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Public Release: 24-Apr-2018

By 2040, artificial intelligence could upend nuclear stability

A new RAND Corporation paper finds that artificial intelligence has the potential to upend the foundations of nuclear deterrence by the year 2040. While AI-controlled doomsday machines are considered unlikely, the hazards of artificial intelligence for nuclear security lie instead in its potential to encourage humans to take potentially apocalyptic risks, according to the paper.

Funder: RAND Corporation

Public Release: 19-Apr-2018

Machine-learning system processes sounds like humans do

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Using a machine-learning system known as a deep neural network, MIT researchers have created the first model that can replicate human performance on auditory tasks such as identifying a musical genre. This type of model can shed light on how the human brain may be performing the same tasks.

Journal: Neuron
Funder: National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, DOE/Computational Science Graduate Fellowship, McDonnell Scholar Award

Public Release: 18-Apr-2018

Algorithms reveal changes in stereotypes, according to new Stanford research

Stanford University

New Stanford research shows that, over the past century, linguistic changes in gender and ethnic stereotypes correlated with major social movements and demographic changes in the US Census data.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Public Release: 18-Apr-2018

Researchers design 'soft' robots that can move on their own

University of Houston

If Star Wars' R2-D2 is your idea of a robot, think again. Researchers led by a University of Houston engineer have reported a new class of soft robot, composed of ultrathin sensing, actuating electronics and temperature-sensitive artificial muscle that can adapt to the environment and crawl, similar to the movement of an inchworm or caterpillar.

Journal: Advanced Materials
Funder: National Science Foundation, American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund, Doctoral New Investigator Grant

Public Release: 18-Apr-2018

This 2-D nanosheet expands like a Grow Monster

University at Buffalo

Engineers discovered that tiny crystal lattices called 'self-assembling molecular nanosheets' expand when exposed to light. The advancement could form the backbone of new light-powered actuators, oscillators and other microscopic electronic components useful in the development of artificial muscles and other soft robotic systems.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Funder: US Department of Energy, National Science Foundation

Public Release: 18-Apr-2018

A robot by NTU Singapore autonomously assembles an IKEA chair

Nanyang Technological University

Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, have developed a robot that can autonomously assemble IKEA's Stefan chair in 8 minutes and 55 seconds.

Journal: Science Robotics
Funder: Ministry of Education, NTUitive, Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research & Technology

Public Release: 17-Apr-2018

Multidisciplinary study provides new insights about French Revolution

Indiana University

New research from experts in history, computer science and cognitive science shines fresh light on the French Revolution, showing how rhetorical and institutional innovations won acceptance for the ideas that built the French republic's foundation and inspired future democracies.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Funder: Research Experience for Undergraduates National Science Foundation Grant

Public Release: 17-Apr-2018

An AI that makes road maps from aerial images

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, CSAIL

MIT CSAIL's 'RoadTracer' system could reduce workload for developers of apps like Google Maps

Meeting: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Funder: Qatar Computing Research Institute

Public Release: 17-Apr-2018

Invertebrates inspire first fully 3-D printed active materials for robots

U.S. Army Research Laboratory

To overcome the material rigidity and actuation limitations in current robotic systems, a joint US Army Research Laboratory and University of Minnesota research project sought inspiration from invertebrates.

Journal: Extreme Mechanics Letters

Public Release: 13-Apr-2018

Artificial intelligence accelerates discovery of metallic glass

Northwestern University

Combining artificial intelligence with experimentation sped up the discovery of metallic glass by 200 times. The new material's glassy nature makes it stronger, lighter and more corrosion-resistant than today's best steel.

Journal: Science Advances
Funder: US Department of Energy, National Institute of Standards and Technology

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By 2040, artificial intelligence could upend nuclear stability

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Algorithms reveal changes in stereotypes, according to new Stanford research

Researchers design 'soft' robots that can move on their own

This 2-D nanosheet expands like a Grow Monster

A robot by NTU Singapore autonomously assembles an IKEA chair

Multidisciplinary study provides new insights about French Revolution

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Invertebrates inspire first fully 3-D printed active materials for robots

Artificial intelligence accelerates discovery of metallic glass

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