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Pollsters' Failures Signal Need For Changes
For opinion researchers, the unexpected outcomes of the Brexit vote and the U.S. presidential election signals it is time to reassess the kinds of data they gather...
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A New Approach to 3D Holographic Displays Greatly Improves the Image Quality
Researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology say they have developed a three-dimensional holographic display whose performance tops that...
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In Not-Too-Distant Future, Brain Hackers Could Steal Your Deepest Secrets
In the beginning, people hacked phones.
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It's Never 'groundhog Day' at Jupiter
NASA's Juno spacecraft will make its fourth flyby over Jupiter's mysterious cloud tops on Thursday, Feb. 2, at 4:57 a.m. PST (7:57 a.m. EST, 12:57 UTC).
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Astronomers Explore Uses For AI-Generated Images
Volcanoes, monasteries, birds, thistles: the varied images in Jeff Clune's research paper could be his holiday snaps.
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Intelligence Agency Opens $325,000 Advanced, Automated Fingerprint Gathering Competition
The U.S. Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity's newest contest challenges participants to build an automated fingerprint collection system that matches...
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Researchers Develop Heat Driven Transistor
Researchers at Linkoping University in Sweden say they have developed a transistor controlled by a heat signal instead of an electrical signal.
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Inside the 20-Year Quest to Build Computers That Play Poker
Recent breakthroughs in artificial intelligence research raise questions about the threat that bots pose to the online gambling industry.
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For the Next Election, Don't Recount the Vote. Encrypt It
Let's be honest: The 2016 election wasn’t a sterling display of American democracy.
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$4.3 Million in Research Takes Aim at Devastating Citrus Disease
Clemson University researchers are working on a $4.3-million study aimed at protecting citrus crops from a bacterial disease that has affected at least 10 states...
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Berkeley Launches Riselab, Enabling Computers to Make Intelligent Real-Time Decisions
The University of California, Berkeley recently launched the RISELab, which aims to improve how machines make intelligent decisions based on real-time input.
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Supercomputers to Replace Particle Accelerators?
Moving beyond the need for physical experiments.
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Finding Credibility Clues on Twitter
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have built a language model that identifies words and phrases that lead to strong or weak perceived levels of...
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Inside the 20-Year Quest to Build Computers That Play Poker
Four of the best professional poker players in the world spent most of January holed up at the Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh, losing.
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Google's Go-Playing Machine Opens the Door to Robots that Learn
Two robotic arms face two closed doors. Both reach forward and miss the door handles entirely.
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Close Views Show Saturn's Rings in nprecedented Detail
Newly released images showcase the incredible closeness with which NASA's Cassini spacecraft, now in its "Ring-Grazing" orbits phase, is observing Saturn's dazzling...
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nhappy Developers Lead to Bad Code and Bad Processes
Researchers at the University of Stuttgart in Germany have found unhappy developers adversely affect the development process and software products.
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Vanishing Point: The Rise of the Invisible Computer
Experts agree the steady advances of computer chip transistor shrinkage--faster chip speeds, greater efficiency, and less-expensive manufacturing--will soon reach...
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Smart City Transport Systems
Researchers have developed a machine-learning program to accurately recreate and predict public transport use based on the distribution of land use and amenities...
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