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The Man Who Controls Computers With His Mind
Sixteen years ago, Dennis DeGray was paralyzed in an accident. Now, implants in his brain allow him some semblance of control.
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World Wide Web's Creator Wants Metaverse VR
World Wide Web creator Tim Berners-Lee expects virtual reality and metaverse-associated technologies to shape future online interaction.
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Astronomers Image Massive Black Hole at Center of Our Galaxy
Astronomers used supercomputers and computer algorithms to record the first image of the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy.
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Multi-Tasking Wearable Continuously Monitors Glucose, Alcohol, Lactate
University of California, San Diego engineers have created a wearable device that continuously tracks monitor glucose, alcohol, and lactate levels simultaneously...
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Virtual Tennis Racket Uses Air Jet to Recreate Feel of Hitting Ball
Researchers have developed the AirRacket, a virtual reality controller that emits bursts of compressed air to simulate a ball's impact in racket sports.
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F.B.I. Told Israel It Wanted Pegasus Hacking Tool for Investigations
A 2018 letter from the bureau to the Israeli government is the clearest documentary evidence to date that the agency weighed using the spyware for law enforcement...
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Surprising Bacterial Nanowire Discovery May Lead to Living, Self-Repairing Electrical Circuits
Cooling speeds up electrons in bacterial nanowires.
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Unexpected Semiconductor Properties Revealed by Innovative New Tool
Discovery reveals the role of oxygen impurities in semiconductor properties.
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Europe's New Law Will Force Secretive TikTok to Open Up
The Digital Services Act will extract more new information from the young app than from older platforms like Facebook.
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Wearable Technology for Plants
Researchers have developed a wearable sensor for plant leaves that enables remote management of drought stress in gardens and farms.
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Does Presenting Credibility Labels of Journalistic Sources Affect News Consumption? Study Finds Limited Effects
New York University researchers found labeling the credibility of information sources may improve the online news consumption to a limited degree.
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Researchers Can Predict Battery Lifetimes with ML
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory used a machine learning algorithm to forecast the longevity of various battery chemistries...
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How Smart Is AI After All These Years?
Virtual assistants seem to be great at retrieving facts, and absolutely terrible at giving advice as they have no common sense.
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Neon Ice Shows Promise as Qubit Platform
Researchers created a new quantum bit (qubit) platform using frozen neon gas.
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Unpacking Black-Box Models
A mathematical framework aims to quantify and evaluate the understandability of a machine learning model's explanations for its predictions.
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Researchers Highlight More Equitable Way to Analyze DNA Data from Understudied Groups
Brown University scientists led a multi-institutional team in employing new DNA analysis methods to better understand genetic conditions' impact across different...
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Self-Driving Microscopes Discover Shortcuts to New Materials
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are training microscopes to find new materials faster using an intuitive algorithm. ...
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Chemical Computer Can Be Programmed to Solve Hard Problems
Researchers have programmed a chemical computer to solve specific problems, following earlier research on encoding data into the system.
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What It's Like to Have a Robot Paint Your Nails for $10
Retail giant Target has deployed fingernail-painting robots manufactured by the Clockwork company at three stores in California and Minnesota.
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