Machine learning can predict strains of bacteria likely to cause food poisoning outbreaks, research has found. The study – which focused on harmful strains of E. coli bacteria – could help public health officials to target interventions and reduce risk to human health. Researchers at the University of Edinburgh's Roslin Institute used software that compares genetic information from bacterial samples isolated from both animals and people. The software learns the DNA signatures that are associated with E. coli samples that have caused outbreaks of infection in people. It can then pick out the animal strains that have these signatures, which are therefore likely to be a threat to human health.

Christoffer O. Hernæs is vice president of Strategy, Innovation and Analysis at Sparebank 1 Group, Norway's second-largest financial institution. When I was growing up, my father often told me that Andy Warhol once said that he wanted to be a machine, and that it would be a lot easier to be a machine -- if something broke, you could just replace it. Even though small wounds and injuries heal, this has not been the case for humans. If something were inherently broken, it would stay broken the rest of our lives. Which relates to another common saying: The only two things in this world that are certain are death and taxes.

The science fiction author Isaac Asimov first proposed the'Three Laws of Robotics' in a short story published in 1942 as a way of ensuring the machines would not rise up to overthrow humanity. But with robots now starting to appear in people's homes and artificial intelligence developing, a group of experts have drawn up a new list of rules to protect humanity from their creations. The British Standards Institution, which develops technical and quality guidelines for goods sold in the UK and issues the famous Kitemark certificate, has drawn up a new standard for robots. The British Standards Institution have drawn up new guidelines for robotics designers to help ensure robots do not cause a risk to humans. They say the growing use of robots in homes, shops (robot shop assistant Pepper pictured) and industry poses an'ethical hazard' It states that robots should not be designed to kill or harm humans, echoing Asimov's first law of robotics.

The company is best known for its computers and phones. But Microsoft is now setting its sights on one of the most important questions in science - how to cure cancer. One of its research labs aims to tackle the disease as if it were a bug in a computer system, with the hopes of being able to make cells into living computers that can'reprogramme' cancer cells within the decade. Microsoft is now setting its sights on one of the most important questions in science - how to cure cancer. The company aims to use a computer code to treat the disease like a computer virus, 'reprogramme' diseased cells.

A controversial neurosurgeon who wants to carry out the first human head transplant has outlined plans to conduct'Frankenstein' experiments to reanimate a human corpse to test his technique. Dr Sergio Canavero, director of the Turin Advanced Neuromodulation Group, and his collaborators believe they may be able to conduct the first human head transplant next year. They have outlined plans to test whether it is possible to reconnect the spinal cord of a head to another body with tests that will stimulate fresh human corpses with electrical pulses. However, the Russian man who has volunteered to have the first transplant has also revealed that his girlfriend is opposed to him having the operation. Dr Sergio Canavero (pictured) believes the first human head transplant will take place next year.

Nasa has announced that it has found evidence of flowing water on Mars. Scientists have long speculated that Recurring Slope Lineae -- or dark patches -- on Mars were made up of briny water but the new findings prove that those patches are caused by liquid water, which it has established by finding hydrated salts. Several hundred camped outside the London store in Covent Garden. The 6s will have new features like a vastly improved camera and a pressure-sensitive "3D Touch" display

We @ProjectJunoAI are big fans of landscapes. That's why we've created a machine intelligence landscape focused entirely on Europe [1]. Europe deserves a landscape of its own to highlight its talent and expertise. Until recently, its contribution to the innovation and commercialisation of machine intelligence technologies has been under-appreciated. We now see growing self-confidence borne of the success, and continued presence, of local acquired startups like VocalIQ, Swiftkey, Deepmind, Magic Pony Technology, and PredictionIO.

The artificial intelligence offshoot of Google has paired up with University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust for a research project. DeepMind Health announced that it will be receiving anonymised data from the trust for a research partnership into head and neck cancer. The five-year collaboration will use around 700 anonymised CT and MRI scans of former patients, dating back to 2008, and additional data relating to approximate age, anatomy location, cancer type and radiotherapy received. Currently before radiotherapy can be administered, clinicians take up to four hours to identify and differentiate between cancerous and healthy tissues on CT and MRI scans of head and neck cancer patients. This process is called segmentation.

Famous for its Red Light District, marijuana-dispensing coffee shops, and substantive system of canals, Amsterdam is taking advantage of its ample waterways to test self-driving boats. In collaboration with MIT, the Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions (AMS Institute) has launched the world's first major research program on autonomous floating vessels in metropolitan areas, dubbed Roboat. "Roboat offers enormous possibilities," AMS Institute scientific director Arjan van Timmeren said of the five-year, 27.9 million project. The team could, for example, research underwater robots that detect diseases at an early stage. Or use Roboats to rid local canals of floating waste and find what van Timmeren called "a more efficient way" of recovering the 12,000 bicycles that end up in the water each year.

D-RAFT Corporate Demo Days are designed to connect best ready-to-scale, late stage startups in one area with corporations that want to buy, partner or invest in disruptive solutions. We invite interested companies from the portfolios of leading incubators, accelerators and VCs in Europe. Ten selected startups will receive the opportunity to present their solutions (including: AI & digital disruption, big data & machine learning, human to technology, exponential technologies) in a 8 min.