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Meraculous: Deciphering the 'book of Life' With Supercomputers
A team of researchers has streamlined and accelerated genome assembly from a months-long process to minutes via the development of a new tool.
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Quest For Buried Knowledge Continues With New Computer Software Tool
A new computer software tool will enable scholars to read the writings of ancient scrolls without having to unroll or open them.
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Korean robot Makers Walk Off With $2 Million Prize
A team of roboticists from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology claimed a $2 million prize on Saturday that was offered by a Pentagon research...
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Google on Eu Troubles: 'we Don't Always Get It Right'
Google is in hot water in Europe, and its head of European operations is trying to cool things off.
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Developer Tracks Real-Time Locations of Facebook Messenger sers
Marauders Map is a browser extension that allows users to discover the identity of Facebook Messenger users, their location, and previous movements.
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Rat Brain Cells Power a Computer
Researchers have shown cultured rat brain cells can read signals from a robot, process the problem of obstacles, and give an appropriate, accurate solution.
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Charting the Milky Way From the Inside Out
Imagine trying to create a map of your house while confined to only the living room.
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Computer Scientists Are Astir After Baidu Team Is Barred From A.i. Competition
A group of researchers at the Chinese web services company Baidu have been barred from participating in an international competition for artificial intelligence...
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Rumor-Detector Software Ids Disputed Claims on Twitter
University of Michigan professor Qiaozhu Mei and colleagues recently unveiled software that can quickly detect rumors on Twitter.
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Disaster Droids Face Off in the DARPA Robotics Challenge
Final preparations are being made by 24 robotics teams about to compete for $3.5m (£2.3m) worth of prizes in a Pentagon-backed competition.
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Global Climate Model Helps Untangle Complex Webs of Cause and Effect
The U.S. Department of Energy is pushing climate researchers to integrate observational science and scientific models.
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Meet the New Generation of Robots For Manufacturing
A new generation of robots is on the way—smarter, more mobile, more collaborative and more adaptable.
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Nasa's Hubble Finds Pluto's Moons Tumbling in Absolute Chaos
If you lived on one of Pluto's moons, you might have a hard time determining when, or from which direction, the sun will rise each day.
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Crispr, the Disruptor
Three years ago, Bruce Conklin came across a method that made him change the course of his lab.
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How the End of Patriot Act Provisions Changes Nsa Surveillance
Thanks to resistance from Senator Rand Paul and other members of the Senate, the provisions of the USA Patriot Act that were used to justify the National Security...
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Staring Pain in the Face--Software 'reads' Kids' Expressions to Measure Pain Levels
A new method of measuring the pain experienced by pediatric patients utilizes facial pattern recognition software.
From ACM Opinion
Want Your Writing to Look Like Einstein's? Computers Mimic Handwriting of the Famous
Harald Geisler wants to make you as brilliant as Albert Einstein. Or at least let you write like him. Or at least write in his handwriting.
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The Agency
Around 8:30 a.m. on Sept. 11 last year, Duval Arthur, director of the Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness for St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, got...
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Medical Microbots Take a Fantastic Voyage Into Reality
In the 1966 film Fantastic Voyage, scientists at a U.S. laboratory shrink a submarine called Proteus and its human crew to microscopic size and then inject the...
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