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Shuffling May Be Best Cybersecurity Defense
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Shuffling May Be Best Cybersecurity Defense

A team of George Mason researchers proposes a "moving-target" defense against distributed denial-of-service attacks. The defense works by repeatedly shuffling client...

Israeli Firm Helping Fbi to Open Encrypted Iphone: Report
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Israeli Firm Helping Fbi to Open Encrypted Iphone: Report

Israel's Cellebrite, a provider of mobile forensic software, is helping the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation's attempt to unlock an iPhone used by one of the...

Printing Nanomaterials with Plasma
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Printing Nanomaterials with Plasma

Researchers have developed a new method that uses plasma to print nanomaterials onto a 3-D object or flexible surface, such as paper or cloth.

Government Use of Technology Has Potential to Increase Food Security
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Government Use of Technology Has Potential to Increase Food Security

Acceptance of information technology can play a vital role in meeting the demand for food in developing countries, according to a new study by Iowa State University...

Los Alamos and Seagate Team ­p on Data Archiving For Supercomputers
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Los Alamos and Seagate Team ­p on Data Archiving For Supercomputers

Los Alamos National Laboratory and Seagate are teaming up to develop better power-aware cold storage technologies for supercomputers.

Silicon Valley Rides Obama's Coattails Into Cuba
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Silicon Valley Rides Obama's Coattails Into Cuba

President Barack Obama is in Cuba, and Silicon Valley is tagging along for the ride.

Wrinkles and Crumples Make Graphene Better
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Wrinkles and Crumples Make Graphene Better

Brown University researchers have developed a method for making super-wrinkled and super-crumpled sheets of the nanomaterial graphene. The research shows that the...

Israel Cyber Cadets Train in Harry Potter-Inspired War Zone
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Israel Cyber Cadets Train in Harry Potter-Inspired War Zone

The Israeli military's elite Cyber Command is honing its skills at Hogwarts.

Why Students Are Throwing Tons of Money at a Program That Won't Give Them a College Degree
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Why Students Are Throwing Tons of Money at a Program That Won't Give Them a College Degree

Computer-coding "boot camps" are surging in popularity, but these non-accredited programs do not offer a college degree, so graduates who invest a lot of money...

Hpc4mfg Program Seeks to Fund New Proposals
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Hpc4mfg Program Seeks to Fund New Proposals

A U.S. Department of Energy program designed to spur the use of high performance supercomputers to advance U.S. manufacturing is now seeking a second round of proposals...

Apple Encryption Engineers, If Ordered to Unlock Iphone, Might Resist
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Apple Encryption Engineers, If Ordered to Unlock Iphone, Might Resist

If the F.B.I. wins its court fight to force Apple's help in unlocking an iPhone, the agency may run into yet another roadblock: Apple's engineers.

Secure, ­ser-Controlled Data
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Secure, ­ser-Controlled Data

Cryptographic system would allow users to decide which applications access which aspects of their data.

Discovery Shows Promise as Silicon's Replacement in Semiconductors
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Discovery Shows Promise as Silicon's Replacement in Semiconductors

Two-dimensional electronic devices could inch closer to their ultimate promise of low power, high efficiency, and mechanical flexibility with a processing technique...

Why Students Are Throwing Tons of Money at a Program that Won't Give Them a College Degree
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Why Students Are Throwing Tons of Money at a Program that Won't Give Them a College Degree

Brian O'Neill has been trying to hire a developer at Philly-based tech company Monetate.

Automakers Go Back to School to Learn to Build Self-Driving Cars
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Automakers Go Back to School to Learn to Build Self-Driving Cars

Automakers didn't build the self-driving car: Google did.

Computer Simulations May Help Golfers Tame Masters Tournament's Nasty 12th Hole
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Computer Simulations May Help Golfers Tame Masters Tournament's Nasty 12th Hole

Johns Hopkins engineers have devised a computer model to help golfers unravel the wicked wind conditions that plague the 12th hole at Georgia's Augusta National...

When Slower Is Faster
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When Slower Is Faster

A newly published study claims that communicating vehicles will move more efficiently through intersections without traffic lights than with them. 

On the Hunt For a Mystery Planet
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On the Hunt For a Mystery Planet

Astronomer Scott Sheppard runs through his checklist as he settles in for a long night of skygazing at the Subaru telescope atop Mauna Kea, Hawaii.

Pentagon Paying Techies to Think Like Terrorists
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Pentagon Paying Techies to Think Like Terrorists

To stop a terrorist, it helps to think like one.

Outsourcing Crystal Growth. . .to Space
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Outsourcing Crystal Growth. . .to Space

To better isolate the growth and measurement of protein crystals from the effects of gravity, a group of researchers grew crystals in a specially-designed chamber...
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