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A Healthy Dose of AI
Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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Charles H. Townes, Who Paved Way For the Laser in Daily Life, Dies at 99
Charles H. Townes, a visionary physicist whose research led to the development of the laser, making it possible to play CDs, scan prices at the supermarket, measure...
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New Pathway to Valleytronics
The optical Stark effect can be used to control valley excitons in MX2 semiconductors, say researchers at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
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Top Technews Stories of 2014
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In the Future, Your Touchscreens Will Touch You Back
You comfort your grieving friend online over chat, but you can't reach out and touch their shoulder.
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Netflix's Secret Special Algorithm Is a Human
On the opening night of this year's Sundance Film Festival, two films, as usual, had their premières, gaining maximum exposure to reporters and critics.
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AI Will Not Kill s, Says Microsoft Research Chief
Microsoft Research's chief has said he thinks artificial intelligence systems could achieve consciousness, but has played down the threat to human life.
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Virtual Dissection Method Could Reinvigorate Zoology
Last summer, researchers demonstrated that non-invasive imaging combined with a staining technique enables the fast comparison and study of earthworm species and...
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New Search Engine Lets sers Look For Relevant Results Faster
Researchers at the Helsinki Institute for Information Technology believe they have developed technology that will make Web searches more efficient.
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New Programming Language For Fast Simulations
SINTEF researchers have developed a new language for faster programming and simulations.
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A Machine Can Learn to Identify Sign Languages
A team of researchers is working to train a computer program to quickly identify the sign language of signers.
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Visualizing Sound
New techniques capture speech by looking for the vibrations it causes.
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Online Privacy: Regional Differences
How do the U.S., Europe, and Japan differ in their approaches to data protection — and what are they doing about it?
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Using Technology to Help People
Companies are creating technological solutions for individuals, then generalizing them to broader populations that need similar assistance.
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Hunt For Philae Hangs in the Balance
Scientists at the European Space Agency (ESA) are debating whether to change part of the Rosetta mission in what would probably be the last attempt to find lost...
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Back-p Brains: The Era of Digital Immortality
A few months before she died, my grandmother made a decision.
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Symposium to Focus on Future of Voting Systems
A symposium on emerging trends in voting has been scheduled for Feb. 9-10 in Washington, D.C.
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3D Transistors Made With Molecular Self-Assembly
IBM researchers have developed a new way to rapidly manufacture three-dimensional transistors.
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Verizon's Mobile 'supercookies' Seen as Threat to Privacy
Long-standing concerns about the "supercookies" Verizon Wireless uses to tag its users for advertising purposes have resurfaced.
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