neanderthals: Bone Technique Redrafts Prehistory
Neanderthals and humans lived together in Europe for thousands of years, concludes a timeline based on radiocarbon dates from 40 key sites across Europe.
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Cryptography Expert Says, 'pgp Encryption Is Fundamentally Broken, Time For Pgp to Die'
A Senior cryptography expert has claimed multiple issues with PGP email encryption—an open source end-to-end encryption to secure email.
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Slow Internet Connection? The Web Might Have a Bigger Problem
Slow Internet connection frustrated users on Tuesday, but the slowdown wasn't caused by cable problems or data center issues.
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As Seen By Rosetta: Comet Surface Variations
A new image of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko shows the diversity of surface structures on the comet's nucleus.
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The Engineer of the Original Apple Mouse Talks About His Remarkable Career
Jim Yurchenco was responsible for squeezing the guts inside the impossibly slim Palm V.
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Wireless Sensors and Flying Robots: A Way to Monitor Deteriorating Bridges
Researchers are developing wireless sensors and flying robots that could help authorities monitor the conditions of bridges in real time.
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Brain-Computer Interface Project Gives Hope to Disabled
The European Union-funded Tools for Brain-Computer Interaction project could help the severely disabled regain some of their lost functionality.
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ltra Pure Silicon Could Pave Way For More Quantum Computing Research
Researchers at the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology have developed a much less expensive and easier way of producing ultra-pure silicon.
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Researchers Roll Out Free Software to Advance Computer Chip Design
Researchers have developed software to facilitate chip design, and are making it freely available to cultivate new research on pushing the envelope of computer...
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Brazilian Animator Visits Vancouver Siggraph Technology Conference via Robot
Bedridden Paulo Henrique Machado is given ‘the freedom I physically can’t have.’
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Diamonds Are a Quantum Computer's Best Friend
Researchers have proposed a new architecture for quantum computing based on microscopic defects in diamond.
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How Recycled Solar-Powered Phones Could Save Rainforests and Change How the Tech Industry Tackles Climate Change
Rainforest Connection installs smartphones on tree canopies to transmit real-time alerts in areas where illegal deforestation is taking place.
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Do quantum computers threaten global encryption systems?
The modern world is a house of cards built upon encryption.
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Tall Boulder Rolls Down Martian Hill, Lands Upright
A track about one-third of a mile (500 meters) long on Mars shows where an irregularly shaped boulder careened downhill to its current upright position, seen in...
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Only 10 Midges Needed to Make a Swarm
To most people, a cloud of midges is an annoyance.
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Vast Majority of Hackers Believe They're Above the Law—survey
When most hackers are infiltrating computer systems, the last thing on their mind is getting caught, according to new data.
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