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Can Tornado Prediction Be Improved?
Advances in computer modeling and other technologies still cannot overcome the fundamental complexity of thunderstorm and subsequent tornado formation.
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Is Graphene a Miracle Material?
The material graphene was touted as "the next big thing" even before its pioneers were handed the Nobel Prize last year. Many believe it could spell the end for...
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The Mind-Expanding World of Quantum Computing
On the outskirts of Oxford lives a brilliant and distressingly thin physicist named David Deutsch, who believes in multiple universes and has conceived of an...
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Why Would-Be Engineers End Up As English Majors
Amenah Ibrahim vividly remembers her first introduction to thermodynamics.
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The Invisible iPhone
Hasso Plattner Institute researchers have developed a system that enables iPhone users to perform actions on their devices without actually holding the phone.
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A $1m Prize For the Best Product Recommendation Algorithm
RichRelevance and Overstock.com are offering the $1 million RecLab Prize to the developer team that builds the most powerful online recommendation engine.
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Earthquake? Terrorist Bomb? Call in the AI
Durham University researchers are developing a training simulation system designed to help emergency services workers adapt to chaotic situations. The system takes...
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Researchers Show Android Devices Susceptible to Eavesdropping
Researchers have found that they can use commercially available software to eavesdrop on Android systems that use authTokens which enable legitimate users to stay...
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Awards Encourages Women to Break Tech Glass Ceiling
The Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology recently held its annual Women In Vision Awards honoring women who are challenging the male-dominated technology...
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Autocratic Regimes Fight Web-Savvy Opponents with Their Own Tools
For weeks, Syrian democracy activists have used Facebook and Twitter to promote a wave of bold demonstrations. Now, the Syrian government and its supporters are...
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How Spam Works, from End to End
"Click Trajectories: End-to-End Analysis of the Spam Value Chain" is a scholarly research paper reporting on a well-designed study of the way that spam works,...
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Tracking How Mobile Apps Track You
Third-party apps are the weakest link in user privacy on smart phones. They often get access to large quantities of user data, and there are few rules covering...
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The Next Big Thing in Analytics: Tracking Your Cursor's Every Move
Media, search engines, advertisers and social networks have been tracking what you click since the birth of the Web, but this measurement yields an incomplete...
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Arm: Intel Has Tough Road Into Mobile Market
Intel may have made a big splash this week announcing it's going to focus on the mobile market, but its rival in the space says the chip maker has an uphill climb...
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Seven Technologies to Disrupt the Next Decade
Among the technologies expected to appear in the next decade is augmented reality effected by eyewear and cameras that can add an informational overlay to the wearer's...
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Fully Automatic Software Testing Now Possible
University of Twente researcher Machiel van der Bijl has developed Model-Based Testing, a system that automates all steps in the software testing process. Model...
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Java Use Increases Among Developers Worldwide: Survey
Java use has increased over the past year, according to a new study from Evans Data. Already the world's most popular and widely used programming language, Java...
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Lack of Training Hinders GP in HPC
Several factors, including the lack of training in parallel programming and support from independent software vendors, are major obstacles keeping general-purpose...
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Researchers Hope to Build a Brain
The Human Brain Project, led by Ecole Polytechnique Federale's Henry Markram, aims to build a complete computer model of the human brain, which the researchers...
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