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Computers Can Effectively Detect Disease-Related Eye Problems
Cost-effective computerized systems can successfully screen diabetic patients to detect early eye problems related to the disease, University of Iowa analysis shows...
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Four Nerds and a Cry to Arms Against Facebook
How angry is the world at Facebook for devouring every morsel of personal information we are willing to feed it?
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Internet Approaches Addressing Limit
Experts say that the net's entire existing address space will be exhausted about a year after that date. A newer scheme is being rolled out but many firms and countries...
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Comments Sought on Guide for Assessing Federal IT Security Controls
NIST has issued the final draft of its Guide for Assessing Security Controls in Federal Information Systems and Organizations and is seeking public comments.
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Virtualization Moves Closer to the Desktop
Virtual computing has moved closer with the unveiling of a new client-based hypervisor that allows users to run multiple virtual machines on a single laptop.
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Molecular Robots On the Rise
Researchers have created and programmed robots the size of single molecule that can move independently across a nanoscale track. This development marks an important...
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Dna Could Be Backbone of Next Generation Logic Circuits
Duke University professor Chris Dwyer has mixed customized parts of DNA and other molecules to produce tiny, waffle-like structures that can be used as building...
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Nsf Will Require Scientists Seeking Funding to Submit Data Management Plans
Beginning in October 2010, the National Science Foundation plans to require that all proposals for funding include a data management plan. The changes are designed...
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Web Science: Exploring the Network Without Guesswork
University of Southampton professor Nigel Shadbolt, speaking at a recent conference on the emerging discipline of Web science, says the Internet has become such...
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One Group's Answer to Transistors Behaving Badly
Researchers are developing error-prone stochastic processors in the hope that their looser architecture will make their mass production much less expensive and...
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Bat Studies to Aid Roving Robots
Researchers at the University of Southampton, Leeds University, and the University of Strathclyde are studying the use of ultrasonic transducers that can be used...
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Lining Up 'nanodot' Memory
North Carolina State University researchers have developed a method for growing magnetic nanoparticles that could lead to much more dense computer memory devices...
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Improved Online Security for a Tenth of the Cost
Computer scientists in the United Kingdom are developing a system that would offer a high level of security at one-tenth the cost of existing systems using specialized...
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Hot New Material Can Keep Electronics Cool
University of California, Riverside researchers led by professor Alexander Balandin have developed technology that could keep laptops and other electronics from...
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Sandia Workshop Aids Photovoltaic Systems Integrators
Sandia National Laboratories researchers and the U.S. Department of Energy recently hosted a workshop for photovoltaic systems integrators to identify and address...
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Quantum Move Toward Next Generation Computing
Physicists at McGill University have developed a system for measuring the energy involved in adding electrons to semiconductor nanocrystals, also known as quantum...
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Twitter a Decent Stand-In For Public Opinion Polls
The next time you're low on cash and need to get a quick read on the public's feeling on politics or current events, consider sampling Twitter.
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Microsoft Attempts to Predict the Future
Don’t worry about Microsoft trying to follow your every move. The company probably already knows what you will do next.
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Patient's Social Network Predicts Drug Outcomes
Earlier this month, the journal Lancet Neurology published a study showing that the generic drug lithium did nothing to slow the course of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis...
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