Computer Science

New interface turns handwriting brain signals into text for the first time

For the first time scientists have used an implanted sensor to record brain signals associated with handwriting and used those signals to create text...

New MIT system could automatically clean “dirty data”

MIT researchers have created a new system that automatically cleans “dirty data” — the typos, duplicates, missing values, misspellings, and inconsistencies dreaded by data...

New study could soon help Twitter run faster

Research from Carnegie Mellon University may soon help Twitter run faster and more efficiently. Juncheng Yang, a Ph.D. candidate in computer science, and Rashmi Vinayak,...

Scientists find new way to make security device harder to crack

As more private data is stored and shared digitally, researchers are exploring new ways to protect data against attacks from bad actors. Current silicon technology...

Scientists find novel way to switch antiferromagnetism on and off

The findings could lead to faster, more secure memory storage, in the form of antiferromagnetic bits. When you save an image to your smartphone, those...

Researchers develop pasta that morphs into shape when cooked

People love pasta for its shapes—from tubes of penne and rigatoni to spirals of fusilli and rotini. But what makes farfalle different from conchiglie also...

New AI approach could bring digital photos back to life

Every day, billions of photos and videos are posted to various social media applications. The problem with standard images taken by a smartphone or digital...

Your future clothes could be made of algae

Rochester researchers use 3D printing to create a novel, environmentally friendly material made of algae that has applications not only for energy and medicine,...

This new method can find the cause of gut infections

In a new study from Tel Aviv University, researchers have created an artificial intelligence platform that can identify the specific proteins that allow bacteria...

3D holographic head-up display could improve road safety

Researchers have developed the first LiDAR-based augmented reality head-up display for use in vehicles. Tests on a prototype version of the technology suggest that it...