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Nasa, Air Force Define Cutting-Edge Next-Gen Space Computer
NASA and the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory's Space Vehicles Directorate have issued a call for R&D into a next-generation computer system for spacecraft.
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Human Genome, Then and Now
Eight years of work, thousands of researchers around the world, $1 billion spent—and finally it was done.
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Cloud's Real Ecological Timebomb: Wireless, Not Data Centers
A new report warns that the growing use of cellular and Wi-Fi networks to access cloud services is more of an ecological threat than the energy consumption of cloud...
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Mechanical Computer Flexes Its Muscle
An artificial, muscle-based computer could have significant potential for the field of robotics.
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Advancing Secure Communications: A Better Single-Photon Emitter For Quantum Cryptography
Researchers say they have developed a more efficient single-photon emitter than can be made using traditional semiconductor processing techniques.
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Obama Budget Makes Cybersecurity a Growing .s. Priority
President Barack Obama proposed on Wednesday increased spending to protect U.S. computer networks from Internet-based attacks in a sign that the government aims...
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Redesigned Material Could Lead to Lighter, Faster Electronics
A new technique generates one-atom-thick sheets of germanium that it conduct electrons more than 10 times faster than silicon.
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Tech Titans Plot to Reprogram Internet of the Future
Many tech firms are collaborating to develop an open source software-defined networking project known as OpenDaylight.
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Don’t Call It Vaporware: Scientists Use Cloud of Atoms as Optical Memory Device
Researchers have demonstrated a method for storing visual images within a thin vapor of rubidium atoms.
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This Material Will Power the Future--If Somebody Can Profit From It
Researchers are working to prove that graphene will enable significant advances in material science, although skeptics question its commercial potential.
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Mechanical Computer Flexes Its Muscle
If we go way back to the 18th century, we find ourselves in the heyday of mechanics.
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Physicists Nudge Electrons, Move Toward Crazy-Fast Computers
Researchers have nudged electrons to change their spin in just quadrillionths of a second, a breakthrough that could lead to faster computers.
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Electronic Warfare: The Ethereal Future of Battle
The voice of the foreign military commander is sinister and gloating.
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Another Step Toward Quantum Computers: sing Photons for Memory
A new method of manipulating microwave signals could aid in the development of a quantum computer.
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Computer Model Provides Important Clues for the Production of Tightly Packed Electronic Components
Researchers have developed a computer model that predicts how a silicon wafer deforms when computer chips are crowded together too closely.
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End of the Line For Roadrunner Supercomputer
The Roadrunner supercomputer at Los Alamos National Laboratory will be decommissioned this week.
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New Hybrid Memory Cube Spec to Boost Dram Bandwidth By 15x
The Hybrid Memory Cube Consortium has announced the final specifications for 3D dynamic random-access memory.
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Top Brain Scientist Is 'philosopher at Heart'
d Boyden tilts his head downward, remaining still except for his eyes, which dart back and forth between blinks for a full 10 seconds. Then, as if coming up for...
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Nsf-Supported Stampede Opens the Gates of Advanced Computation to Thousands of Research Teams
The U.S. National Science Foundation's Stampede supercomputer is the most powerful within the NSF Extreme Digital environment.
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