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Spintronics Discovery
Researchers have confirmed the presence of a magnetic field generated by electrons, a finding they say expands the potential to harness the "spin" of electrons. ...
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Touching the Future: Artificial Skin Isn't Sci-Fi
A whisper-thin new pressure sensor could be a step toward creating artificial skin that is able to actually feel.
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Litterbugs Beware: Turning Found Dna Into Portraits
Heather Dewey-Hagborg was sitting in a therapy session a while ago and noticed a painting on the wall. The glass on the frame was cracked, and lodged in the crack...
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Why Even Google Will Embrace Cellphone Chips in the Data Center
A recent research paper suggests Google can achieve significant cost savings by using specific processors for particular software tasks.
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Intelligent Robots Will Overtake Humans By 2100, Experts Say
Some computer scientists believe the singularity at which artificial intelligence can match and overtake human intelligence could take place in only 16 years.
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Landlords Double as Energy Brokers
The trophy high-rises on Madison, Park, and Fifth Avenues in Manhattan have long commanded the top prices in the country for commercial real estate, with yearly...
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nique School For Coders: Tuition-Free – ntil You're Hired
A new school for programmers stands behind the ability of its students to find jobs — if you can't find one within a year, tuition is free.
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The Evolution of the Web, in a Blink
The Web browser you're probably using to read this article is a small marvel of engineering.
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Neuroprosthetics: Once More, With Feeling
Sitting motionless in her wheelchair, paralysed from the neck down by a stroke, Cathy Hutchinson seems to take no notice of the cable rising from the top of her...
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App Helps Blind Photographers Take the Perfect Snap
Researchers are developing a smartphone application that helps visually impaired users take pictures.
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Amherst Prof Devises First Head-to-Head Speed Test With Conventional Computing, and the Quantum Computer Wins
An Amherst College researcher recently tested the speed of a quantum computing system against conventional computing methods.
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A Hack-Proof Internet Exists, Thanks to Quantum Physics
Leave it to the quantum physicists at Los Alamos National Labs to have run for the past two years something that sounded like science fiction: a quantum Internet...
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Child Care and STEM Fields Are Called Barriers to Women at 2-Year Colleges
Gender stereotypes that discourage women from pursuing STEM careers are among the most formidable barriers holding them back in community colleges.
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Linux Leads in Open Source Quality, but Risky Defects Lurk
Linux topped open source software in quality in a study of the defects that occur in the software development process.
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Networks in 2020: More Traffic, Less Energy
New technologies will enable networks to use much less energy by 2020, even though they will be carrying much more traffic.
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Inside the Drone Economy
Last month the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International, the unmanned systems industry's largest trade organization, released its first economic study...
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Better Origami sing Nature and Maths
Paper folding isn’t just an art, it can help fit everything on spacecraft from solar panels to telescope mirrors.
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Researchers at Parc Give S a Glimpse of the Future
It was a high-tech speed-dating session, Silicon Valley-style: I would sit in the storied memorabilia-laden Room 2306 in the bowels of PARC, the former Xerox research...
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What to Expect When Elevators and Toys Start Phoning Home
Your next elevator pitch might actually come from data derived from your elevator.
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