Researchers have made an important advance in the emerging field of 'spintronics' that may one day usher in a new generation of smaller, smarter, faster computers, sensors and other devices, according ...

Ideas Lab is a National Science Foundation initiative that aims to solve big, grand challenge-style problems using diverse research prospectives. How does it work? In short, NSF brings together a ...

Northwestern Engineering’s Ken Forbus is closing the gap between humans and machines. Using cognitive science theories, Forbus and his collaborators have developed a model that could give computers ...

Computers capable of mimicking the human brain's power and efficiency could be just 10 years off, according to a leading researcher at IBM. According to the researcher, Dharmendra Modha, the manager ...

Going green” is a trend spreading across many industries, as small and mid-sized companies look for ways to reduce energy costs and some try to set an example of being environmentally responsible. In ...

After several decades in the doldrums, AI is experiencing quite a renaissance. In recent years, amazing progress has been made using so-called deep learning, training algorithms with large amounts of ...

Lenovo will start making computers and tablets in North Carolina in early 2013. Oct. 3, 2012 — -- While many PC companies have their headquarters in the U.S. -- HP, Apple and Dell, for example -- ...

Unless you've been hiding under a rock, you've probably noticed the spike in interest in cryptocurrencies. If you need a quick refresher, a cryptocurrency is a kind of decentralized digital or virtual ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The screenshot below (Figure) from the electronic medical record in our clinic depicts a computer generating an ...

I just attended a reception with Colorado oil and gas employees, and the conversation was eye opening. I expected to hear about how difficult life in America would be without fossil fuels. There was ...

Using the power of analogy, a new structure-mapping engine gives computers the ability to reason like humans and even solve moral dilemmas. Northwestern University's Ken Forbus is closing the gap ...