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Scientists Develop a 100 Times Faster Type of Memory Cell
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Scientists Develop a 100 Times Faster Type of Memory Cell

A new type of memory cell based on superconductors would be hundreds of times faster than the types of memory devices commonly used today, according to scientists...

Living Factories of the Future
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Living Factories of the Future

From an evolutionary perspective, yeast has no business producing a pain killer. But by re-engineering the microbe's genome, Christina Smolke at Stanford University...

Science Papers Reveal New Aspects of Pluto and its Moons
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Science Papers Reveal New Aspects of Pluto and its Moons

A year ago, Pluto was just a bright speck in the cameras of NASA's approaching New Horizons spacecraft, not much different than its appearances in telescopes since...

Driverless Cars Must Have Steering Wheels, Brake Pedals, Feds Say
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Driverless Cars Must Have Steering Wheels, Brake Pedals, Feds Say

Driverless cars should have a fairly easy time getting the green light to operate on U.S. roadways, as long as they look and act like the vehicles people have been...

This New Discovery Could Put Quantum Computers Within Closer Reach
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This New Discovery Could Put Quantum Computers Within Closer Reach

Researchers at Florida State University's National High Magnetic Field Laboratory have found a way to dampen qubits' susceptibility to magnetic disruptions, or...

Oldest Ancient-Human Dna Details Dawn of Neanderthals
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Oldest Ancient-Human Dna Details Dawn of Neanderthals

Matthias Meyer has just published the results of what may be the world's most wasteful genome-sequencing project.

In Africa, Watson's Sister Lucy Is Growing ­p With the Help of Ibm's Research Team
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In Africa, Watson's Sister Lucy Is Growing ­p With the Help of Ibm's Research Team

IBM Research Africa's Kenya lab is giving shape to Lucy, a technology platform aimed at finding "commercially viable solutions to the continent's grand challenges...

Bjarne Stroustrup Previews C++ 17
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Bjarne Stroustrup Previews C++ 17

In an interview, C++ programming language creator Bjarne Stroustrup discusses its next planned iteration, C++ 17.

Computer Scientists Produce Realistic Face Models From Video Recordings
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Computer Scientists Produce Realistic Face Models From Video Recordings

Researchers say they have developed a way to quickly and easily produce very detailed face models. 

The Need For Cognitive Computing
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The Need For Cognitive Computing

Companies get help digging the pearls of wisdom out of their big data.

DARPA Calls on Diyers For Weaponized Tech
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DARPA Calls on Diyers For Weaponized Tech

The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is seeking ideas on how products assembled from benign technologies might be transformed into security threats...

Forget the Robots--Here Come the Geminoids!
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Forget the Robots--Here Come the Geminoids!

Last weekend's South by Southwest Interactive Festival was a showcase for many types of robots.

What AI Can Tell ­S About the ­.s. Supreme Court
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What AI Can Tell ­S About the ­.s. Supreme Court

Researchers at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University's Discovery Analytics Center have proposed using machine learning to model the U.S. Supreme Court...

Pentagon Paying Techies to Think Like Terrorists
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Pentagon Paying Techies to Think Like Terrorists

To stop a terrorist, it helps to think like one.

What Google's Winning Go Algorithm Will Do Next
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What Google's Winning Go Algorithm Will Do Next

Following the defeat of one of its finest human players, the ancient game of Go has joined the growing list of tasks at which computers perform better than humans...

With Book on New Computer Language, Kernighan Guides Students at Princeton and Beyond
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With Book on New Computer Language, Kernighan Guides Students at Princeton and Beyond

Princeton University professor Brian Kernighan has co-authored a book on the computer language Go with Alan Donovan, a member of the Go design team. 

High Throughput Computing Helps Ligo Confirm Einstein's Last ­nproven Theory
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High Throughput Computing Helps Ligo Confirm Einstein's Last ­nproven Theory

The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory is helping researchers detect gravitational waves caused by the collision of two black holes 1.3 billion...

Less Than Meets the Eye
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Less Than Meets the Eye

Computer-vision models designed to reproduce the capacities of the human brain may need to be adjusted.

Fast Facial Analysis Software Set For Release
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Fast Facial Analysis Software Set For Release

The new software could be particularly useful in fields where subjective interpretation has been the norm.

How Google's AI Viewed the Move No Human Could ­nderstand
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How Google's AI Viewed the Move No Human Could ­nderstand

The move didn't make sense to the humans packed into the sixth floor of Seoul's Four Seasons hotel. But the Google machine saw it quite differently.
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