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AI Can Diagnose Dementia As Accurately as Experts
The results of recent research have broad implications for dementia treatment.
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Datacenters Are Facing Climate Crisis
With studies predicting more extreme weather in the coming years, datacenters need to be prepared.
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Team Generates First Global Map of Cargo Ship Pollution, Revealing Effects of Fuel Regulations
A new algorithm automates the process of tracking cargo ships via satellite data.
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Flexible Robot Hand with Precise Grip Lifts 1,000 Times Its Own Weight
Researchers have developed artificial muscles using a three-dimensional printer and tiny actuators that convert energy into movement.
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Humanoid Diving Robot Explores Shipwrecks
The OceanOneK robot built by Stanford University researchers is exploring shipwrecks and sunken planes on the ocean floor.
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Conjoined Twins Separated with the Help of VR
Virtual reality (VR) technology was instrumental in the surgery that successfully separated Brazilian twins who were joined at the head.
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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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AI Learns to Recognize Species of Splatted Mosquitoes
Artificial intelligence taught to identify living and dead mosquitoes could help monitor the species most complicit in transmitting diseases.
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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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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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Quantum Researchers Advance Error Handling
A team led by researchers at the Flatiron Institute discovered a new phase of matter that has the potential to act as long-term quantum information storage.
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Experts Uncover 'CosmicStrand' UEFI Firmware Rootkit Used by Chinese Hackers
Rootkit hides in firmware images of Gigabyte or ASUS motherboards, all related to designs using the H81 chipset.
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World Cup to Use Drones to Help Protect Stadiums
This year's World Cup soccer tournament in Qatar will employ autonomous radar-guided interceptor drones for stadium security.
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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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Deep Learning Method Worth Its Salt
A multi-institutional team of researchers led by the University of Cincinnati's Yu Shi has developed a technique for modeling the thermodynamic properties of molten...
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