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Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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N.s.a. Choice Is Navy Expert on Cyberwar
In nominating Vice Adm. Michael S. Rogers as the new director of the National Security Agency on Thursday, President Obama chose a recognized expert in the new...
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Is Google Cornering the Market on Deep Learning?
How much are a dozen deep-learning researchers worth?
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Curiosity Mars Rover Checking Possible Smoother Route
The team operating NASA's Mars rover Curiosity is considering a path across a small sand dune to reach a favorable route to science destinations.
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Beyond Moore's Law: Nanocomputing sing Nanowire Tiles
Ultra-small electronic computer systems currently under development push beyond the imminent end of Moore's Law, researchers say.
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Joining p Computer Memory
Researchers say innovative electrodes will help make new resistive random access memory technologies compatible with existing circuitry.
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Which Genes Did We Get From Neandertals?
Tens of thousands of years ago along the balmy Mediterranean coast, or in some desert oasis in the Middle East, a hunky Neandertal male lusted after a modern human...
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The Holodeck Begins to Take Shape
Holodecks similar to the simulated-reality rooms seen on "Star Trek" could be available by 2024, according to some scientists and researchers.
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Watching Electrons Move Within an Atom
Can scientists image the motion of electrons inside atoms?
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Icann Ceo Sets Off Explosion of New Internet Names
Starting next week, the Internet is going to look very different—and ICANN Chief Executive Fadi Chehade is the one who'll get both the credit and the blame.
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How Can Supercomputers Survive a Drought?
Recent drought conditions around the United States have increased concerns over the tremendous amount of water required to run data centers and supercomputers.
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Nasa Preparing For 2014 Comet Watch at Mars
This spring, NASA will be paying cautious attention to a comet that could put on a barnstorming show at Mars on Oct. 19, 2014.
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How Real Is Spike Jonze's 'her'? Artificial Intelligence Experts Weigh In
In Spike Jonze's Oscar-nominated, futuristic film 'Her,' computers compose music, carry on seamless conversations with humans, organize emails instantaneously,...
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Spy Agencies Tap Data Streaming From Phone Apps
When a smartphone user opens Angry Birds, the popular game application, and starts slinging birds at chortling green pigs, spies could be lurking in the background...
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Graphene Rival 'phosphorene' Is Born to Be a Transistor
Phosphorene, which is structurally similar to graphene, is a natural semiconductor that could be used in the next generation of computers.
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Bio-Inspired Robotic Device Could Aid Ankle-Foot Rehabilitation
Robotics researchers have developed an active orthotic device that can duplicate the natural motions in a person's ankle.
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Crowdsourcing a Living Map of World Health
A project at University of California, San Diego uses crowdsourcing to create maps of large-scale health problems and environmental damage.
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The Race to Buy the Human Brains Behind Deep Learning Machines
Any aspiring science fiction writer looking for a good protagonist could do worse than ripping off the Wikipedia page for Demis Hassabis.
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How You Might Be Tracked For Ads in a Post-Cookie World
The Web cookie may be dying, but that doesn’t mean it is the end of consumers being tracked online.
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How the Incite Project Allots Supercomputer Hours
Researchers vie for some of the billions of computer-hours available on two of the world’s fastest supercomputers.
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