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October 17, 2011
ROBO SPACE
Robot biologist solves complex problem from scratch
Nashville TN (SPX) Oct 17, 2011
First it was chess. Then it was Jeopardy. Now computers are at it again, but this time they are trying to automate the scientific process itself. An interdisciplinary team of scientists at Vanderbilt University, Cornell University and CFD Research Corporation, Inc., has taken a major step toward this goal by demonstrating that a computer can analyze raw experimental data from a biological system and derive the basic mathematical equations that describe the way the system operates. According ... read more

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India denies nod to $31 billion hill station project
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