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Brain Model Offers New Insights Into Damage Caused by Stroke, Other Injuries
The University at Buffalo's Christopher McNorgan has developed a computer model of the human brain that more accurately simulates brain-impairment patterns than...
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Avoiding Carsickness When the Cars Drive Themselves
If the future lets people focus on work instead of driving during the daily commute, many of us will have to conquer motion sickness to read memos (or tweets)....
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New MacArthur Fellow Takes Aim at Online Harassment, Doxing
Danielle Citron, a privacy scholar who has done pioneering work in combating hate crimes and other abuses in cyberspace, has been named a 2019 MacArthur fellow....
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Bundesliga, Amazon Want to Predict What Happens Next
Germany’s Bundesliga professional football (soccer) league is making Amazon its official technology provider, providing statistics (among other things) for the...
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How 'Spooky' is Quantum Physics? The Answer could be Incalculable
Proof at the nexus of pure mathematics and algorithms puts 'quantum weirdness' on a whole new level.
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Gov. Murphy Aims to Train More Workers for High-Tech Jobs
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has announced a new program that would help train workers for careers in computer science and other high-tech jobs.
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A Low-Power, Highly Responsive, Reusable Sweat pH Monitor
National University of Singapore researchers have developed an upgrade to wearable health monitors that can read the pH of wearers' sweat.
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Tech Start-up Develops AR Contact Lenses
Start-up Mojo Vision is developing augmented reality contact lenses to allow wearers access to the Internet in real time.
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Are Your Students Bored? This AI Could Tell You
Researchers have created an artificial intelligence (AI) system that analyzes students' emotions to measure their engagement level in a class.
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A Robot Equipped with Real Feathers Flies Like a Bird
Stanford University researchers affixed actual pigeon feathers to a robot to allow it to fly like a bird.
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Wall Street Banks Ramp Up Research Into Quantum Finance
Wall Street banks are accelerating their research into quantum computing.
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Scientists Improve Yield Predictions Based on Seedling Data
Scientists have computationally improved the accuracy of crop yield forecasts according to genetic data from corn seedlings.
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How Well Can Computers Connect Symptoms to Diseases?
A new study found that health knowledge graphs perform poorly for diseases with high percentages of very old or young patients, or high percentages of male or female...
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Exploring the Theory of Computing
In his new book, Avi Wigderson argues for computing’s central role in human thought.
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Tech Industry Rallies Behind Google in Supreme Court Fight
Some of Google's biggest rivals filed amicus briefs on its behalf Monday in a copyright battle with Oracle.
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Facebook Will Now Remind You When It's Not the Only One Looking at Your Data
Facebook users will now receive notifications reminding them that third parties have a glimpse into their information, and that controls are available to restrict...
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Memory Storage for Super-Cold Computing
Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have demonstrated a cryogenic memory cell circuit incorporating three inductively coupled Josephson junctions that...
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How to Beat South Korea's AI Hiring Bots and Land a Job
Major South Korean companies are using artificial intelligence (AI) to screen job applicants, giving rise to an industry to help job-seekers beat these systems. ...
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Grindr, OkCupid Spread Personal Details, Study Says
Online dating services are spreading personal user information in ways that may violate privacy laws in Europe and elsewhere.
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