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Robot Designed to Defend Factories Against Cyberthreats
The HoneyBot is designed to deceive industrial hackers into exposing information to cybersecurity professionals.
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'Bar Codes' Could Trace Errant Brain Wiring in Autism and Schizophrenia
Neuroscientists today know a lot about how individual neurons operate but remarkably little about how large numbers of them work together to produce thoughts, feelings...
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Trump's China Concern Adds Pressure in Race to Be First With 5G
The Trump administration's concern about China's growing technology clout is putting even more pressure on U.S. wireless carriers in their marketing battle over...
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NS Scientists Develop Novel Chip for Fast, Accurate Disease Detection
National University of Singapore researchers have developed a microfluidic chip that could identify minuscule amounts of biomolecules without intricate lab equipment...
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Students Create 3D Printed Robot Prosthetic Limb
Students have designed and built a low-cost, three-dimensionally-printed robotic prosthetic hand that could provide a more affordable alternative for amputees. ...
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Computer Searches Telescope Data for Evidence of Distant Planets
Researchers have trained a machine learning system to search for debris disks around stars using telescopic data.
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Potholes? Self-Powered Wireless Sensors Embedded in Roads Could Spot Them
ePave is a project to set up networks of self-powered wireless sensors under roads to provide updates on road conditions to transportation planners, drivers with...
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Redmonk Language Rankings See Rapid Rise for Kotlin, Swift
JavaScript, Java, Python, PHP, and C# are the top five programming languages for the first quarter of 2018, according to the latest ranking by industry analyst...
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Need to Make a Molecule? Ask This AI for Instructions
Chemists have a new lab assistant: artificial intelligence. Researchers have developed a "deep learning" computer program that produces blueprints for the sequences...
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To Speed p AI, Mix Memory and Processing
If John von Neumann were designing a computer today, there's no way he would build a thick wall between processing and memory. At least, that's what computer engineer Naresh...
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Watch a Computer Learn to Play 'Doom' Inside a Dream
Researchers taught a machine to "hallucinate" its idea of the video game "Doom," then got a virtual agent to play its own dream version of the game so it could...
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ltrasound Patch Could Make it Easier to Inspect Damage in Odd-Shaped Structures
A new flexible patch could help perform ultrasound imaging on objects difficult to inspect with conventional ultrasound equipment.
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Scientists Develop Tooth-Mounted Sensors That Can Track What You Eat
Tufts University researchers have built tooth-mounted sensors that collect information on one's glucose, salt, and alcohol intake.
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Overcoming a Battery's Fatal Flaw
Researchers are using the Stampede and Lonestar supercomputers at the Texas Advanced Computing Center to develop next-generation lithium-metal batteries.
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Future Electric Cars Could Recharge Wirelessly While You Drive
Researchers are working on the development of electric vehicles that one day may be able to charge while driving, by drawing wireless power from plates installed...
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Companies Seek Ways to Hold On to Customer Data nder New E Privacy Law
Nicholas Oliver gathers reams of personal information about users of his mobile app: age, sex, location, profession, relationship status, and more—and uses it to...
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'Marsquakes' Could Shake p Planetary Science
Starting next year, scientists will get their first look deep below the surface of Mars.
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The Scant Science Behind Cambridge Analytica's Controversial Marketing Techniques
The practices of Cambridge Analytica, a data-analytics firm involved in US President Donald Trump's 2016 election campaign, have made headlines around the world...
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Weird Magnetic Behavior Could Improve Computer Memory
A new study suggests an unusual magnetic phenomenon could yield efficient, low-power computer memory.
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