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Google Brain Super-Resolution Image Tech Makes 'zoom, Enhance!' Real
Google Brain has devised some new software that can create detailed images from tiny, pixelated source images. Google's software, in short, basically means thetrope...
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Poker-Playing AI Beats Top Human Players
Developers at Carnegie Mellon University create an artificial intelligence that learns, wins.
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150-Year Journey to Alpha Centauri Proposed
Interstellar travel, a timeworn staple of science fiction, can already be science fact if one has cash to spare
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Turbocharging Science
The National Center for Atmospheric Research has commenced operations of the new Cheyenne supercomputer, one of the world's most powerful and energy-efficient systems...
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Blind People 'see' Microscope Images Using Touch-Feedback Device
Purdue University researchers have developed a system that uses a haptic device to let people interpret visual information using their hands.
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Su Professors Receive Air Force Grant to Research Complex Datasets
Syracuse University researchers have received a grant from the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research to build a distributed graphics processing unit-accelerated...
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Artificial Intelligence Helps Identify Effective Cancer Drug Combinations
Researchers at Cornell University have found artificial intelligence can help scientists predict what combinations of existing drugs could combat different types...
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New Algorithms May Revolutionize Drug Discoveries—and Our Understanding of Life
A new set of machine learning algorithms that can generate three-dimensional structures of tiny protein molecules may revolutionize the development of drug therapies...
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Complex 3D Data on All Devices
A new Web-based software platform supports three-dimensional data visualization on any connected device, optimizing the use of virtual reality in industry.
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China Claims Supercomputer Powers Surpasses U.s., Europe
The processing power of China's Tianhe supercomputer at the National Supercomputer Center in Tianjin exceeds that of its U.S. and European counterparts, according...
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Researchers From the Ugr Develop a New Software Which Adapts Medical Technology to See the Interior of a Sculpture
Researchers at the University of Granada in Spain have developed software that adapts conventional medical technology, enabling it to analyze the interior of sculptures...
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China's Intelligent Weaponry Gets Smarter
Robert O. Work, the veteran defense official retained as deputy secretary by President Trump, calls them his "A.I. dudes."
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Cosmic Test Backs 'quantum Spookiness'
A version of an iconic experiment to confirm quantum theory has for the first time used the light of distant stars to bolster the case for a phenomenon that Albert...
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Could Your Robot Go to Work Instead of You?
Getting yourself out of bed and into work can feel like one of the toughest parts of the day.
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Paralyzed Patients Communicate Thoughts Via Brain-Computer Interface
A new noninvasive brain-computer interface has enabled researchers in the U.K. to communicate with patients who are totally paralyzed and unable to talk.
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Holograms From Sci-Fi Movies May Soon Become Reality
Researchers say they have developed a device that could generate the highest-quality holographic images ever produced and may lead to imaging technologies similar...
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Wearable AI System Can Detect a Conversation's Tone
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a system that utilizes a wearable device and artificial intelligence to detect whether the...
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Um Researchers Awarded For Using Big Data in Medical Studies
The University of Michigan is receiving $3 million in funding from the Michigan Institute for Data Sciences to support three projects that will address issues in...
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Army, Industry Computer Scientists Gather For 'hackathon'
Researchers at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory's Network Science Collaborative Technology Alliance (NSCTA) recently held the first hackathon at the Adelphi Laboratory...
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