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Innovative Technique Can Spot Errors in Key Technological Systems
An innovative computational technique that draws on statistics, imaging, and other disciplines has the capability to detect errors in sensitive technological systems...
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Quantum Computer Simulates Hydrogen Molecule Just Right
Almost three decades ago, Richard Feynman — known popularly as much for his bongo drumming and pranks as for his brilliant insights into physics — told an electrified...
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Networking Formula Could Predict Research Success
A Texas Tech University economist Miaomiao Wang has found that a fairly simple networking formula could increase the odds that policymakers will fund dynamic and...
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Report Reveals Critical Infrastructure nder Constant Cyber Attack
The staggering cost and impact of cyber attacks on critical infrastructure such as electrical grids, oil and gas production, telecommunications and transportation...
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As Devices Pull More Data, Patience May Be Required
Could Apple's new iPad end up being too much of a good thing? Steven P. Jobs, Apple's chief executive, played up the iPad's ability to stream live baseball games...
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Forty Students Named Finalists in the Intel Science Talent Search 2010
Forty high school seniors from across the United States were named finalists in the Intel Science Talent Search 2010, a program of Society for Science & the Public...
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China Set For Global Lead in Scientific Research
China has demonstrated the most growth in scientific research of any country in the past three decades and is on pace to overtake the United States as the world's...
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Safety in Numbers: A Cloud-Based Immune System For Computers
Researchers at Switzerland's Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) have incorporated cloud computing technology into Dimmunix, a new tool designed to...
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Colleges Look For New Ways to Help Women in Science
Colleges have developed programs to support women in science and engineering through the use of federal grants such as those offered under the U.S. National Science...
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To Beat Spam, Turn Its Own Weapons Against It
Researchers from the International Computer Science Institute and the University of California, San Diego have developed a method for blocking the most common type...
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Estonians Put Roboswarm Technology to the Test
A swarm robot demonstrator has been successfully tested by a European collaboration that brought together nine research and industry partners from seven countries...
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Computer Mimics Nature By sing Tv
University of Bath researchers led by professor Peter Hall and Ph.D. candidate Chris Li have developed software that enables a computer to process video of a tree...
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World Wide Web May Split p Into Several Separate Networks
The recent dispute between the Chinese government and Google, and the latter's subsequent threat to leave China, has some analysts worried that the World Wide Web...
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Apple Wins Patent For "proximity Sensing" Multi-Touch Display
Apple has been granted a patent for a multi-touch display that can sense when and where a finger is near the screen. The patent was one of 13 granted to Apple,U...
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Supercomputer Center Pursuing Hpc-Based Radiation Therapy
Researchers from the San Diego Supercomputer Center at UC San Diego have joined forces with the Department of Radiation Oncology in the university's School of Medicine...
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U.s. Businesses Face Increasing Threats From Chinese Cyber Attacks
U.S. businesses and government agencies are facing increasing risks of potential cyber attacks from China, according to a recent report. And IT departments that...
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U.s. Keeps Foreign Ph.d.s
Most foreigners who came to the U.S. to earn doctorate degrees in science and engineering stayed on after graduation — at least until the recession began — refuting...
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Pentagon Searches For
One of the trickiest problems in cyber security is trying to figure who’s really behind an attack. Darpa, the Pentagon agency that created the Internet, is trying...
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In Digital Combat, U.s. Finds No Easy Deterrent
On a Monday morning earlier this month, top Pentagon leaders gathered to simulate how they would respond to a sophisticated cyberattack aimed at paralyzing the...
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