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Google Moves Closer to a niversal Quantum Computer
For 30 years, researchers have pursued the universal quantum computer, a device that could solve any computational problem, with varying degrees of success.
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New Genetic Engineering Method Called Promising — And Perilous
A powerful new technique for changing genes in insects, animals and plants holds great promise, according to a report from an influential panel of scientists released...
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Google's Training Its AI to Be Android's Security Guard
Google's Adrian Ludwig says computer security should manage risk so it can learn to spot potential vulnerabilities on the fly using deep neural networks.
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Lisa Pathfinder Mission Paves Way For Space-Based Detection of Gravitational Waves
LISA Pathfinder, a mission led by the European Space Agency (ESA) with contributions from NASA, has successfully tested a key technology needed to build a space...
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For Driverless Cars, City-Like Test Sites Offer the npredictable
Automakers are turning to city-like test sites as they race to create the perfect self-driving car.
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Advanced Game Theory Goes to Work For Homeland Security
The University of Southern California's Teamcore Research Group is creating game theory applications to help agencies solve problems related to homeland security...
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U.s. Gets Warnings and Advice About the Internet of Things
Industry groups have submitted more than 130 reports to the U.S. Department of Commerce detailing positive and negative aspects of the Internet of Things.
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High-Tech Librarian Knows Its Books
A*STAR researchers say they are developing robot technology to relieve librarians of the menial tasks of their job, while enhancing the searching and sorting of...
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First Experimental Demonstration of a Quantum Enigma Machine
One of the great unsung heroes of 20th century science was a mathematician and engineer at the famous Bell Laboratories in New Jersey called Claude Shannon.
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5 Things That Give Self-Driving Cars Headaches
Fully automated cars don’t drink and drive, fall asleep at the wheel, text, talk on the phone or put on makeup while driving.
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A Smartphone to Help Keep the Elderly Safe
A team of researchers at Rutgers University is developing a smartphone app that could help keep senior citizens from falling.
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New Devices, Wearable System Aim to Predict, Prevent Asthma Attacks
A wearable system of sensors could help people with asthma predict and prevent asthma attacks by tracking environmental and physiological data.
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Google Developing Panic Button to Kill Rogue AI
Researchers at Google's DeepMind and Oxford University are collaborating to create a panic button to interrupt a potentially rogue artificial intelligence agent...
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How Mark Zuckerberg Led Facebook’s War to Crush Google Plus
In Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg built not just a business, but a company culture with the fervor of a messianic sect.
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CRISPR Gene-Editing System nleashed on RNA
Researchers who discovered a molecular "scissors" for snipping genes have now developed a similar approach for targeting and cutting RNA.
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Fifty Years of Moon Dust: Surveyor 1 Was a Pathfinder For Apollo
Before humans could take their first steps on the moon, that mysterious and forbidding surface had to be reconnoitered by robots.
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Bill Gates Claims 'ai Dream Is Finally Arriving'--and Says Machines Will Outsmart Humans in Some Areas Within a Decade
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said the progress of artificial intelligence ensures machines will be able to outclass humans in certain knowledge areas within...
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Tech Turns to Biology as Data Storage Needs Explode
Several technology companies are investigating DNA data storage.
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Plan to Synthesize Human Genome Elicits Mixed Response
Proposals for a large public-private initiative to synthesize an entire human genome from scratch—an effort that could take a decade and require billions of dollars...
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