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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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There Are Too Few Women in Computer Science and Engineering
It's not that they aren't interested; it's the culture of these fields and how they exclude women and girls.
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Robot Tricks People Into Thinking It Has Mind of Its Own
The human-like iCub robot, programmed to interact with humans, deceived people into believing it was self-aware.
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Banks Start Using Information-Sharing Tools to Detect Financial Crime
Researchers have identified information-sharing initiatives worldwide that aim to better detect fraud and money laundering.
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A.I. Predicts the Shape of Nearly Every Protein Known to Science
DeepMind has expanded its database of microscopic biological mechanisms, hoping to accelerate research into all living things.
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The Afterlife Online
Preparing for the end of life should include consideration of online accounts that will continue when you're gone.
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Juris Hartmanis, 1928-2022
Juris Hartmanis, co-recipient of the 1993 ACM A. M. Turing Award, passed away on Friday at the age of 94.
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California's Strawberry Fields May Not Be Forever. Could Robots Help?
Some experts see agricultural robots as necessary for keeping California's strawberry industry afloat.
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Playing with Dirt Leads to Big Potential for Sustainable Buildings
University of Virginia researchers are experimenting with methods to incorporate plants into buildings to advance sustainability.
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More Accurate Wildfire Monitoring Using Social Media
Wildfire prediction model uses social media and geophysical satellite data for more accurate real-time forecasting and monitoring.
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Using Wearable Tech to Detect COVID-19 before Onset of Symptoms
Opens the door to using commercially available health monitors to detect other infectious diseases.
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New Attack Can Unmask Anonymous Users on Any Major Browser
Researchers have found a way to use the web's basic functions to identify who visits a site—without the user detecting the hack.
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Agricultural Engineers Design Early Step for Robotic, Green-Fruit Thinning
Agricultural engineers created a prototype end-effector that can remove unwanted apples from trees as a first step toward robotic, green-fruit thinning.
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HIV Combination Therapies Could Prevent Viral Escape, Rebound
Researchers designed a novel therapy for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that could prevent the virus from escaping treatment.
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In Memoriam: Alexander Fraser
The projects he worked on or oversaw had a huge impact, either directly or indirectly.
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Crossing the Uncanny Valley
The "uncanny valley effect" may be holding back the field of robotics.
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BCI Startup Implants First Device in U.S. Patient
A brain-computer interface startup has implanted a wire-electrode combination in the brain of a U.S. patient with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
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'Earable' Uses Sonar to Reconstruct Facial Expressions
Cornell University researchers have developed a wearable earphone device that can reconstruct the wearer's face using sonar.
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Robot Dog Learns to Walk in One Hour
Researchers taught a four-legged, dog-sized robot to walk in one hour with the help of a Bayesian optimization algorithm.
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