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Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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The 2017 Top Programming Languages
It's summertime here at IEEE Spectrum, and that means it's time for our fourth interactive ranking of the top programming languages.
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New Horizons Is Awake Again to Fly by Distant Object
A nice nap always makes a long journey more bearable—and that's even more true when the journey covers billions of miles.
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Eye-Tracking Software Makes Insurance Policies Easier to nderstand
New research has determined eye-tracking software can help insurers draft more understandable, easier to read policies.
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Cell-Like Nanorobots Clear Bacteria, Toxins From Blood
Proof-of-concept ultrasound-powered nanorobots reportedly can swim through blood, removing harmful bacteria and related toxins.
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How Do Autonomous Vehicles Learn to Drive? Download This Self-Driving Dataset and See for Yourself
The University of California, Berkeley has made available a massive dataset used by engineers in the development of driverless auto technologies.
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Quantum Is Key to Securing Blockchain, Say Russian Researchers
Russian researchers have used quantum key distribution to address the issue of quantum blockchain security.
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Thanks For The Memories
Researchers identify a way to digitally code—and boost—brain memory.
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Future Robots Need No Motors
A team of researchers has created the first nickel-hydroxide actuating material capable of being powered by visible light, electricity, or other stimuli.
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Aerial Robot Can Morph in Flight
Researchers have designed an aerial robot that can change its profile during flight.
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Ted Dabney, a Founder of Atari and a Creator of Pong, Dies at 81
Samuel F. Dabney, an electrical engineer who laid the groundwork for the modern video game industry as a co-founder of Atari and helped create the hit console game...
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Are You Scared Yet? Meet Norman, the Psychopathic AI
Norman is an algorithm trained to understand pictures but, like its namesake Hitchcock's Norman Bates, it does not have an optimistic view of the world.
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Scientists se a Photonic Quantum Simulator to Make Virtual Movies of Molecules Vibrating
Researchers from five institutions have demonstrated how an optical chip can simulate the motion of atoms within molecules at the quantum level.
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Combining Experts and Automation in 3D Printing
Researchers have developed an approach to the three-dimensional printing of soft material that merges expert judgment with an optimization algorithm.
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First 3D Printed Human Corneas
Researchers at Newcastle University in the U.K. have developed a technique for using a three-dimensional printer to create human corneas.
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Evidence Found for a New Fundamental Particle
Physicists are both thrilled and baffled by a new report from a neutrino experiment at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory near Chicago.
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Mars Curiosity's Labs Are Back in Action
NASA's Curiosity rover is analyzing drilled samples on Mars in one of its onboard labs for the first time in more than a year.
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IBM Leads 'Call for Code' to se Cloud, AI for Natural Disaster Relief
The new Call for Code Global Initiative is aimed at helping the IT world respond more efficiently to natural disasters using a variety of computer-based technologies...
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Physicists Invent Flux Capacitor to Break Time-Reversal Symmetry
Researchers in Australia and Switzerland have proposed a device that can break time-reversal symmetry by exploiting the quantum tunneling of magnetic flux around...
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From Horizon to Horizon: Celebrating 15 Years of Mars Express
Fifteen years ago, ESA's Mars Express was launched to investigate the Red Planet. To mark this milestone comes a striking view of Mars from horizon to horizon,...
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