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DeepMind Has Trained an AI to Control Nuclear Fusion
The Google-backed firm taught a reinforcement learning algorithm to control the fiery plasma inside a tokamak nuclear fusion reactor.
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Wearable Sensors for COVID-19 Mitigation
Researchers have demonstrated the potential of digital contact tracing technology in mitigating the COVID-19 pandemic by modeling wearable sensor deployments.
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Genetic Database to Identify Missing Persons in El Salvador
A new genetic database was created to identify people who went missing or were adopted illegally during the 1980-1992 war in El Salvador.
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Quantum Errors Made More Tolerable
Physicists have demonstrated the ability to extend the longevity of quantum states and expand tolerance of quantum errors, both crucial to quantum computing.
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Sony AI Drives Race Car Like a Champ
Researchers say their GT Sophy is the first artificial intelligence able to beat professional esports players in the motorsport game Gran Turismo.
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MIT Develops New Programming Language for High-Performance Computers
With a tensor language prototype, "speed and correctness do not have to compete … they can go together, hand-in-hand."
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Thanks to Glitch, Some Seattle Mazda Drivers Can't Tune Their Radios Away from KUOW
Some Seattle-area drivers in Mazdas are finding that the HD Radios in their vehicles will only play KUOW 94.9 FM, the National Public Radio station.
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Technique Smooths Path for 'Federated Learning' AI Training in Wireless Devices
A new technique allows the use of federated learning to train artificial intelligence systems on wireless devices.
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Honeywell H1 Beats Classical System at Game Designed to Test Quantum Mechanics
Researchers used a collaborative mathematical game to determine whether different systems demonstrated quantum mechanical properties.
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Google Chrome—Emergency Security Update For 3.2 Billion
Google routinely restricts in-depth information until a majority of users have had the chance to apply the update, which will be rolled out in the near future. ...
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Scientists Created a Cyborg Fish Powered by Beating Human Heart Cells
The fish's design features a flexible tail that's covered in a layer of heart muscle cells (cardiomyocytes derived from stem cells) on each side.
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Hackers Rigged Hundreds of Ecommerce Sites to Steal Payment Info
The attackers exploited a known vulnerability and installed credit card skimmers on more than 500 websites.
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Scientists Develop Fully Woven Smart Display
An international team of researchers led by the U.K.'s University of Cambridge has fabricated a fully woven prototype smart textile display.
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Remote Sensing Technology Reduces Urban Air Pollution
Researchers found that a city’s use of a remote emissions sensing system could significantly improve that city’s air quality.
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Fingerprinting the IoT
Carnegie Mellon University researchers strengthened the security of Internet of Things devices by making them more resilient against exploitation.
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AI Efficiently Fixes Mistakes in Error-Prone Quantum Computers
Artificial intelligence can eliminate errors from a group of quantum bits, thanks to researchers at Germany's RWTH Aachen University.
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Researchers Make Chip That Can Be Rewired Like the Human Brain
The invention of a reprogrammable-on-demand electronic chip could eventually lead to the creation a computer that learns continuously, like the human brain.
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Computer Model Shows Best Ways to Slow the Spread of COVID-19
A new computational model is the first to simulate numerous variables impacting COVID-19 transmission, in an effort to slow the spread of variants.
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