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  San Antonio TX (SPX) Mar 06, 2018 A new study by Paul Rad, assistant director of the UTSA Open Cloud Institute, and Nicole Beebe, Melvin Lachman Distinguished Professor in Entrepreneurship and director of the UTSA Cyber Center for Security and Analytics, describes a new cloud-based learning platform for artificial intelligence (A.I.) that teaches machines to learn like humans. "Cognitive learning is all about teaching computers to learn without having to explicitly program them," Rad said. "In this study, we're presenting an entir ... read more |
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Researchers find algorithm for large-scale brain simulationsWashington DC (SPX) Mar 06, 2018 An international group of researchers has made a decisive step towards creating the technology to achieve simulations of brain-scale networks on future supercomputers of the exascale class. The brea ... more 
Don't want to lose a finger? Let a robot give a handBoston MA (SPX) Mar 06, 2018 Every year thousands of carpenters injure their hands and fingers doing dangerous tasks like sawing. In an effort to minimize injury and let carpenters focus on design and other bigger-picture ... more  
Going with the DNA flow: Molecule of life finds new uses in microelectronicsTempe AZ (SPX) Mar 06, 2018 For sheer versatility, there's no molecule quite like DNA. The iconic double-helix carries the genetic blueprint for living forms ranging from single-celled organisms to human beings. Recently ... more 
Beware of replicating sexism in AI, experts warnBarcelona (AFP) March 1, 2018 Artificial intelligence could emulate human bias, including sexism, if there is no oversight on data used to create it, experts at the world's largest mobile phone fair in Barcelona warned Thursday. ... more |
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Brothers look to harness artificial intelligence for greater goodSan Francisco (AFP) Feb 26, 2018 As debate swirls on whether artificial intelligence will be a boon or a curse for humanity, two Indian-American entrepreneur brothers are out to ensure the emerging technologies don't just benefit the richest in society. ... more  
Opportunity Celebrates 5,000 Days on Mars, Snaps First 'Selfie'Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 26, 2018 Opportunity is continuing the exploration of "Perseverance Valley" on the west rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover is positioned about half way down the valley. This past week the rover exceede ... more 
Google Assistant adds more languages in global pushSan Francisco (AFP) Feb 23, 2018 Google said Friday its digital assistant software would be available in more than 30 languages by the end of the years as it steps up its artificial intelligence efforts against Amazon and others. ... more 
Seven ways Mars InSight is differentPasadena CA (JPL) Feb 23, 2018 NASA's Mars InSight lander team is preparing to ship the spacecraft from Lockheed Martin Space in Denver, where it was built and tested, to Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, where it will bec ... more  
Goonhilly goes deep spaceParis (ESA) Feb 23, 2018 Until now, if you're an entrepreneur planning future missions beyond Earth, you'd have to ask a big space agency to borrow their deep-space antennas. Now, thanks to the UK's county of Cornwall and E ... more |
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Japanese, US astronauts end spacewalk to fix robotic armWashington (AFP) Feb 16, 2018 A Japanese and an American astronaut floated for hours outside the International Space Station Friday on a spacewalk to repair the orbiting outpost's robotic arm and move some equipment into storage. ... more  |
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Artificial intelligence poses questions for nature of war: MattisWashington (AFP) Feb 18, 2018 Artificial intelligence and its impact on weapons of the future has made US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis doubt his own theories on warfare. ... more 
Oppy Takes A Selfie To Mark Sol 5000Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 16, 2018 The Sun will rise on NASA's solar-powered Mars rover Opportunity for the 5,000th time on Saturday, sending rays of energy to a golf-cart-size robotic field geologist that continues to provide revela ... more 
All-terrain microbot moves by tumbling over complex topographyWest Lafayette, IN (SPX) Feb 15, 2018 A new type of all-terrain microbot that moves by tumbling could help usher in tiny machines for various applications. The "microscale magnetic tumbling robot," or uTUM (microTUM), is about 400 by 80 ... more 
Researchers help robots think and plan in the abstractProvidence RI (SPX) Feb 15, 2018 Researchers from Brown University and MIT have developed a method for helping robots plan for multi-step tasks by constructing abstract representations of the world around them. Their study, publish ... more 
Can a cockroach teach a robot how to scurry across rugged terrain?Baltimore MD (SPX) Feb 14, 2018 When they turn up in family pantries or restaurant kitchens, cockroaches are commonly despised as ugly, unhealthy pests and are quickly killed. But in the name of science, Johns Hopkins researchers ... more |
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 Douala (AFP) March 4, 2018 
Talking fast and dreaming big, William Elong shows off the first "made in Cameroon" drone at his sixth-floor workshop in downtown Douala, minutes from the economic capital's Atlantic seafront.
The 25-year-old, known as a high-flyer after being named one of Forbes' most promising young Africans under 30, is enthusing about his new unmanned aerial drones and keen to promote his company and Afr ... more |
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 Laurel MD (SPX) Mar 07, 2018 
Late on March 4, 2018, personnel at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab in Laurel, Maryland, reported detecting IMAGE's signal for the first time after losing contact on Feb. 24. However the signal was too weak to lock on to.
