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Split Wave: Component for Neuromorphic Computer

Dec. 7, 2020 — Neural networks are some of the most important tools in AI. So far, they run on traditional processors in the form of adaptive software, but experts are working on an alternative concept, the ...

Tech Makes It Possible to Digitally Communicate Through Human Touch

Dec. 3, 2020 — Researchers have developed the first technology capable of sending digital information, such as a photo or password, by touching a surface with your ...

Cooling Electronics Efficiently With Graphene-Enhanced Heat Pipes

Dec. 3, 2020 — Researchers have found that graphene-based heat pipes can help solve the problems of cooling electronics and power systems used in avionics, data centres, and other power ...

Next Step in Simulating the Universe

Dec. 1, 2020 — Researchers have developed a way to accurately represent the behavior of elementary particles called neutrinos in computer simulations of the Universe. The simulation results reveal the effects of ...

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Breakthrough Optical Sensor Mimics Human Eye, a Key Step Toward Better AI

Dec. 8, 2020 — Researchers are making key advances with a new type of optical sensor that more closely mimics the human eye's ability to perceive changes in its visual ...

New Transistor Design Disguises Key Computer Chip Hardware from Hackers

Dec. 7, 2020 — Engineers propose a built-in security measure that would better protect computer chip hardware from ...

Self-Learning Algorithms for Different Imaging Datasets

Dec. 7, 2020 — AI-based evaluation of medical imaging data usually requires a specially developed algorithm for each task. Scientists have now presented a new method for configuring self-learning algorithms for a ...

Mapping Quantum Structures With Light to Unlock Their Capabilities

Dec. 3, 2020 — A new tool that uses light to map out the electronic structures of crystals could reveal the capabilities of emerging quantum materials and pave the way for advanced energy technologies and quantum ...

Research Reveals How Airflow Inside a Car May Affect COVID-19 Transmission Risk

Dec. 5, 2020 — A new study uses computer simulations to track airflows inside a car's passenger cabin, providing potential strategies -- some of them ...

New Machine Learning Tool Tracks Urban Traffic Congestion

Dec. 2, 2020 — Using public data from the entire 1,500-square-mile Los Angeles metropolitan area, researchers reduced the time needed to create a traffic congestion model by an order of magnitude, from hours to ...

New Lab-on-a-Chip Infection Test Could Provide Cheaper, Faster Portable Diagnostics

Dec. 2, 2020 — A tiny new silicon-based lab-on-chip test could pave the way for cheap handheld infectious disease ...

Shrinking Massive Neural Networks Used to Model Language

Dec. 1, 2020 — Deep learning neural networks can be massive, demanding major computing power. In a test of the 'lottery ticket hypothesis,' researchers have found leaner, more efficient subnetworks hidden within ...

Microfluidic System With Cell-Separating Powers May Unravel How Novel Pathogens Attack

Nov. 30, 2020 — To develop effective therapeutics against pathogens, scientists need to first uncover how they attack host cells. An efficient way to conduct these ...

Computer-Aided Creativity in Robot Design

Nov. 30, 2020 — RoboGrammar is a new system that automates and optimizes robot design. The system creates arthropod-inspired robots for traversing a variety of terrains. It could spawn more inventive robot forms ...