WeChat parent Tencent is opening an A.I. lab in Seattle led by former Microsoft researcher

How robot math and smartphones led researchers to a drug discovery breakthrough

For us humans, a healthy brain handles all the minute details of bodily motion without demanding conscious attention. Not so for brainless robots – in fact, calculating robotic movement is its own scientific subfield.

What is an innovation lab and how do they work?

Innovation labs are springing up everywhere, with fintech a particular bright spot over the last year.

Tencent's WeChat steps up censorship to clear undesirable content

WeChat's is purging undesirable content on its platform to maintain a 'healthy' reading environment as required by the government.

U.S. research lab focuses on building computers of the future

Computer scientists at Sandia National Laboratories have launched an effort to develop whole new types of computers that will be used 10, 25 or even 50 years from now.

How to bring early-stage research out of the lab and into the world

At universities all over the world, early-stage research often just sits in the lab—and that's a missed opportunity. In the Life Sciences field, promising technologies are sometimes abandoned long before they get a chance to really make an impact. This is because many innovations can take decades to

How Your Brain May One Day Control Your Computer

If the founders of CTRL-Labs have their way, you won't type commands to a machine. You'll think them.

Google wants to use naked mole rats to find the secret to slow aging

Calico Labs — the mysterious life-extension research and development company backed by Google and pharmaceutical giant AbbVie — is harnessing a colony of walking, toothy scrotums known as naked...

Using machine learning to predict high-impact research

DELPHI, an artificial intelligence framework built by MIT Media Lab researchers, can give an “early-alert” signal for future high-impact technologies by learning from patterns gleaned from previous scientific publications.

How to Create a Malware Analysis Lab

Join malware analyst Neil Fox for a beginner's workshop that teaches you the basics of malware analysis. No prior analyst experience needed.

Scientists plan to drop limits on how far human embryos are grown in the lab

As technology for manipulating embryonic life accelerates, researchers want to get rid of their biggest stop sign.

How a researcher used big data to beat her own ovarian cancer

The program, which teases out hidden patterns in large, high-dimensional data sets, is also being tested by online dating site eHarmony for matchmaking.

How might virtual reality change the world? Stanford lab peers into future

From pretending to being a flying superhero or embodying a coral reef, academics ponder vast potential for quickly evolving technology

Why it’s time to build your own Google lab of wild ideas

Existing products, processes and services shouldn’t be revisited because they’re broken; they should be reviewed, criticized and redesigned because technology and competitive forces have put them on the road to obsolescence

How to set up a computer lab for less than $1500 with Raspberry Pi

Learn how to build a computer network with Raspberry Pis.

Why Everyone Needs an NSX Nested Lab/Sandbox

by Jim Streit, VMware NSX Senior Technical Account Specialist (TAS) Does this sound familiar? Your boss just asked you to check out a new VMware software product, like NSX. Or maybe you need to get ready for an upgrade, or maybe you want to test some configuration changes … but you just don’t have a

How long will it take Trident-led processors to get the

Will Virtual Brain Replace Lab Rats?

Researchers develop a simulated brain which they hope can be used to test new treatments for neurodegenerative diseases.