This spring, Chris Callison-Burch, Ph.D., was in town to share an unusual approach to machine learning. This is one of the hottest topics in computer science: It is behind everything from Google's self-driving cars to Apple's ...
Computer Sciences
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(Phys.org)—It was another good week for physics as an international team of researchers found a way to extend the lifetime of entangled particles by orders of magnitude by using coupled cavities—they adjusted the coupling ...
Radio carbon data from prehistoric occupation sites are providing insights into Australia's fluctuating human population levels tens of thousands of years ago.
Archaeology
Sep 14, 2015
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Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich chemists have developed a novel pyrotechnic formulation that produces a blue flame of unprecedented purity and radiance upon combustion, and is free of the toxic chlorine-containing ...
Materials Science
Sep 14, 2015
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One of the first things taught in school science classes is that there are three states of matter - solids, liquids and gases. Bizarrely, however, at high pressures and temperatures there is a critical point above which the ...
Condensed Matter
Sep 14, 2015
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Gamma ray bursts (GRBs)—flashes of high-energy light occur about once a day, randomly, from around the sky—are the brightest events in the known universe. While a burst is underway, it is many millions of times brighter ...
Astronomy
Sep 14, 2015
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The idea of a robotic servant is a lot older than you probably realise. It doesn't just go back to the 1960s cartoon series The Jetsons, whose Rosie the robot could prepare meals, clean the house, and solve unexpected troubles. ...
Robotics
Sep 14, 2015
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The operator of Japan's Fukushima on Monday began releasing previously radioactive groundwater from the crippled nuclear plant into the sea, saying a filtration process had made the discharge safe.
Energy & Green Tech
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Solera is being acquired by an affiliate of private equity firm Vista Equity Partners for about $3.74 billion in cash.
Business
Sep 14, 2015
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Toshiba on Monday reported a first-quarter loss of $102 million after sales fell to a two-and-half-year low, in a fresh blow to the Japanese conglomerate after a huge accounting scandal.
Business
Sep 14, 2015
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