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Why the Earth's Magnetic Poles Could Be About to Swap Places, and How It Would Affect us
The Earth's magnetic field surrounds our planet like an invisible force field, protecting life from harmful solar radiation by deflecting charged particles away...
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Information Paradox and Black Holes in Plasmas
Black holes are a problem for physics, and the physics community has never fully warmed to the idea of them.
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Chinese Firms Racing to the Front of the AI Revolution
Chinese companies are outpacing U.S. firms in the development of artificial intelligence technologies, according to reports from the U.S. government and others....
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Google Brain Super-Resolution Image Tech Makes 'zoom, Enhance!' Real
Google Brain has devised some new software that can create detailed images from tiny, pixelated source images. Google's software, in short, basically means thetrope...
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How Plants Evolved Into Carnivores
Any insect unlucky enough to land on the mouth-like leaves of an Australian pitcher plant will meet a grisly end.
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150-Year Journey to Alpha Centauri Proposed
Interstellar travel, a timeworn staple of science fiction, can already be science fact if one has cash to spare
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Turbocharging Science
The National Center for Atmospheric Research has commenced operations of the new Cheyenne supercomputer, one of the world's most powerful and energy-efficient systems...
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Su Professors Receive Air Force Grant to Research Complex Datasets
Syracuse University researchers have received a grant from the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research to build a distributed graphics processing unit-accelerated...
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Complex 3D Data on All Devices
A new Web-based software platform supports three-dimensional data visualization on any connected device, optimizing the use of virtual reality in industry.
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China Claims Supercomputer Powers Surpasses U.s., Europe
The processing power of China's Tianhe supercomputer at the National Supercomputer Center in Tianjin exceeds that of its U.S. and European counterparts, according...
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China's Intelligent Weaponry Gets Smarter
Robert O. Work, the veteran defense official retained as deputy secretary by President Trump, calls them his "A.I. dudes."
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Cosmic Test Backs 'quantum Spookiness'
A version of an iconic experiment to confirm quantum theory has for the first time used the light of distant stars to bolster the case for a phenomenon that Albert...
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Could Your Robot Go to Work Instead of You?
Getting yourself out of bed and into work can feel like one of the toughest parts of the day.
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Paralyzed Patients Communicate Thoughts Via Brain-Computer Interface
A new noninvasive brain-computer interface has enabled researchers in the U.K. to communicate with patients who are totally paralyzed and unable to talk.
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Holograms From Sci-Fi Movies May Soon Become Reality
Researchers say they have developed a device that could generate the highest-quality holographic images ever produced and may lead to imaging technologies similar...
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Atlanta Falcons to Win Super Bowl, Says Pitt Researcher
The Atlanta Falcons will defeat the New England Patriots in Super Bowl 51, according to University of Pittsburgh researchers.
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Federal Workers Turn to Encryption to Thwart Trump
Federal employees worried that President Donald Trump will gut their agencies are creating new email addresses, signing up for encrypted messaging apps and looking...
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niverse Neither Confirms Nor Denies Its Holographic Nature
Cosmology is a funny kind of science.
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A New Approach to 3D Holographic Displays Greatly Improves the Image Quality
Researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology say they have developed a three-dimensional holographic display whose performance tops that...
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