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Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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Advancing Cancer Immunotherapy With Computer Simulations and Data Analysis
Researchers have developed a unique mathematical model to probe interactions between prostate tumors and common cancer immunotherapies.
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Disney Research Transforms Movie-Quality Animations For Interactive Viewing
Disney researchers say they have developed a process that transforms high-resolution animated content into a novel video format to enable immersive viewing.
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Your Face Can Get You More Than Just Toilet Paper in China
Now a number of female students at one of the country's top universities can use their face to open doors, according to news reports.
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Solid-State Batteries to Support the Growth of Iot
Compared to lithium-ion batteries, solid-state batteries don't have the potential to burn or explode, and they can recharge via energy harvesting.
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How to Make Fully Homomorphic Encryption 'practical and sable'
The U.S. Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity has awarded Galois $1 million to make fully homomorphic encryption available to programmers.
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Nasa Asks Scientific Community to Think on Possible Europa Lander Instruments
NASA is asking scientists to consider what would be the best instruments to include on a mission to land on Jupiter's icy moon, Europa.
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Virtual Top Hats Allow Swarming Robots to Fly in Tight Formation
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have created a team of autonomous flying robots that do not collide or undercut each other.
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Scientists Propose Better Battery System For Smart Home se
Researchers have proposed a novel programming solution to optimize power consumption in batteries for use in smart homes.
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The Bizarre Quantum Test That Could Keep Your Data Secure
Researchers have been testing the existence of quantum entanglement for several years.
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The State of the Car Computer: Forget Horsepower, We Want Megahertz!
If I asked you "how many computing devices do you own?" your mind will probably first jump to your PCs and laptops at home, and then to your smartphones and tablets...
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China, Addicted to Bootleg Software, Reels From Ransomware Attack
China is home to the world's largest group of internet users, a thriving online technology scene and rampant software piracy that encapsulates its determination...
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Artificial Intelligence Course Creates AI Teaching Assistant
A team of researchers has developed a virtual teacher's assistant, called Jill Watson, using technologies from IBM's Watson platform.
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Better Screenings Through Artificial Intelligence
Researchers say they have developed a cervical cancer screening technique that could perform as well as, or better than, traditional screening methods at a greatly...
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Seeing with Your Tongue
The climbers at Earth Treks gym, in Golden, Colorado, were warming up: stretching, strapping themselves into harnesses, and chalking their hands as they prepared...
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The Benefits of Old Age (for Transistors)
In case you didn't know, the transistors in your computer's processor, your smartphone's memory, and your car's autobrake system get old.
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Stanford Researchers Develop Crowdsourcing Software to Convene Rapid, On-Demand 'flash Organizations'
New software integrates crowdsourcing's flexibility and the benefits of on-demand specialists to form "flash organizations."
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Internet of Things Made Simple: One Sensor Package Does Work of Many
Researchers have developed a plug-in sensor package that tracks multiple phenomena in a room.
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Fsu Technology Cracks, Fixes Passwords
New software evaluates the strength of a password by trying to break it.
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