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The butt of jokes as little as 10 years ago, automatic speech recognition is now on the verge of becoming...

Credit: Cheng Sun A tiny, transparent device that can fit into a contact lens has a bright future, potentially helping...

February 13, 2017 (Waterloo, Ontario, Canada) - A machine learning algorithm designed to teach computers how to recognize photos, speech...

Credit: Credit: Dominik Oberthuer, CFEL/DESY An international team of scientists has used high-intensity X-ray pulses to determine the structure of...

Credit: Lisa Kulick PITTSBURGH -- Carmel Majidi and Jonathan Malen of Carnegie Mellon University have developed a thermally conductive rubber...

Credit: University of Houston Molecules can move far too quickly to be captured by traditional imaging tools, as quickly as...

A composer working with sounds below the limits of human hearing has been announced as the winner of the inaugural...

New research published online in The FASEB Journal reveals a potential drug to combat the life-threatening effects of chronic obstructive...

People who eat a gluten-free diet may be at risk for increased exposure to arsenic and mercury - toxic metals...

Immunotherapies have revolutionized cancer treatment, offering hope to those whose malignancies have stubbornly survived other existing treatments. Yet solid tumor...

Credit: Joshua Brown It's easy to find out how many calories are in a Twinkie. But how about in a...

Loading video... Credit: Credits: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Scientists and engineers had many challenges in designing the components of...

Credit: Credits: NASA The fifth tropical cyclone of the Southern Indian Ocean season formed today, February 13 as NASA's Aqua...

Credit: The Scripps Research Institute LA JOLLA, CA - Feb. 13, 2017 - In a new study, researchers at The...

Credit: Xiaoli Guo, Division of Plant Sciences and Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri; College of Plant Science and...

Credit: courtesy of Ricardo Ramirez. Washington, DC -- An international team of astronomers released the largest-ever compilation of exoplanet-detecting observations...

Credit: Venkatesh and Monje Cancer cells rely on the healthy cells that surround them for sustenance. Tumors reroute blood vessels...

A study, led by Newcastle University's Dr Alan Jamieson, has uncovered the first evidence that man-made pollutants have now reached...

People with hemophilia require regular infusions of clotting factor to prevent them from experiencing uncontrolled bleeding. But a significant fraction...

Credit: University of Illinois Tiny carbon dots have, for the first time, been applied to intracellular imaging and tracking of...