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Artificial Intelligence

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ASL and AI

Can Artificial Intelligence Reveal Why Languages Change Over Time?

March 29, 2022

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Innovation

Five Studies Pushing the Limits of Science

November 17, 2021

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Social Media

Is YouTube’s Crackdown on Vaccine Misinformation Going to Be Effective?

October 5, 2021

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Machine Learning

Self-Taught, Self-Driving Cars?

July 30, 2021

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Behavioral Science

This Behavioral Scientist Wants to Help Increase COVID-19 Vaccination Rates

July 28, 2021

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Internet Memes

The Bernie Sanders Sitting Meme’s Instant Popularity, Explained by Science

January 26, 2021

Deepfakes

Protective Filter Defends Images and Video against Deepfake Manipulation

July 1, 2020

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Communicating COVID-19

Comparing How Media around the World Frames Coronavirus News

June 25, 2020

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Return to Campus Labs

BU Unveils First Phase of Campuswide Research Recovery Plan

May 6, 2020

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Alzheimer’s and AI

Deep Learning Algorithm Outperforms Experts in Making Alzheimer’s Diagnosis

May 4, 2020

An AI robotic arm places a hot dog on a hot dog cooker.

Artificial Intelligence

Meet Jaco and Baxter, Machine Learning Robots Who Cook Perfect Hot Dogs

February 18, 2020

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Stem Cells

Machine Learning Gives Rise to Better Lung Disease Models from Stem Cells

February 4, 2020

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Autonomous Vehicles

Aerial Drones Get Schooled in Navigation by Moths

January 16, 2020

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Robotics

Can Robots Revolutionize the Recycling Industry?

November 14, 2019

Computer generated diagram of a self-drive autonomous vehicle.

Systems Neuroscience

Could Rat Brains Hold the Secret to Cars, Robots with Better Navigational Skills?

July 23, 2019

Koch plans to build a digital twin of his drone in computer simulation, creating an exact replica so that the controller can no longer tell the difference between computer simulation and the real world. The digital twin will allow him to improve Neuroflight's control over the drone's behavior. Courtesy of Wil Koch

Computer Science

Neuroflight Is the World’s First Neural-Network-Enabled Drone Controller

April 22, 2019

Neuroflight Is the World’s First Neural-Network-Enabled Drone Controller