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sing Data to Better nderstand Climate Change
A University of Minnesota-led research team is using data-driven approaches to better understand the environmental and social impacts of climate change.
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Tackling Intractable Computing Problems
Princeton University researchers used a $10-million U.S. National Science Foundation Expeditions in Computing award to find the sources of intractability.
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Service Robots Are Coming to Help US
A U.S. National Science Foundation program aims to advance and integrate robotics into people-centered service systems in homes, hospitals, and elder-care facilities...
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Bringing Programming--and Social Change--to Girls
A group of eighth-grade girls participating in the U.S. National Science Foundation's Co-Robots for CompuGirls event programmed a pair of humanoid robots.
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How Someday Robots May Run to the Rescue--Literally
A research team in Ann Arbor, MI, is working to revolutionize walking robot control algorithms.
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Crash Test Simulations Expose Real Risks
Researchers are developing computer models of vehicle crashes to provide more sophisticated information on how to improve restraints and other safety systems.
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Exploring a New Frontier of Cyber-Physical Systems: The Human Body
The U.S. National Science Foundation recently announced $8.75 million in awards to two programs developing state-of-the-art medical and cyber-physical systems.
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Teaching Tykes to Program Robots
Tufts University professor and Scratch Jr. creator Marina Umaschi Bers has developed a kit to teach programming to students in pre-kindergarten through second grade...
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Programming Safety Into Self-Driving Cars
University of Massachusetts, Amherst professor Shlomo Zilberstein has been investigating ways of helping semi-autonomous systems to better make decisions.
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Sciserver: Big Data Infrastructure For Science
Researchers are adapting tools developed for massive astronomy data sets into online big data storage and analytics tools that can be used across scientific disciplines...
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Geospatial Data Project Puts Major Issues on the Map
A project funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation aims to create a Web-based system for hosting, processing, analyzing, and sharing geospatial data.
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Advances in Computer Mobility, Connectivity, and Networks
Researchers are developing programs and platforms that will ensure systems work despite power outages and other issues associated with mobility and connectivity...
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Tele-Robotics Puts Robot Power at Your Fingertips
Cyber-dogs could help address one of the more pressing challenges of our time, according to scientists at the recent Smart America Expo.
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Demonstrating a Driverless Future
Researchers say they have developed one of the most advanced autonomous vehicles ever designed.
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Artificial Brains Learn to Adapt
Researchers are studying a new type of spiking neural network that more closely mimics the behavioral learning processes of mammalian brains.
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Researchers Reveal Next-Generation Emergency Response Technology
New smartphone apps can virtually place 9-1-1 operators at the scene of an emergency. The software enables operators to remotely control smartphone cameras so they...
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Engineers se Brain Cells to Power Smart Grid
A team of engineers and neuroscientists is using neurons cultured in a dish to control simulated power grids.
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Nsf-Funded Superhero Supercomputer Helps Battle Autism
Researchers are using the Gordon supercomputer to develop techniques that can be used to guide the development of treatments for mental disorders.
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Advances in Computational Research Transform Scientific Process and Discovery
Supercomputers are enabling unprecedented scientific discoveries by providing high-speed computational capabilities, extreme storage capacities, and the ability...
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Printable Robots Designed to Be Consumer-Friendly, Inexpensive
A new project to automate the design and manufacturing of consumer robots uses two-dimensional desktop technology fabrication methods.12