AI can help spot when correlation does mean causation
New Artificial Intelligence (AI) tech has been developed that can merge overlapping and incomplete medical datasets to determine which variables are causative. How artificial intelligence tackles establishing causation from correlation...
Quantum Supremacy – What is it? What does it really mean?
Google and IBM are at odds over 'quantum supremacy' – an expert explains what it really means Google claims to have demonstrated something called “quantum supremacy”, in a paper published...
Meet the Open Source Operating System designed for a post-apocalyptic world
Worried about life post Brexit? Thoughts of slugging it out in a post-apocalyptic wasteland without Minecraft getting you down? 'Collapse OS' is designed to work with every-day scavengeable components in...
Linking brains to computers: how new implants are helping us achieve this goal
Cyborgs are no longer science fiction. The field of brain-machine interfaces (BMI) – which use electrodes, often implanted into the brain, to translate neuronal information into commands capable of controlling...
2D spintronics has already transformed computing – now we’re making it work in three dimensions
Spintronics might not be the sort of word that comes up in everyday discussions, but it has been revolutionising computer technology for years. It’s the branch of physics that involves...
AI learns to detect tumours in microscopy images
A team Japanese researchers have been able to spot different cancer within microsoptic images using deep-learning AI techniques. The new technique could lead to better cancer treatments. The technique used...