Computer Science

Algorithm beats human pilots in drone race for the first time

For the first time, an autonomously flying quadrotor has outperformed two human pilots in a drone race, researchers report. The success is based on a...

Scientists develop more robust memory device for artificial intelligence systems

A research team at Northwestern University and the University of Messina in Italy has developed a new magnetic memory device that could lead to...

This air-powered computer memory could help soft robot control movements

Engineers at UC Riverside have unveiled an air-powered computer memory that can be used to control soft robots. The innovation overcomes one of the biggest...

Engineers 3D printed a soft robotic hand that can play Nintendo

A team of researchers from the University of Maryland has 3D printed a soft robotic hand that is agile enough to play Nintendo's Super...

New method can predict diabetes risk by measuring fat around the heart

In a new study from the Queen Mary University of London, researchers have developed a new artificial intelligence (AI) tool that is able to...

Scientists take big step in race to quantum computing

Physicists from the Harvard-MIT Center for Ultracold Atoms and other universities have developed a special type of quantum computer known as a programmable quantum...

Scientists use artificial intelligence to detect gravitational waves

When gravitational waves were first detected in 2015 by the advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO), they sent a ripple through the scientific community,...

New AI tech for early detection of prostate cancer

Prostate cancer is the most diagnosed cancer and a leading cause of death by cancer in Australian men. Early detection is key to successful treatment...

Scientists find a missing piece in the quantum computing puzzle

Research from the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis has found a missing piece in the puzzle of optical quantum...

Latest tests on 6G return surprising results

Imagine you’re a fisherman living by a lake with a rowboat. Every day, you row out on the calm waters and life is good. But...