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Chinese AI company plans to mine health data faster than rivals
iCarbonX believes its cutting-edge partners and generous funding give it the upper hand.
- David Cyranoski
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How scientists use Slack
Eight ways labs benefit from the popular workplace messaging tool.
- Jeffrey M. Perkel
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Computing glitch may have doomed Mars lander
Researchers sift through clues after Schiaparelli crash in hopes of averting mistakes in 2020 mission.
- Elizabeth Gibney
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Google's AI reasons its way around the London Underground
DeepMind’s latest technique uses external memory to solve tasks that require logic and reasoning — a step toward more human-like AI.
- Elizabeth Gibney
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What Google’s winning Go algorithm will do next
AlphaGo’s techniques could have broad uses, but moving beyond games is a challenge.
- Elizabeth Gibney
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Web widget nudges scientists to share their data
Open Data Button launched to encourage public sharing of data sets.
- Dalmeet Singh Chawla
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A world where everyone has a robot: why 2040 could blow your mind
Technological change is accelerating today at an unprecedented speed and could create a world we can barely begin to imagine.
- Declan Butler
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Digital intuition
A computer program that can outplay humans in the abstract game of Go will redefine our relationship with machines.
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Google AI algorithm masters ancient game of Go
Deep-learning software defeats human professional for first time.
- Elizabeth Gibney
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The unsung heroes of scientific software
Creators of computer programs that underpin experiments don’t always get their due — so the website Depsy is trying to track the impact of research code.
- Dalmeet Singh Chawla
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Leap-second decision delayed by eight years
Some want to scrap adjustment that keeps atomic time in sync with Earth's rotation.
- Elizabeth Gibney
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Software predicts slew of fiendish crystal structures
Chemists succeed at forecasting how complex molecules will assemble in 3D.
- Elizabeth Gibney
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Energy storage: Power revolution
Electrical grids increasingly depend on intermittent renewable sources. To smooth the supply out, utilities companies are testing alternatives to storing energy in conventional batteries.
- Peter Fairley
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Podcast: A complex eye in a single cell, hot lizards change sex, and robot morals
Nature's weekly audio round-up.
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No more hidden solutions in bioinformatics
Precision medicine cannot advance without full disclosure of how commercial genome sequencing and interpretation software works, says Mauno Vihinen.
- Mauno Vihinen
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Rule rewrite aims to clean up scientific software
Nature Biotechnology asks peer reviewers to check accessibility of code used in computational studies.
- Erika Check Hayden
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Data visualization: Science on the map
Easy-to-use mapping tools give researchers the power to create beautiful visualizations of geographic data.
- Mark Zastrow
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Modelling: Computing cancer
Software models of complex tissues and disease are yielding a better understanding of cancer and suggesting potential treatments.
- Neil Savage
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Turning point: Marc Modat
A postdoc’s development of a software code leads to numerous publications early in his career.
- Virginia Gewin
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Trouble at the text mine
Computers can rapidly scan through thousands of research papers to make useful connections, but work is being slowed by publishers' unease.
- Richard Van Noorden
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Treating schizophrenia: Game on
Michael Merzenich has a plan for how to convince sceptics of the worth of his brain-training video games: prove that the software can help people with schizophrenia.
- Erika Check Hayden
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Biostatistics: Revealing analysis
As the challenges of analysing genomic data evolve, statistical expertise has become more valuable than ever.
- Erika Check Hayden
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Computer model spots image fraud
Software measures extent of 'airbrushing' in digital images.
- Duncan Graham-Rowe
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Software pinpoints cause of mystery genetic disorder
Genome analysis tools speedily track down previously unknown mutation.
- Brendan Maher
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Mutation-prediction software rewarded
California contest looks to boost software that can analyse genetic data.
- Ewen Callaway
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Developers call for handy lab aids
Macmillan hopes to partner with scientists to turn software into commercial products.
- Declan Butler
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The renegade gene test
An open-source computer program flouts patents to test for cancer-causing gene mutations.
- Alla Katsnelson
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Publish your computer code: it is good enough
Freely provided working code — whatever its quality — improves programming and enables others to engage with your research, says Nick Barnes.
- Nick Barnes
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Computational science: ...Error
…why scientific programming does not compute.
- Zeeya Merali
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A software spot
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Journals step up plagiarism policing
Cut-and-paste culture tackled by CrossCheck software.
- Declan Butler