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Spotting High-Risk Behavior Online
Using machine learning to identify signs of dangerous behavior on social media.
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Reliable Communication, nreliable Networks
Researchers recently unveiled a new framework for analyzing ad hoc networks.
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Neuroscientists Plant False Memories in the Brain
The phenomenon of false memory has been well-documented: In many court cases, defendants have been found guilty based on testimony from witnesses and victims who...
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Research Update: Genome Editing Becomes More Accurate
Earlier this year, MIT researchers developed a way to easily and efficiently edit the genomes of living cells. Now, the researchers have discovered key factors...
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A Faster Internet--Designed By Computers?
A new computer system generates transmission control protocol algorithms with transmission rates two to three times higher than those designed by humans.
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Writing Programs Using Ordinary Language
In a pair of recent papers, researchers at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory have demonstrated that, for a few specific tasks, it's...
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Researchers Build an All-Optical Transistor
Researchers have created an optical switch that’s controlled by a single photon.
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Protecting Data in the Cloud
A new type of secure hardware component can disguise a server's memory-access patterns.
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Pruning the Power Grid
A new algorithm identifies the most dangerous pairs of failures among the millions of possible failures in a power grid.
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New System ses Low-Power Wi-Fi Signal to Track Moving Humans—even Behind Walls
The comic-book hero Superman uses his X-ray vision to spot bad guys lurking behind walls and other objects.
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New Algorithm Finds Best Routes For One-Way Car Sharing
A newly developed vehicle-routing algorithm is designed to help rebalance one-way vehicle-sharing systems.
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Cheap, Color, Holographic Video
A new way to create holograms could significantly lower the cost of color holographic-video displays and boost conventional 2D display resolution.
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Seeing the Human Pulse
Researchers at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory have developed a new algorithm that can accurately measure the heart rates of people...
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Multiview 3-D Photography Made Simple
Researchers have developed a system that helps users transform a regular camera into a light-field camera that can record high-resolution, multiview images.
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Securing the Cloud
Researchers have created an encryption algorithm that could improve security for cloud computing technology.
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Automatically Grading Programming Homework
Researchers have created software that points out inaccuracies in student programming and offers suggestions for improvement.
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Making Quantum Encryption Practical
One of the many promising applications of quantum mechanics in the information sciences is quantum key distribution (QKD) in which the counterintuitive behavior...
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Stacking 2-D Materials Produces Surprising Results
Researchers have made progress on the longstanding challenge of developing a band gap property in graphene, essential for using the material to make transistors...
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Finding a Gecko in the Crowd
The SLOOP software system is designed to automate part of the process of matching images of animals in massive catalogs.
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New Research Could Let Vehicles, Robots Collaborate with Humans
Researchers are developing robotic systems that can negotiate with people to determine the best way to achieve their goals.
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