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Automatically grading programming homework
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Researchers at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), working with a colleague at Microsoft Research, have developed a new software system that can automatically identify errors in students’ programming assignments and recommend corrections.
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New research institute in China
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The National University of Singapore (NUS) is expected to inaugurate its first overseas research institute on Wednesday in an industrial park in China, the university said.
The research institute was established in 2010 as a collaboration project between the university and the Suzhou ...DETAILS |
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Speaking loudly help other concentrate
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British researchers say people can help others focus or concentrate by speaking more loudly or more clearly.
Lead author Alex Thiele, professor of Visual Neuroscience at Newcastle University in England, said by changing the way neurons respond to external stimuli people could improve their ...DETAILS |
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US professor makes maths breakthrough
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A virtually unknown US professor has taken a major step in solving a numerical problem that has baffled mathematicians for centuries, experts said.
Yitang Zhang, a researcher at the University of New Hampshire who once took a job a Subway because he couldn't secure an academic appointment, has ...DETAILS |
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KSU joins pharmaceutical research partnership
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King Saud University has officially teamed up with one of the leading players in Saudi Arabia’s pharmaceutical industry to establish a research and development centre in Riyadh Techno Valley.
KSU Rector Badran Al-Omar signed the agreement with Riyadh Pharma‘s chief executive ...DETAILS |
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Bilinguals' language dilemma analysed
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Individuals who learn two languages at an early age seem to switch back and forth between separate "sound systems" for each language, according to new research.
The research has been conducted at the University of Arizona and will published in a forthcoming issue of Psychological ...DETAILS |
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Research shows practice doesn't make perfect
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Turns out, that old "practice makes perfect" adage may be overblown as new research has found that a copious amount of practice is not enough to explain why people differ in level of skill in two widely studied activities, chess and music.
In other words, it takes more than hard ...DETAILS |
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Security flaws found in heart device sensors
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Security vulnerabilities in sensors found in heart devices like defibrillators and pacemakers mean the devices can be tampered with, U.S. researchers said.
In experiments in simulated human models, an international team of researchers including scientists at the University of Michigan and the ...DETAILS |
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Study finds brain system for emotional self-control
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Different brain areas are activated when people choose to suppress an emotion, which is different from when people inhibit an emotion, British researchers say.
Dr. Simone Kuhn of Ghent University and colleagues at the University College London Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience said the ...DETAILS |
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