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Biological Connections in Microelectronics
Researchers have developed a potential solution for miniaturizing electronic components based on basic cell processes.
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Bill Gates Discusses It Evolution, Web Privacy During Reddit Ama
Microsoft founder Bill Gates recently providing insights into where he thinks the information technology industry is headed.
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Carnegie Mellon Analysis Shows Online Songwriters Seek Collaborators With Complementary Skills, Status
Researchers have found a way to determine the unique balance of qualities that contribute to musical collaborations.
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Pentagon Creates New Medal For Cyber, Drone Wars
They fight the war from computer consoles and video screens.
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Nasa Satellites Find Freshwater Losses in Middle East
A new study using data from a pair of gravity-measuring NASA satellites finds that large parts of the arid Middle East region lost freshwater reserves rapidly during...
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In Cyberwar, Software Flaws Are a Hot Commodity
There have been security flaws in software as long as there has been software, but they have become even more critically important in the context of cyberweapons...
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Nanoscale Chip Design Enables Future 'internet of Things'
With each passing day we are becoming more intertwined into the Internet of Things, where each and every object in the world—your clothes closet and every article...
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Obama Order Gives Firms Cyberthreat Information
President Obama signed an executive order on Tuesday that promotes increased information sharing about cyberthreats between the government and private companies...
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Virtual Vehicle Vibrations
New software that lets engineers predict how the posture of a driver will affect the transfer of stress from vehicle motion to bones and muscles.
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Cell Circuits Remember Their History
MIT researchers have developed genetic circuits in bacterial cells that perform logic functions and remember the results.
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3d Software Key to Designing Many of Today's Consumer Products
While developing an electric bicycle for his San Rafael company, Marcus Hays had planned to insert a battery into one of the bike's supporting tubes. But then he...
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How 'bullet Time' Will Revolutionize Exascale Computing
A new method for compressing output data without losing its essential features in exascale computing is based on a Hollywood special effects technique.
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MIT Aids Human, Robot Cooperation With Cross-Training
MIT researchers have developed an algorithm that enables robots to learn from switching roles with humans.
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A System That Improves the Precision of Gps in Cities By 90 Percent
Carlos III University of Madrid researchers have developed a system that improves GPS accuracy by up to 90 percent.
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The Browser Wars Go Mobile
When surfing the Web on a smartphone, most of us stick with the browser that came with our handset.
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Oscar Sci-Tech Awards Honor Ingenious Screen Science and Engineering
The goal of every movie is for the audience to suspend its collective disbelief and become immersed in the world created on screen.
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At Facebook, Zero-Day Exploits, Backdoor Code Bring War Games Drill to Life
Early on Halloween morning, members of Facebook's Computer Emergency Response Team received an urgent email from an FBI special agent who regularly briefs them...
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Stand on Mars Next to the Curiosity Rover With This Incredible Panorama
Over the weekend, NASA's Curiosity rover successfully drilled into the surface of Mars and collected its first sample from the interior of a rock.
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Robot Inquisition Keeps Witnesses on the Right Track
Researchers are developing robots to help solve the misinformation effect, remembering events differently depending on how one is asked.
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