Tag: mathematics
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Cryptography Technique Boosts Genomic Privacy
A team of geneticists and computer scientists developed a technique of analyzing disease-causing mutations in a human genome without revealing other genetic data.
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Tracking Algorithms Devised to ID Human Traffickers
Computer scientists developed techniques that help identify the people placing sexual service advertisements by tracing the bitcoin payments for those ads.
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Creative Ideas Mined with Crowdsourcing, Neural Nets
A computer science team developed a process that combines crowdsourcing and artificial intelligence to find analogies across disciplines to spark creative ideas.
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University Spins Off Educational Robot Start-Up
A start-up enterprise spun-off from Harvard University is developing a learning system with robotics to teach computer coding to students.
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System Designed to Monitor Bee Colony Health Buzz
A system being developed by a Canadian graduate student monitors the health of bee colonies by analyzing the sounds they make in the hive.
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Genomics Company Acquires Open-Source Biomedical Platform
A company providing whole genome analysis is acquiring an enterprise developing open-source computational software for biomedical uses, such as precision medicine.
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University, Company Employ AI for Anti-Aging Drugs
The medical analytics company Insilico Medicine is partnering with a university in Denmark to apply artificial intelligence to find new treatments for diseases associated with early aging.
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FDA Clears Algorithm-Assisted Cancer Diagnosis
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration cleared for marketing a diagnostics system aided by machine learning algorithms to help radiologists detect breast cancer.
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Robot Designed to Grow into Shapes, Spaces
Engineering researchers created a new type of robot that grows to extend its form into spaces like a vine, rather than move to different locations.
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Start-Up Building Mobile Apps Combining DNA, Lifestyle
A new enterprise in California is creating smartphone apps that provide lifestyle advice based on DNA analysis and activity tracking.