Researchers have created a computer program that will open a challenging field in synthetic biology to the entire world.
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 5, 2016
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Tables stored in flash memory aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) tell locations of Earth and the sun for the past 10 years, but not their locations next year. That needs to be changed. Carefully.
Space Exploration
Oct 30, 2015
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66
Three Virginia Tech computer scientists are unveiling a novel approach to discovering stealth attacks on computers at the annual ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security.
Security
Oct 13, 2015
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To see how burning up the Earth's available fossil fuels might affect the Antarctic ice sheet, scientists turned to a computer program developed at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute. The ice would disappear, ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 24, 2015
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Georgia Institute of Technology researchers have developed a new artificially intelligent system that crowdsources plots for interactive stories, which are popular in video games and let players choose different branching ...
Computer Sciences
Sep 2, 2015
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Known as Sketch-a-Net, the program is capable of correctly identifying the subject of sketches 74.9 per cent of the time compared to humans that only managed a success rate of 73.1 per cent.
Computer Sciences
Jul 21, 2015
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Can an algorithm pass for an author? Can a robot rock the house? A series of contests at Dartmouth College is about to find out.
Computer Sciences
Jul 5, 2015
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553
Carnegie Mellon University researchers are going all in, pitting a computer program against some of the world's best professional poker players.
Computer Sciences
Apr 24, 2015
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Integer overflows are one of the most common bugs in computer programs—not only causing programs to crash but, even worse, potentially offering points of attack for malicious hackers. Computer scientists have devised a ...
Computer Sciences
Mar 23, 2015
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Researchers at the University of Rochester have developed an innovative approach to turn any computer or smartphone with a camera into a personal mental health monitoring device.
Computer Sciences
Jan 28, 2015
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