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Stretching the Limit of Silicon Nanowires For Next-Generation Electronics
Flexible electronics, which could be used to control flexible robots, depend on the ability to produce electrical circuits that can be repeatedly stretched and...
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G.e., the 124-Year-Old Software Start-p
It may not qualify as a lightning-bolt eureka moment, but Jeffrey R. Immelt, chief executive of General Electric, recalls the June day in 2009 that got him thinking...
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Secure Networks For the Internet of the Future
Researchers at Bavaria, Germany's University of Wurzburg are developing secure and efficient networks for the Internet of the future.
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ta Physicists to pgrade Titan Supercomputer Software For Extreme Scale Applications Such as Biology and Materials Science Simulations
Researchers have been awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to improve operational efficiencies of the Titan supercomputer to support data-heavy applications...
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Nasa's Juno to Soar Closest to Jupiter This Saturday
This Saturday at 5:51 a.m. PDT, (8:51 a.m. EDT, 12:51 UTC) NASA's Juno spacecraft will get closer to the cloud tops of Jupiter than at any other time during its...
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Majority of Mathematicians Hail from Just 24 Scientific 'families'
Most of the world's mathematicians fall into just 24 scientific 'families', one of which dates back to the fifteenth century.
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Apple Issues Global Ios pdate After Attempt to se Spyware on Activist's Iphone
A botched attempt to break into the iPhone of an Arab activist using hitherto unknown espionage software has triggered a global upgrade of Apple's mobile operating...
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How Cooperative Behavior Could Make Artificial Intelligence More Human
Computer science can play an important role in determining the conditions that give rise to the form of cooperation known as indirect reciprocity, or donation to...
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Mind Aglow: Scientists Watch Thoughts Form in the Brain
When a single neuron fires, it is an isolated chemical blip. When many fire together, they form a thought.
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Auto, Technology Industries Clash Over Talking Cars
Cars that wirelessly talk to each other are finally ready for the road, creating the potential to dramatically reduce traffic deaths, improve the safety of self...
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Linux Took Over the Web. Now, It’s Taking Over the World
The roots of Linux stretch all the way back to the creation of Unix at AT&T’s Bell Labs in 1969.
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35 Years On, Voyager's Legacy Continues at Saturn
Saturn, with its alluring rings and numerous moons, has long fascinated stargazers and scientists.
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All the Ways Your Wi-Fi Router Can Spy on You
City dwellers spend nearly every moment of every day awash in Wi-Fi signals.
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sing Light to Control Genome Editing
Researchers have added a new technique to the CRISPR genome-editing system that lets scientists control when and where gene editing occurs by using ultraviolet...
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Streamlining Accelerated Computing For Industry
Researchers have developed open source software that will enable computational fluid dynamics applications to make good use of supercomputers.
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A Point of Light
Boston University professor Vivek Goyal says he has overcome the challenges of photographing clear images in low light.
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World's Biggest Telescope Meets World's Second-Fastest Supercomputer
A component of the software system that will manage data from the Square Kilometer Array telescope has run on Tianhe-2, the world's second-fastest supercomputer...
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Beyond Terminator: Squishy 'octobot' Heralds New Era of Soft Robotics
A squishy octopus-shaped machine less than 2 centimetres tall is making waves in the field of soft robotics.
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