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BAYOU learned to write code for programmers by studying billions of programs Computer scientists at Rice University have created a deep-learning, software-coding application that can help human programmers navigate the growing multitude of often-undocumented application programming interfaces, or APIs. Known as Bayou, the Rice application was created through an initiative funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency aimed

University of Utah engineers have developed a polarizing filter that allows in more light, leading the way for mobile device displays that last much longer on a single battery charge and cameras that can shoot in dim light. Polarizers are indispensable in digital photography and LCD displays, but they block enormous amounts of light, wasting

Today’s cars can drive themselves in and out of parking spots completely unassisted – conveniently controlled from the curbside using a smartphone. This is possible thanks to Bosch’s Automatic Park Assist and its remote control function. Thanks to this innovation, tight parking spots – even ones that are barely wide enough to open the car

Probiotics, beneficial microorganisms best known for promoting gut health in humans, are now being used by Western University and Lawson Health Research Institute scientists to save honey bee colonies from collapse. A new study published in the Nature journal ISME J demonstrates how probiotics could potentially stave off a common bacterial hive infestation called American Foulbrood. “Probiotics aren’t just for humans,” said

MIT-led team designs airplanes that would use 70 percent less fuel than current models. In what could set the stage for a fundamental shift in commercial aviation, an MIT-led team has designed a green airplane that is estimated to use 70 percent less fuel than current planes while also reducing noise and emission of nitrogen

The application can be used by everyone A research group from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona School of Engineering has created a GPS-based application for mobile devices equipped with Android operating system to help users move around the city. The application can be used by everyone, including people with visual and hearing impairments, and with

Aside from biological applications, this area of research could revolutionise renewable energy production Scientists from the University of Leeds have taken a crucial step forward in bio-nanotechnology, a field that uses biology to develop new tools for science, technology and medicine. The new study, published in print today in the journal Nano Letters, demonstrates how

New technology allows multispectral reactions on a single chip Duke University researchers believe they have overcome a longstanding hurdle to producing cheaper, more robust ways to print and image across a range of colors extending into the infrared. As any mantis shrimp will tell you, there are a wide range of “colors” along the electromagnetic

Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), which lays claim to being the largest shipbuilding company in the world, says it has developed a miniature welding robot that can be easily transported by a worker and affixed to a ship using magnets. The small, portable robot is expected to increase worker productivity two to threefold. Developed at an

Rice invention can use fluorescing carbon nanotubes to reveal stress in aircraft, structures Thanks to one peculiar characteristic of carbon nanotubes, engineers will soon be able to measure the accumulated strain in an airplane, a bridge or a pipeline – or just about anything – over the entire surface or down to microscopic levels. They’ll