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Google Offers Cloud-Based Learning Engine
Providing developers with machine learning on tap could unleash a flood of smarter apps.
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Virtual Reality Used to Study Haiti, Baja Earthquakes
University of California, Davis researchers are using the virtual reality equipment to study earthquake damage and predict whether faults are likely to move again...
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Wikileaks Encryption se Offers 'legal Challenge'
A novel use of encryption by whistle-blowing website Wikileaks could "challenge the legal system for years to come," according to an influential observer of the...
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Computer Model Advances Climate Change Research
Scientists can now study climate change in far more detail with powerful new computer software. The Community Earth System Model will be one of the primary climate...
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Nsf Awards $10m to Develop Computing Techniques For Assessing Child Behavior
A team led by the Georgia Institute of Technology has received a $10 million award from the U.S. National Science Foundation to apply computer science to the analysis...
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Dual-Core Smartphones on the Horizon
Smartphones with dual-core Arm processors could add faster processing, video capabilities.
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What Does 'p vs. Np' Mean For the Rest of Us?
A proposed "proof" is probably a bust—but even failed attempts can advance computer science.
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How Canadian 'science Fiction' Drives Subway Trains Abroad
Inside a north Toronto office building, rows of bulky computers operate virtual subway systems half a world away in Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Dubai, managing...
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An Implantable Antenna
A prototype silk biosensor could someday alert doctors to signs of disease.
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Software Predicts Criminal Behavior
Algorithm could influence sentencing recommendations and bail amounts.
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Nfl Considers Ball-Tracking Chips For Accuracy
From end zone to end zone, an NFL field is exactly 3,600 inches, and it’s easy enough for referees to spot a ball precisely when action stays within the bounds...
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Researchers Develop Motion Tracking Technology to Reduce Injuries For Older Adults
Researchers at the University of Missouri have developed technology to help older adults recover from an injury, illness, or surgery by tracking their motions as...
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'god Couldn't Do Faster': Rubik's Cube Mystery Solved
It has taken 15 years to get to this point, but it is now clear that every possible scrambled arrangement of the Rubik's cube can be solved in a maximum of 20...
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In a Video Game, Tackling the Complexities of Protein Folding
In a match that pitted video game players against the best known computer program designed for the task, the gamers outperformed the software in figuring out...
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Driverless Cars Just Around the Corner
Researchers worldwide are developing technologies that enable cars to drive themselves. "You can buy a car today that I'd like to say is 90 percent driverless,"...
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In a Video Game, Tackling the Complexities of Protein Folding
In a match that pitted video game players against the best known computer program designed for the task, the gamers outperformed the software in figuring out...
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Why Sex?
Computer science proposes a new solution to one of evolutionary theory's oldest problems.
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New Focus For Digital Photography
Software that gives users more control of a camera could revolutionize photography.
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To Pack a Stadium, Provide Video Better Than Tv
How do you keep football fans as regular visitors to stadiums when the television coverage of every play is so good?
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