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Virus vs. host -- New research exposes an evolutionary arms race Monash University - EurekAlert (press release)
EurekAlert (press release)
EurekAlert (press release)
However, in this scenario molecules replace chess pieces and instead of moving pieces to attack or defend, the virus and host evolve or build new pieces tailored to suit their strategy," Dr Berry said. The new research, conducted in collaboration with ...
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Poker AI Again Trounces Human Challengers, From China This Time - Bloomberg
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Bloomberg
Tuomas Sandholm, a professor of computer science at Carnegie Mellon, has been honing the research underlying Libratus since 2004, honing its ability to make decisions in situations with imperfect information. The point of training AI to win at games ...
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Letter: National Library Week time to honor staff - Knoxville News Sentinel
Knoxville News Sentinel
Knoxville News Sentinel
Library staff members read to toddlers, teach kids how to play chess, help STEM students learn to love research, take the terror out of computers for those of us born before 1980, show us how to apply for a job online, deliver materials to people who ...
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Syria: Trump May Just have Started World War III - Center for Research on Globalization
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Center for Research on Globalization
He writes regularly for Global Research, ICH, RT, Sputnik, PressTV, The 4th Media (China), TeleSUR, The Vineyard of The Saker Blog, and other internet sites. He is the author of Implosion – An Economic Thriller about War, Environmental Destruction and ...
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Researchers Enlist AI to Generate Music, Boost Creativity - Laboratory Equipment
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Laboratory Equipment
Since then, the gap between machine and man, for well-defined tasks like chess, has widened with the development of more powerful computer chips and software. In the area of human creativity, the picture is less clear. Google last year announced ...
Ethiopia: Chess - Instrumental in Building Social Cohesion - AllAfrica.com
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The game of chess might not help one build ones biceps or tone one's abs, but one can certainly benefit from the lifelong mental health it promises. A healthy and beautiful mind is one of the best assets people need to have. According to research, in ...
Why All of Hollywood's Depictions of Professor Tenure Are Ridiculous - Slate Magazine (blog)
Slate Magazine (blog)
Slate Magazine (blog)
CHRIS, ostensibly working on his “research” but actually playing computer chess, sees the figure of DR. COBELL, his supposed “mentor” (with whom he has actually had three conversations in four years, two of them passive-aggressive), as Cobell passes ...
Study: Health problems from nighttime light exposure can be passed to offspring - ABC6OnYourSide.com
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ABC6OnYourSide.com
During research, the team exposed both male and female hamsters to either standard light during a day and night cycle or to dim light at night for a period of nine weeks. The hamsters were then mated in four groups. After mating, the entire group lived ...
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Navigating High-Stakes Chess Between Israel, Russia and Syria ... - Algemeiner
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Algemeiner
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow June 7, 2016. Photo: Haim Zach/GPO. JNS.org – Just a ...
Navigating the high-stakes game of chess between Israel, Russia ...JNS.org
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The Digital Divide - ThinkAdvisor
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ThinkAdvisor
As the investment industry continues to innovate, a digital divide is opening between advisors who embrace technology to its fullest possible extent — by adopting digital tools, for example, that provide a more interactive and streamlined client ...
New research exposes an evolutionary arms race – virus vs. host - Phys.Org
Phys.Org
Phys.Org
Monash University scientists have solved a 40-year old mystery and shed light on an evolutionary arms race played out between cytomegalovirus (CMV) and the ...
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Making the leap to biotech: a conversation with Dr. Grace E. Terrell - Triad Business Journal
Triad Business Journal
Triad Business Journal
It was very much focused on how clinical medicine is practiced today, which is very similar to what CHESS is doing. The different with Envision Genomics is Envision Genomics is about radical change in the health care system that is going to be focused ...
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Navigating the high-stakes game of chess between Israel, Russia and Syria - JNS.org
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JNS.org
The meeting between Israel's Koren and Russia's Bogdanov should not be seen in too dramatic a light, said Zvi Magen, the former Israeli ambassador to Russia and a senior research fellow at the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv ...
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Fulton Science Academy Students Deliver Impressive Results During State Chess Tournament - NorthFulton.com
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FSA chess players are actively involved in their daily studies and manage to find time outside the normal school day to work and improve their skills. Research has shown that the game of chess can help to improve concentration and memory, enhances ...
Robots are in our future. Will policymakers keep denying that? - The Hill (blog)
The Hill (blog)
The Hill (blog)
When a computer beat chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov in 1997, some predicted it would mean the end of chess. Instead, the game evolved to accommodate teams that combine human and machine ... ForAllSecure, a company that applies AI to find and patch ...
Fulton Science Academy Students Deliver Impressive Results ... - NorthFulton.com
NorthFulton.com
Students from Fulton Science Academy delivered strong results at the State Chess Tournament held on Saturday, March 25 at Peachtree Ridge High School in ...
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MainOpEdsPreparing for war or playing chess - Arutz Sheva
Arutz Sheva
Arutz Sheva
The writer is a professor of Mathematics at Touro College in New York and the director of the RYAL Research Institute on Moshiach and the Sciences, as well as the author of the book Scientific Thought in Messianic Times.(Prof. Silman is on the right).
NKN middle schoolers getting technical - North Coast Citizen
North Coast Citizen
North Coast Citizen
Nakai Reny-Hamer worked hard to create the most complex project ever attempted on NKN Middle School's 3D printer, a complete chess set. By Brian Cameron. Neah-Kah-Nie Middle School hosts 3D printing opportunities in the form of an after school ...
School briefs - Austin American-Statesman
Austin American-Statesman
The program was created by Marzano Research to help transform schools into organizations that take proactive steps to ensure student success. Using a research-based, five-level hierarchy, along with leading and lagging indicators, educators learn to ...
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Nearly 200 students compete in Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board's annual chess championships - HamiltonNews
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HamiltonNews
He said besides it being a fun pastime, chess helps students in many ways. Intense focus, strategizing and figuring out what to do during a game teaches kids different disciplines they can use in other parts of life. “The research is there, that kids ...