NASA continues to implement an interface with the 18-meter antenna at White Sands, New Mexico, in cooperation with the Near Earth Network, to be ready to command an ... more |
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 Philadelphia PA (SPX) Mar 05, 2018  Current computer systems represent bits of information, the 1's and 0's of binary code, with electricity. Circuit elements, such as transistors, operate on these electric signals, producing outputs that are dependent on their inputs.
As fast and powerful as computers have become, Ritesh Agarwal, professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering in the University of Pennsylva ... more |
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 Mandres-En-Barrois, France (AFP) March 3, 2018 
Police used tear gas during clashes with anti-nuclear protesters at a waste site in northeastern France on Saturday.
Demonstrators threw missiles at officers who have been blocking access to woodland at the Bure plant, halfway between Paris and Strasbourg, since a protest camp was dismantled 10 days ago.
Lejuc wood was selected by France's radioactive waste agency (ANDRA) for explorator ... more |
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 Cairo (AFP) March 4, 2018 
Egypt's military said on Sunday four soldiers and 10 jihadists were killed in a military operation in Sinai against Islamic State group jihadists.
The deaths raise military casualties to at least 16 dead, along with more than 100 jihadists, since the start of the operation on February 9, according to previous army tolls.
The army launched the campaign after Egyptian President Abdel Fatta ... more |
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 San Juan (AFP) March 1, 2018 
Puerto Rico's power grid broke down again on Thursday, leaving some 800,000 customers without power, as the US Caribbean possession struggles to recover five months after Hurricane Maria slammed the island.
Justo Gonzalez, head of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA), said that one of the island's main transmission lines was out of service. Officials said the line should be fully ... more |
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 Chicago IL (SPX) Mar 06, 2018 
Researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have developed a new technique that lets them pinpoint the location of chemical reactions happening inside lithium-ion batteries in three dimensions at the nanoscale level. Their results are published in the journal Nature Communications.
"Knowing the precise locations of chemical reactions wit ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Mar 06, 2018 
China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp, the nation's largest missile maker, will launch a satellite this year to demonstrate technologies for a vast space-based communications network capable of covering every corner on the Earth, including the Arctic and Antarctica.
Zhang Zhongyang, president of the CASIC Second Academy, said engineers are assembling the satellite and plan to place it ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 07, 2018 
The Strategic Partnerships Office (SPO) at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, has signed a partially exclusive license agreement for gear bearing technology with Bahari Energy LLC, of Rockville, Maryland, for use in its Energy Wind Tower designed for the urban environment.
"NASA's gear bearing technology will allow significant improvement in our Wind Energy Towers e ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 07, 2018 
This image was originally meant to track the movement of sand dunes near the North Pole of Mars, but what's on the ground in between the dunes is just as interesting!
The ground has parallel dark and light stripes from upper left to lower right in this area. In the dark stripes, we see piles of boulders at regular intervals.
What organized these boulders into neatly-spaced piles? In ... more |
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 Houston TX (SPX) Mar 07, 2018 
With the arrival of the Orion crew module to be used in the Ascent Abort-2 test at Johnson Space Center in Houston, the team is already at work with a lean, iterative development approach to minimize cost and ensure the flight test stays on schedule.
The approach involves considering how to do things differently, finding ways to execute elements of the buildup more efficiently and pushing ... more |
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 Majalaya, Indonesia (AFP) March 2, 2018 
The scabies on Indonesian rice farmer Yusuf Supriyadi's limbs are a daily reminder of the costs of living next to the "world's dirtiest river".
Supriyadi depends on the Citarum's murky waters - a floating carpet of household rubbish, toxic chemicals and animal feces - to irrigate a small rice plot in West Java that sustains his family of six.
The farmer's rice yield is now down by two- ... more |
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 Frankfurt Am Main (AFP) March 2, 2018 
German computer chip maker Infineon said Friday it is teaming up with China's biggest car maker, SAIC Motor Corporation, to produce power modules for the Chinese electric car market, the world's biggest.
Infineon said in a statement it will hold a 49-percent stake in the new Shanghai-based company, SAIC Infineon Automotive Power Modules (SIAPM), which will make inverters - vital parts that ... more |
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 Venice, Italy (SPX) Mar 06, 2018 
From nanoscale silver to titanium dioxide for air purification, the use of nanomaterials of high commercial relevance proves to have clear benefits as it attracts investments, and raises concerns. 'Nano' sized materials (a nanometre is one millionth of a millimetre) could pose environmental and health risks under certain conditions. The uncertainties and insufficient scientific knowledge could s ... more |
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Laurel MD (SPX) Mar 07, 2018
Late on March 4, 2018, personnel at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab in Laurel, Maryland, reported detecting IMAGE's signal for the first time after losing contact on Feb. 24. However the signal was too weak to lock on to.
NASA continues to implement an interface with the 18-meter antenna at White Sands, New Mexico, in cooperation with the Near Earth Network, to be ready to command an ... more |
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 Harpenden AL5 (SPX) Mar 06, 2018 
Unique soils data from long-term experiments, stretching back to the middle of the nineteenth century, confirm the practical implausibility of burying carbon in the ground to halt climate change, an option once heralded as a breakthrough.
The findings come from an analysis of the rates of change of carbon in soil by scientists at Rothamsted Research where samples have been collected from f ... more |
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