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Philae Lander Fails to Respond to Last-Ditch Efforts to Wake It
Farewell, Philae. The space lander that touched down on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (and in our hearts) in November 2014 has not responded to a last-ditch attempt...
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Leading Through Impact
Harvard University's Office of Technology Development helped researchers launch a machine-learning startup that wound up being acquired by Twitter.
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Researchers Find Two Flaws in Oauth 2.0
Researchers have discovered vulnerabilities in the OAuth 2.0 authentication protocol that could enable hackers to subvert single sign-on systems.
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New Tech to Help Companies Detect and Respond to Cloud Computing Performance Bugs
A startup aims to help organizations that use cloud computing improve their customers' user experience.
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2015 Was the Best Year Ever in Space
With 2015 now behind us, what truly stands out?
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The New Way Police Are Surveilling You: Calculating Your Threat 'score'
While officers raced to a recent 911 call about a man threatening his ex-girlfriend, a police operator in headquarters consulted software that scored the suspect's...
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Robotic Glove Invented By Nus Researchers Helps Patients Restore Hand Movements
National University of Singapore researchers have developed the EsoGlove, a rehabilitation device equipped with sensors to detect muscle signals.
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AI Algorithm Identifies Humorous Pictures
Researchers report training a machine-learning algorithm to recognize and generate humorous scenes.
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Drone Swarms Will Change the Face of Modern Warfare
Swarms of inexpensive, expendable U.S. Navy robots will leave the laboratory this summer to be tested in the field.
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New Digital Tools Could Help Speed Up Cultural Heritage Work
The European Union-funded PRESIOUS project is developing software tools intended to facilitate the work of archaeologists via computer simulations.
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Taskmaster Robots Watch While You Work in Case You Miss a Step
Researchers have developed a robot that can watch people work, learn the steps that make up the task, and remind people when they forget a step.
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MIT Researchers Want to Teach Robots How to Wash Dishes
The robots arrived years ago. They help build stuff in factories. They shuttle packages and products across the massive warehouses that drive Amazon’s worldwide...
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Meet the Woman Leading the Race to Build the World's First Quantum Computer
The University of New South Wales in Australia continues to make strides in developing the world's first practical quantum computer.
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The 'internet of Touch' Will Require a Network Revolution
Researchers are proposing changes in the way haptic information is transmitted and received.
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Computer Scientists Launch Campaign to Guarantee Bug-Free Software
A multi-university consortium aspires to stamp out software bugs with the help of a five-year, $10-million grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation.
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What We've Learned About Pluto So Far
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft concluded its tightly choreographed flyby of Pluto, back in July, with a pirouette, pointing its antenna toward Earth.
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Nanowalls For Smartphones
Researchers have used three-dimensional print technology to create a transparent electrode in the form of a grid made of gold or silver "nanowalls" on a glass surface...
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Enzyme Tweak Boosts Precision of Crispr Genome Edits
A powerful technique for editing genomes is now more precise.
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Andromeda Galaxy Scanned with High-Energy X-Ray Vision
NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, has captured the best high-energy X-ray view yet of a portion of our nearest large, neighboring galaxy,...
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