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Lizard-Like Robot Can 'swim' Through Sand
Inspired by the sandfish lizard, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology are collaborating with Northwestern University's Paul Umbanhowar to develop...
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Broadband Availability to Expand
U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday (June 28) will sign a memorandum that makes 500 megahertz of wireless spectrum, currently controlled by the federal government...
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Researchers Collaborate on Project to Integrate 'Cloud Computing' With 'Grid' Technologies
European researchers working on the StratusLab project are developing software designed to improve distributed computing infrastructures in an effort to enable...
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World First For Quantum Memory Storage
A new system developed by researchers at Australian National University uses quantum memory for light more efficiently than similar storage devices.
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Researchers Analyze the Future of Transistor-Less Magnonic Logic Circuits
The emerging field of magnonics is attracting researchers because of its possible role in the development of transistorless logic circuits, and researchers are...
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An Internet 100 Times As Fast
A new network design that avoids the need to convert optical signals into electrical ones could boost capacity while reducing power consumption.
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3-D Virtual Learning Platforms
Carlos III University of Madrid researchers working on the eMadrid project are studying how to use three-dimensional virtual worlds for teaching.
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ncovering Results in the Magellan Testbed
The Magellan cloud computing testbed funded by the U.S. Department of Energy is dedicated to studying the advantages and disadvantages of the cloud computing model...
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Police Push to Continue Warrantless Cell Tracking
A law requiring police to obtain a search warrant before tracking Americans' cell phones may imperil criminal investigations and endanger children's lives, a law...
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The Challenge of Molecular Communication
Bacteria communicate with molecules, and now computer scientists want to copy them. Their first task: to derive a mathematical theory of molecular communication...
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China's Young College Grads Toil in 'ant Tribes'
Liu Jun sleeps in a room so small, he shares a bed with two other men. It's all the computer engineering graduate can afford in Beijing, a city where the dreams...
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China Pushing the Envelope on Science, and Sometimes Ethics
Last year, Zhao Bowen was part of a team that cracked the genetic code of the cucumber. These days, he's probing the genetic basis for human IQ.
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Smart Computer Learns From Video
ETH Zurich researchers have developed a learning program that can analyze street scenes from video, map the patterns that characterize the various road users, and...
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Algorithms Aid Prosthetics Development
Advanced algorithms could help make the speed and accuracy of clinically viable prosthetic devices more comparable to a healthy human arm.
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Hop, Jump and Stick
The behavioral laws of insects have the potential to give robots a greater complexity of movement without the need for high computational power, says the Ecole...
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U.K. Researchers Building 'Fat-Free' Cloud Programming Framework
Researchers at Citrix and the universities of Cambridge and Nottingham have developed Mirage, a programming framework aimed at supporting applications that run...
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How a Computer Program Became Classical Music's Hot, New Composer
University of California, Santa Cruz professor David Cope has developed Emily Howell, a music-composing program that generates its own compositions by following...
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'augmented Reality' on Smartphones Brings Teaching Down to Earth
University of Wisconsin at Madison researchers are developing an open source tool that lets designers link text, images, video, and audio into a physical location...
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How Wi-Fi Drains Your Cell Phone
A study finds problems, but also offers software fixes that could help cell phones last significantly longer between charges.
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