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A Healthy Dose of AI
Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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Atom Wranglers Create Rewritable Memory
Engineers can only stuff so much computing power into devices like smartphones and tablets before they run up against physical barriers.
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NASA's Next Mars Rover Progresses Toward 2020 Launch
After an extensive review process and passing a major development milestone, NASA is ready to proceed with final design and construction of its next Mars rover,...
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Artificial Intelligence Swarms Silicon Valley on Wings and Wheels
Artificial intelligence and robotics are leading a transformation in Silicon Valley expected to be as significant as the personal computing and commercial Internet...
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Nyu Researchers Report Cybersecurity Risks in 3D Printing
Additive manufacturing, also known as three-dimensional printing, faces some of the same cybersecurity risks as the electronics industry.
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This Guy Trains Computers to Find Future Criminals
When historians look back at the turmoil over prejudice and policing in the U.S. over the past few years, they're unlikely to dwell on the case of Eric Loomis.
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What We've Learned About Pluto
In the year since NASA's New Horizons spacecraft flew by Pluto, the dwarf planet has maintained its icy heart.
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Europe Is Going After Google Hard, and Google May Not Win
Microsoft pulled the strings. At least, that’s what Google and so many business and tech journalists said when the search giant first faced antitrust complaints...
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In Wake of Shootings, Facebook Struggles to Define Hate Speech
In the wake of last week's shootings, Facebook has seen a significant spike in flagged content, with users calling out each other's posts as racist, violent and...
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Tiny Microchips Enable Extreme Science
Researchers at the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration have developed a family of application-specific integrated circuits to measure particles in...
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Nanotech 'tattoo' Can Map Emotions and Monitor Muscle Activity
Tel Aviv University researchers have developed a temporary "electronic tattoo" that can measure the activity of muscle and nerve cells.
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Berkeley Lab Scientists Grow Atomically Thin Transistors and Circuits
Scientists have developed a way to chemically assemble transistors and circuits just a few atoms thick, which could lead to paper-thin electronics.
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The Many Ways to Map the Brain
Brain mapping has come a long way since the days of Korbinian Brodmann.
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DARPA Hopes Automation Can Create the Perfect Hacker
Look out, human hackers. Pentagon research agency DARPA says people are too slow at finding and fixing security bugs and wants to see smart software take over the...
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Clever Tool Shields Your Car From Hacks By Watching Its Internal Clocks
Car-hacking demonstrations tend to get all the glory in the security research community—remotely paralyzing a Jeep on the highway or cutting a Corvette’s brakes...
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Durus Brings Human-Like Gait (and Fancy Shoes) to Hyper-Efficient Robots
SRI International's DURUS robot can now walk like a human while wearing normal shoes.
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How China Is Rewriting the Book on Human Origins
On the outskirts of Beijing, a small limestone mountain named Dragon Bone Hill rises above the surrounding sprawl.
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Graphene Could Revolutionize the Internet of Things
Researchers say they have developed a tunable, graphene-based device that could significantly boost the speed and efficiency of wireless communication systems.
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Air Force Seeks Ideas For How Quantum Computing Can Help Warfighters
The U.S. Air Force has requested white papers that describe new ways quantum computing could help achieve its mission.
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Dna as a Data Storage Medium
Will genetic material supplant other substances for archival data storage?
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