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7,500 Faceless Coders Paid in Bitcoin Built a Hedge Fund's Brain
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7,500 Faceless Coders Paid in Bitcoin Built a Hedge Fund's Brain

Richard Craib is a 29-year-old South African who runs a hedge fund in San Francisco. Or rather, he doesn't run it.

Algorithms Compete to Predict Recipe For Cancer Vaccine
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Algorithms Compete to Predict Recipe For Cancer Vaccine

Could predictive algorithms be the key to creating a successful cancer vaccine?

Computer-Based Biology Uncovers Secrets to Rice Growth
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Computer-Based Biology Uncovers Secrets to Rice Growth

University of Indiana researchers are using a mix of experimental and computational work to study rice genetics, with the goal of addressing global issues in hunger...

Researchers Show Viability of 5g Communication With Record-Setting Data Rates
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Researchers Show Viability of 5g Communication With Record-Setting Data Rates

The world's longest bidirectional phased-array link in the 60 GHz band was announced by Keysight Technologies and the University of California, San Diego.

Sweating Big Human-Body Data Challenge
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Sweating Big Human-Body Data Challenge

University of California, Berkeley professor Ali Javey heads a project involving wearable electronics to help address an inability to "monitor health conditions...

AI Begins to Understand the 3D World
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AI Begins to Understand the 3D World

Artificial intelligence researchers are constructing systems that can visualize the three-dimensional world and take action.

Designing a Safer Battery For Smartphones (that Won't Catch Fire)
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Designing a Safer Battery For Smartphones (that Won't Catch Fire)

Mike Zimmerman likes to shock his guests by using a hammer to drive a nail through a solid polymer lithium metal battery.

Quantum Computers Ditch All the Lasers For Easier Engineering
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Quantum Computers Ditch All the Lasers For Easier Engineering

Researchers from the University of Sussex in the U.K. have replaced the millions of lasers in traditional quantum computing systems with several static magnets...

Super-Flexible Liquid Crystal Device For Bendable and Rollable Displays
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Super-Flexible Liquid Crystal Device For Bendable and Rollable Displays

Researchers from Japan's Tohoku University say they have developed a super-flexible liquid crystal device, in which two ultra-thin plastic substrates are firmly...

Google-Funded Flint Water App Helps Residents Find Lead Risk, Resources
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Google-Funded Flint Water App Helps Residents Find Lead Risk, Resources

Computer science researchers at the University of Michigan have released a mobile application and website to help Flint, MI, manage its ongoing water crisis.

Printable Electronics
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Printable Electronics

Massachusetts Institute of Technology engineers have developed an ultra-thin, high-resolution printing process that makes use of nanoporous stamps.

AI Can Turn a Photo of Your Face Into an ­ncanny 3D Model
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AI Can Turn a Photo of Your Face Into an ­ncanny 3D Model

Researchers have developed a learning algorithm capable of building a precise three-dimensional model of a person's head based on a single low-resolution photo...

Nasa Juno Mission Prepares For December 11 Jupiter Flyby
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Nasa Juno Mission Prepares For December 11 Jupiter Flyby

On Sunday, December 11, at 9:04 a.m. PST (12:04 p.m. EST, 17:04 UTC) NASA's Juno spacecraft will make its third science flyby of Jupiter.

Graphene-Spiked Silly Putty Picks ­p Human Pulse
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Graphene-Spiked Silly Putty Picks ­p Human Pulse

A dash of graphene can transform the stretchy goo known as Silly Putty into a pressure sensor able to monitor a human pulse or even track the dainty steps of a...

No Peeking: Humans Play Computer Game ­sing Only Direct Brain Stimulation
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No Peeking: Humans Play Computer Game ­sing Only Direct Brain Stimulation

A recent experiment demonstrated how humans can interact with virtual realities via direct brain stimulation.

Taking Back Control of an Autonomous Car Affects Human Steering Behavior, Stanford Research Shows
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Taking Back Control of an Autonomous Car Affects Human Steering Behavior, Stanford Research Shows

A research team testing the handover of driving from autonomous cars to human drivers found such a shift can be difficult for people if conditions have changed...

Meet the World's First Completely Soft Robot
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Meet the World's First Completely Soft Robot

Harvard University researchers have created the first self-contained soft robot.

Is Your Favorite Ballplayer Hitting When It Matters, or Just Padding His Stats?
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Is Your Favorite Ballplayer Hitting When It Matters, or Just Padding His Stats?

Researchers have added to the field of baseball statistics with the first analysis of hitters' performance when their team is either almost guaranteed to win, or...

Inside the Big Dish that Brought US Tv from the Moon
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Inside the Big Dish that Brought US Tv from the Moon

The Parkes radio telescope in New South Wales, Australia, is one of the most elegant scientific instruments ever built.

A Drug Laboratory on Wheels
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A Drug Laboratory on Wheels

Decentralizing the way medicines are made.
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