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Robot Conquers One of the Hardest Human Tasks: Assembling Ikea Furniture
Researchers have programmed a robot to assemble an Ikea chair.
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How to Blow Up a Star
After spending three months trying to blow up a star, Hans-Thomas Janka and his team finally saw what they had been waiting for.
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Moscow State niversity Team Wins World Finals of ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest
University teams from Beijing and Tokyo also were recognized with gold medals.
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Machine Learning's 'Amazing' Ability to Predict Chaos
Half a century ago, the pioneers of chaos theory discovered that the "butterfly effect" makes long-term prediction impossible.
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Weird Quantum Physics Is Key to Keeping Your Credit Card Safe
Researchers used quantum mechanics to develop a new method for generating random numbers to help shield sensitive information from eavesdropping.
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Google Offers New Way to Discover Books, Fun Way to Play With Words
Google recently launched a website to demonstrate the company's progress in semantic search.
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Invertebrates Inspire First Fully 3D Printed Active Materials for Robots
Researchers say they have developed the first fully three-dimensionally-printed dielectric elastomer actuators to perform high bending motion.
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How 'Ninja Polymers' Are Fighting Killer Superbugs
In Ridley Scott's seminal blockbuster Blade Runner, humanity has harnessed bio-engineering to create a race of replicants that look, act and sound human—but are...
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AN Helping Build Cheaper, Greener Electricity Networks
New smart electricity technology recently passed a major test in Australia by proving it can help manage renewable energy and battery storage for households and...
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Machine Learning’s ‘Amazing’ Ability to Predict Chaos
In new computer experiments, artificial-intelligence algorithms can tell the future of chaotic systems.
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Google's New AI Head Is So Smart He Doesn't Need AI
Google's heavy investment in artificial intelligence has helped the company's software write music and beat humans at complex board games. What unlikely feats could...
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.S. Army Develops Face Recognition Technology That Works in the Dark
A new machine learning and artificial intelligence technique generates a visible face image from a thermal image of a person's face taken at night.
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Could Holey Silicon Be the Holy Grail of Electronics?
Researchers have verified a new material configuration to facilitate cooling of electronics using holey silicon.
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Nanobots Glide Through Living Cells
Using small, rotating magnetic fields, researchers controlled nanomachines inside of living cells to trace the letters "N" and "M."
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sing an Algorithm to Reduce Energy Bills—Rain or Shine
Researchers have developed a residential energy scheduling algorithm by training three action dependent heuristic dynamic programming networks.
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20 Entangled Qubits Bring the Quantum Computer Closer
In 1981, Richard Feynman suggested that a quantum computer might be able to simulate the evolution of quantum systems much better than classical computers. Except...
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Robots Ride to the Rescue Where Workers Can't Be Found
When Zbynek Frolik needed new employees to handle surging orders at his cavernous factories in central Bohemia, he fanned advertisements across the Czech Republic...
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Making Custom Qubits by Pushing Together Two Individual Atoms
Researchers have used laser beams to manipulate a sodium atom and a caesium atom into a single, asymmetrical molecule, making it potentially useful for quantum...
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Deep Learning Transforms Smartphone Microscopes Into Laboratory-Grade Devices
Deep learning can discern and enhance microscopic details in smartphone photos, with the potential to transform applications in global health, telemedicine, and...
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