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Brain Stimulation Could Help Doctors Learn to Use Surgery Robots
Johns Hopkins University researchers found stimulating people's brains with gentle electric currents could boost their ability to learn in virtual environments....
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Dolphin Wearable Could Find Cost of Habitat Disturbance
Custom biologging tags have allowed researchers at the University of Michigan and other institutions to measure dolphins' energetic cost of swimming.
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Facebook Reveals Language of Loneliness vs. Depression
Researchers analyzed Facebook posts to differentiate language associated with depression and with loneliness.
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Computer Model Turns Text Into Animation
Scientists have developed a computer model that can directly render text describing physical movements as computer-generated animation, an initial step toward creating...
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Hummingbird Robot Flies, Hovers Like Real Thing
Purdue University researchers have built robot hummingbirds that learn to fly and hover like their real-world counterparts, using algorithms and computer simulation...
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'Tags' Let Your Phone Spot Counterfeit Stuff
A new system to prevent product counterfeiting gives individual items a unique label or "tag."
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'ANYmal' Robot Stalks Dark Sewers to Test Its Navigation
Researchers at ETH Zurich in Switzerland are working to help a seeing, hearing, door-opening robot function in extreme conditions.
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Wake-p Timer Saves Power for IoT Sensors
A new "battery-less" wake-up timer substantially lowers the power consumption of silicon chips for Internet of Things sensor nodes.
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Big Data Tool Predicts Best Lung Cancer Treatment
Researchers have developed a personalized risk assessment tool designed to predict the survival rate and treatment outcomes of early-stage lung cancer patients....
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High-Frequency Chip Makes Fastest Internet Speeds Look Slow
A new high-frequency electronic chip has the potential to transmit tens of gigabits of data every second, much faster than today's fastest Internet connections....
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As Election Nears, Candidate Language Gets Simpler
Carnegie Mellon University researchers have found most U.S. presidential candidates' speeches use words and grammar typical of students in grades six through eight...
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The Internet Isn't Broken. It's Asleep
Researchers are leading an ambitious monitoring project that seeks to map out the Internet's "sleep" patterns to better discern normal downtime from major outages...
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Tiny Trouble Spots Can Fix Complex Networks
A new method of controlling complex networks could have "a transformative impact" on the field.
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Terahertz Superchips Can Do It All
Cornell University researchers have developed terahertz radiation microchips that could be used in a wide range of medical and scientific applications, including...
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Nanowriting a Big Step in Electronics
The ability to write metal lines that are less than 5 nanometers wide has been demonstrated by a University of Illinois research team, and this could impact the...
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3-D Steps Up to Decode Mobility
Stanford University researchers are using computer-generated 3-D simulations of human mobility to improve the lives of people with disabilities. The technique...
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Wireless Smart Sensors Inspect Bridge
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, and the University of Tokyo have developed...
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Real-Time Action in a Virtual World
A new digital system developed by the University of Illinois and the University of California, Berkeley enables people in different locations to interact in real...
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