Cloud-based quantum computer takes on deuteron and wins: Optimized algorithms plus cloud-based quantum computers actually work. Classical computers can solve these problems but this shows that quabtum computers can be programmed to do them as well ... but the progress is slow.
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Ecological “law” turns out to just be the result of us fishing: Mature fish are found deep not because of age, climate, or prey, but because of us.
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DeepMind AI needs mere 4 hours of self-training to become a chess overlord: AlphaGo Zero needed three days to train up in Go; AlphaZero needed just eight hours.
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The future is here: Genetically engineered stem cells save a patient: The genetic disease epidermolysis bullosa left a patient without much skin.
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After 37 years, Voyager 1 has fired up its trajectory thrusters: This week, the scientists and engineers on the Voyager team did something very special. What does this mean for Voyager and what effect will this thrust have on its trajectory? Great that the rockets work - fantastic engineering - and...
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Neutron stars collide, solve major astronomical mysteries: Produces light and gravitational waves, confirms collisions produce fast gamma ray bursts, heavy elements.
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Police raid Merck pharmaceutical plant amid mysterious drug crisis: Is something wrong with hormone therapy or are patients over-reacting?
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Wind turbine manufacturers are dipping toes into energy storage projects: Vestas said to be working with Tesla, and that just caps off a busy summer.
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Neanderthals were distilling tar 200 thousand years ago in Europe: These early humans were using tar to make tools long before Homo sapiens did.
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Genetic evidence suggests the Canaanites weren’t destroyed after all. Analysis of ancient DNA reveals that the Biblical account isn’t the whole story. "The Canaanites are famous as the bad guys of the Book of Joshua in the Tanakh, or the Hebrew Bible. First, God orders the Hebrews to destroy the...
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Deep learning network as good as medics at identifying skin cancers. "While there are still many visual tasks where humans perform better than computers, computers are catching up. Part of the reason for computers' progress has been the development of what are called "deep neural networks," which chain...
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New analysis shows Lamar Smith’s accusations on climate data are wrong
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Algorithm does real-time, city-wide ridesharing: Could cut NYC's taxi count by 75 percent while still providing the same number of rides.
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Minecraft expansion successfully tricks students into learning: Tiny preliminary study suggests that it worked reasonably well.
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