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­S Science Advisers Outline Path to Genetically Modified Babies
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­S Science Advisers Outline Path to Genetically Modified Babies

Scientists should be permitted to modify human embryos destined for implantation in the womb to eliminate devastating genetic diseases such as sickle-cell anaemia...

Wave of the Future: Terahertz Chips a New Way of Seeing Through Matter
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Wave of the Future: Terahertz Chips a New Way of Seeing Through Matter

Researchers at Princeton University say they have created microchips capable of transmitting and receiving terahertz waves.

Intel Researches Tech to Prepare For a Future Beyond Today's Pcs
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Intel Researches Tech to Prepare For a Future Beyond Today's Pcs

Intel CEO Brian Krzanich says his company is investigating and investing in technologies that promise to transcend the computing capabilities of current PCs and...

Millimeter-Scale Computers: Now With Deep Learning Neural Networks on Board
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Millimeter-Scale Computers: Now With Deep Learning Neural Networks on Board

University of Michigan computer scientists are researching micro mote computers.

Sensors Embedded in Sports Equipment Could Provide Real-Time Analytics to Your Smartphone
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Sensors Embedded in Sports Equipment Could Provide Real-Time Analytics to Your Smartphone

Researchers are experimenting with Internet of Things devices that can be embedded into sports equipment, as well as in wearable devices, to make data analytics...

Elusive Triangulene Created By Moving Atoms One at a Time
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Elusive Triangulene Created By Moving Atoms One at a Time

Researchers at IBM have created an elusive molecule by knocking around atoms using a needle-like microscope tip.

Physicists Teach AI to Identify Exotic States of Matter
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Physicists Teach AI to Identify Exotic States of Matter

Put a tray of water in the freezer. For a while, it's liquid. And then—boom—the molecules stack into little hexagons, and you've got ice.

­ts to Launch Programming Environment For the Quantum Era
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­ts to Launch Programming Environment For the Quantum Era

Researchers at the University of Technology Sydney in Australia say they will soon unveil a quantum-era programming environment at the UTS Center for Quantum Software...

The Internet and Your Brain Are More Alike Than You Think
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The Internet and Your Brain Are More Alike Than You Think

Researchers say they have found parallels between an Internet algorithm and human brain activity that improve the understanding of engineered and neural networks...

Nae's Newest Members Include 17 Computer Scientists
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Nae's Newest Members Include 17 Computer Scientists

Seventeen computer scientists were among the 84 new members and 22 new foreign members recently announced by The National Academy of Engineering. 

Scientists Shortlist Three Landing Sites For Mars 2020
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Scientists Shortlist Three Landing Sites For Mars 2020

Participants in a landing site workshop for NASA's upcoming Mars 2020 mission have recommended three locations on the Red Planet for further evaluation.

AI Learns to Solve Quantum State of Many Particles at Once
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AI Learns to Solve Quantum State of Many Particles at Once

The same type of artificial intelligence that mastered the ancient game of Go could help wrestle with the amazing complexity of quantum systems containing billions...

Long-Awaited Mathematics Proof Could Help Scan Earth's Innards
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Long-Awaited Mathematics Proof Could Help Scan Earth's Innards

Mathematicians say that they have solved a major, decades-old problem in geometry: how to reconstruct the inner structure of a mystery object 'X' from knowing only...

We Finally Have a Computer that Can Survive the Surface of Venus
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We Finally Have a Computer that Can Survive the Surface of Venus

Venus is one of the most inhospitable places in the solar system.

Nasa, Uci Reveal New Details of Greenland Ice Loss
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Nasa, Uci Reveal New Details of Greenland Ice Loss

Less than a year after the first research flight kicked off NASA's Oceans Melting Greenland campaign last March, data from the new program are providing a dramatic...

Pioneering Chip Extends Sensors' Battery Life
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Pioneering Chip Extends Sensors' Battery Life

Engineers have developed an inexpensive, ultra-low-power computer chip that can extend the battery life of sensors.

The AI Threat Isn't Skynet. It's the End of the Middle Class
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The AI Threat Isn't Skynet. It's the End of the Middle Class

In February 1975, a group of geneticists gathered in a tiny town on the central coast of California to decide if their work would bring about the end of the world...

This Technology Could Finally Make Brain Implants Practical
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This Technology Could Finally Make Brain Implants Practical

In labs testing how brain implants could help people with physical disabilities, tales of success can be bittersweet.

Trick of Tweet: Data Tool Pinpoints Words Seen as Credible
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Trick of Tweet: Data Tool Pinpoints Words Seen as Credible

Sixty-two percent of Americans get their news from social media, according to a 2016 poll by Pew Research Center.

Blind People 'see' Microscope Images Using Touch-Feedback Device
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Blind People 'see' Microscope Images Using Touch-Feedback Device

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