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Researchers Discover a Uniquely Quantum Effect in Erasing Information

Oct. 16, 2020 — Researchers have discovered a uniquely quantum effect in erasing information that may have significant implications for the design of quantum computing chips. Their surprising discovery brings back ...

New Deep Learning Models: Fewer Neurons, More Intelligence

Oct. 13, 2020 — An international research team has developed a new artificial intelligence system based on the brains of tiny animals, such as threadworms. This novel AI-system can control a vehicle with just a few ...

New Virtual Reality Software Allows Scientists to 'Walk' Inside Cells

Oct. 12, 2020 — Virtual reality software which allows researchers to 'walk' inside and analyze individual cells could be used to understand fundamental problems in biology and develop new treatments for ...

Tool Helps Clear Biases from Computer Vision

Oct. 1, 2020 — Researchers have developed a tool that flags potential biases in sets of images used to train artificial intelligence (AI) systems. The work is part of a larger effort to remedy and prevent the ...

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Assessing State of the Art in AI for Brain Disease Treatment

Oct. 14, 2020 — The range of AI technologies available for dealing with brain disease is growing fast, and exciting new methods are being applied to brain problems as computer scientists gain a deeper understanding ...

Bringing a Power Tool from Math Into Quantum Computing

Oct. 14, 2020 — The Fourier transform is a mathematical operation essential to virtually all fields of physics and engineering. Although there already exists an algorithm that computes the Fourier transform in ...

Scientists Voice Concerns, Call for Transparency and Reproducibility in AI Research

Oct. 14, 2020 — Scientist challenge scientific journals to hold computational researchers to higher standards of transparency, and call for their colleagues to share ...

Software Spots and Fixes Hang Bugs in Seconds, Rather Than Weeks

Oct. 13, 2020 — Hang bugs - when software gets stuck, but doesn't crash - can frustrate both users and programmers, taking weeks for companies to identify and fix. Now researchers have developed software that can ...

Multi-State Data Storage Leaving Binary Behind

Oct. 12, 2020 — Electronic data is being produced at a breath-taking rate. Around ten zettabytes (ten trillion gigabytes) of data is stored in global server farms, and that's doubling every two years. With computing ...

Engineering Team Develops Novel Miniaturized Organic Semiconductor

Oct. 8, 2020 — An engineering team has made an important breakthrough in developing the staggered structure monolayer Organic Field Effect Transistors, which sets a major cornerstone to reduce the size of ...

New Algorithm Could Unleash the Power of Quantum Computers

Oct. 5, 2020 — A new algorithm that fast forwards simulations could bring greater use ability to current and near-term quantum computers, opening the way for applications to run past strict time limits that hamper ...

Deep Learning Gives Drug Design a Boost

Oct. 5, 2020 — A computational tool may help pharmaceutical companies expand their ability to investigate the safety of ...

Bridging the Gap Between the Magnetic and Electronic Properties of Topological Insulators

Sep. 24, 2020 — Scientists have shed light on the relationship between the magnetic properties of topological insulators and their electronic band structure. Their ...

Driving Behavior Less 'Robotic' Thanks to New Model

Sep. 29, 2020 — Researchers have now developed a new model that describes driving behavior on the basis of one underlying 'human' principle: managing the risk below a threshold level. This model can accurately ...