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Particles in Love: Quantum Mechanics Explored in New Study
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Particles in Love: Quantum Mechanics Explored in New Study

Here's a love story at the smallest scales imaginable: particles of light.

How Google Searches Pretty Much Nailed the New Hampshire Primary
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How Google Searches Pretty Much Nailed the New Hampshire Primary

Google's ability to look into the future of political contests just notched another win: New Hampshire.

Stanford Engineers' 'law, Order & Algorithms' Data Project Aims to Identify Bias in the Criminal Justice System
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Stanford Engineers' 'law, Order & Algorithms' Data Project Aims to Identify Bias in the Criminal Justice System

Stanford University researchers have launched the Project on Law, Order, & Algorithms, a database of 100 million traffic stops from across the U.S. 

Gps Tracking Down to the Centimeter
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Gps Tracking Down to the Centimeter

University of California, Riverside researchers say they have developed a more computationally efficient way to process data from global positioning systems. 

Einstein's Gravitational Waves Found at Last
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Einstein's Gravitational Waves Found at Last

One hundred years after Albert Einstein predicted the existence of gravitational waves, scientists have finally spotted these elusive ripples in space-time.

Knowledge Graphs Pick Needles from the Haystack
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Knowledge Graphs Pick Needles from the Haystack

Using machine learning to wade through massive amounts of data.

Scientists' Robotically Driven System Could Reduce Cost of Discovering Drug and Target Interactions
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Scientists' Robotically Driven System Could Reduce Cost of Discovering Drug and Target Interactions

Carnegie Mellon University researchers say they have created the first robotically-driven experimentation system to determine the effects of drugs on many proteins...

How Microsoft's Video Game Tech Could Help Ms Patients
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How Microsoft's Video Game Tech Could Help Ms Patients

Microsoft, working with Novartis and three multiple sclerosis clinics in Europe, has created a prototype intelligent-camera system to track the disease's progress...

The Chips Are Down For Moore's Law
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The Chips Are Down For Moore's Law

Next month, the worldwide semiconductor industry will formally acknowledge what has become increasingly obvious to everyone involved: Moore's law, the principle...

­S Military: Robot Wars
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­S Military: Robot Wars

When historians come to write about technological innovation in the first half of this century, they are likely to pay special attention to a US Navy drone called...

Spatial Technology Opens a Window Into History
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Spatial Technology Opens a Window Into History

The Strabo software developed at the University of Southern California reads scanned maps and automatically identifies historical locations. 

Cockroach-Like Robots May Be the Future of Disaster Help
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Cockroach-Like Robots May Be the Future of Disaster Help

The Compressible Robot with Articulated Mechanisms is a mini-robot that can mimic the cockroach's remarkable strength and agility. 

Study: Long-Term Global Warming Needs External Drivers
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Study: Long-Term Global Warming Needs External Drivers

A study by scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, and Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, shows, in detail, the reason why...

An Icky New Hero: Roach-Like Robots May Help in Disasters
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An Icky New Hero: Roach-Like Robots May Help in Disasters

When buildings collapse in future disasters, the hero helping rescue trapped people may be a robotic cockroach.

Nasa's James Webb Space Telescope Primary Mirror Fully Assembled
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Nasa's James Webb Space Telescope Primary Mirror Fully Assembled

The 18th and final primary mirror segment is installed on what will be the biggest and most powerful space telescope ever launched.

How the British and Americans Started Listening In
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How the British and Americans Started Listening In

It was late on 8 February 1941 when four Americans arrived at Bletchley Park.

Gps and the World's First 'space War'
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Gps and the World's First 'space War'

Twenty-five years ago U.S.-led Coalition forces launched the world’s first "space war" when they drove Iraqi troops out of Kuwait.

Researchers Index Dark Web, Find Most of It Contains Illegal Material
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Researchers Index Dark Web, Find Most of It Contains Illegal Material

King's College London researchers recently conducted a study to discover how much of Tor is devoted to illegal content. 

Senior Citizens May Accept Robot Helpers, but Fear Robot Masters
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Senior Citizens May Accept Robot Helpers, but Fear Robot Masters

Research on senior citizens indicates they would likely accept robots as helpers and entertainment providers, but worry about giving up too much control to them...

'on-Ramping' Paves the Way For Women Scientists, Engineers to Return to Academia
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'on-Ramping' Paves the Way For Women Scientists, Engineers to Return to Academia

Researchers interviewed 10 women who successfully transitioned into university faculty after working as corporate scientists or industry or government researchers...
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