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Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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The Desperate Quest for Genomic Compression Algorithms
Have you had your genome sequenced yet? Millions of people around the world already have, and by 2025 that number could reach a billion.
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Asteroid Ryugu Poses Landing Risks for Japanese Mission
After inspecting asteroid Ryugu for two months, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has revealed the sites where the Hayabusa2 spacecraft will touchdown...
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Kids Connect With Robot Reading Partners
University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers have developed a robot to serve as a reading partner for middle school students.
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Robotic Implants
Scientists are developing tiny medical machines that stretch the definition of the term "robot."
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A Monitor's ltrasonic Sounds Can Reveal What's on the Screen
You probably assume that someone can only see what's on your computer screen by looking at it.
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A Toolkit for Data Transparency Takes Shape
Julia Stewart Lowndes studied metre-long Humboldt squid (Dosidicus gigas), tagging them to track their dives, as a graduate student at Stanford University in California...
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Researchers Reveal New Online ser Tracking Techniques
Researchers have identified online user tracking techniques that cannot be blocked by browsers' built-in anti-tracking defenses or existing anti-tracking and ad...
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Stanford Engineers Create New AI Camera for Faster, More Efficient Image Classification
Researchers have developed an artificial intelligence camera system that classifies images faster and more efficiently.
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of T Experts se Deep Learning AI for Predictive Animation
Researchers used deep learning algorithms to improve software for the animation and gaming industry.
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Wireless Communication Breaks Through Water-Air Barrier
MIT researchers have taken a step toward solving a longstanding challenge with wireless communication: direct data transmission between underwater and airborne...
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15 Years in Space for NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope
Initially scheduled for a minimum 2.5-year primary mission, NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has gone far beyond its expected lifetime—and is still going strong after...
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'Weaponized Ad Technology': Facebook's Moneymaker Gets a Critical Eye
Facebook has made a mint by enabling advertisers to identify and reach the very people most likely to react to their messages.
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This Military Tech Could Finally Help Self-Driving Cars Master Snow
The research conducted at the country's National Laboratories is usually highly classified and specifically aimed at solving national security problems. But sometimes...
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Google Just Gave Control Over Data Center Cooling to an AI
Google says the cooling systems of several of its data centers are now governed by an artificial intelligence algorithm.
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As Cars Collect More Data, Companies Try to Move It All Faster
Cars need to get faster—not on the road, but on the inside.
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How to Make a Robot se Theory of Mind
Imagine standing in an elevator as the doors begin to close and suddenly seeing a couple at the end of the corridor running toward you.
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Six Things About Opportunity's Recovery Efforts
NASA's Opportunity rover has been silent since June 10, when a planet-encircling dust storm cut off solar power for the nearly-15-year-old rover.
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The 'Neuropolitics' Consultants Who Hack Voters' Brains
Maria Pocovi slides her laptop over to me with the webcam switched on.
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How npaywall Is Transforming Open Science
After being kicked out of a hotel conference room where they had participated in a three-day open-science workshop and hackathon, a group of computer scientists...
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