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Next Step in Simulating the Universe

Dec. 1, 2020 — Researchers have developed a way to accurately represent the behavior of elementary particles called neutrinos in computer simulations of the Universe. The simulation results reveal the effects of ...

Computer-Aided Creativity in Robot Design

Nov. 30, 2020 — RoboGrammar is a new system that automates and optimizes robot design. The system creates arthropod-inspired robots for traversing a variety of terrains. It could spawn more inventive robot forms ...

AI System Discovers Useful New Material

Nov. 24, 2020 — When the words 'artificial intelligence' (AI) come to mind, your first thoughts may be of super-smart computers, or robots that perform tasks without needing any help from humans. Now, a ...

World's Smallest Atom-Memory Unit Created

Nov. 23, 2020 — Faster, smaller, smarter and more energy-efficient chips for everything from consumer electronics to big data to brain-inspired computing could soon be on the way after engineers created the smallest ...

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New Machine Learning Tool Tracks Urban Traffic Congestion

Dec. 2, 2020 — Using public data from the entire 1,500-square-mile Los Angeles metropolitan area, researchers reduced the time needed to create a traffic congestion model by an order of magnitude, from hours to ...

New Lab-on-a-Chip Infection Test Could Provide Cheaper, Faster Portable Diagnostics

Dec. 2, 2020 — A tiny new silicon-based lab-on-chip test could pave the way for cheap handheld infectious disease ...

Shrinking Massive Neural Networks Used to Model Language

Dec. 1, 2020 — Deep learning neural networks can be massive, demanding major computing power. In a test of the 'lottery ticket hypothesis,' researchers have found leaner, more efficient subnetworks hidden within ...

Microfluidic System With Cell-Separating Powers May Unravel How Novel Pathogens Attack

Nov. 30, 2020 — To develop effective therapeutics against pathogens, scientists need to first uncover how they attack host cells. An efficient way to conduct these ...

Lower Current Leads to Highly Efficient Memory

Nov. 30, 2020 — Researchers are a step closer to realizing a new kind of memory that works according to the principles of spintronics which is analogous to, but different from, electronics. Their unique gallium ...

AI Detects COVID-19 on Chest X-Rays With Accuracy and Speed

Nov. 24, 2020 — Researchers have developed a new artificial intelligence platform that detects COVID-19 by analyzing X-ray images of the ...

Meeting a 100-Year-Old Challenge Could Lead the Way to Digital Aromas

Nov. 19, 2020 — Fragrances - promising mystery, intrigue and forbidden thrills - are blended by master perfumers, their recipes kept secret. In a new study on the sense of smell, researchers have managed to strip ...

A Neural Network Learns When It Should Not Be Trusted

Nov. 19, 2020 — Researchers have developed a way for deep learning neural networks to rapidly estimate confidence levels in their output. The advance could enhance safety and efficiency in AI-assisted decision ...

Showing Robots How to Drive a Car...in Just a Few Easy Lessons

Nov. 19, 2020 — Researchers have designed a system that lets robots autonomously learn complicated tasks from a very small number of demonstrations -- even imperfect ones. While current state-of-art methods need at ...

Three Reasons Why COVID-19 Can Cause Silent Hypoxia

Nov. 19, 2020 — To crack the mystery of what causes silent hypoxia, a condition when oxygen levels in the body are abnormally low, biomedical engineers used computer modeling to test out three different scenarios ...