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Which Technologies Get Better Faster?
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have developed a mathematical model to predict which technologies are the most likely to rapidly advance and be...
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Memristors' Current Carves Protected Channels
A circuit component touted as the "missing link" of electronics is starting to give up the secrets of how it works.
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Toward Faster Transistors
In the 1980s and '90s, competition in the computer industry was all about "clock speed"—how many megahertz, and ultimately gigahertz, a chip could boast. But...
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Galileo Data Reveal Magma Ocean Under Jupiter Moon
New data analysis from NASA's Galileo spacecraft reveals a subsurface ocean of molten or partially molten magma beneath the surface of Jupiter's volcanic moon...
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Quantum Calculations Can Make Atomic Clocks of the Future Far More Accurate
New calculations of how atoms swell when they’re warmed up can help make the next generation of atomic clocks 10 times more precise.
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Forecast For Processing and Storing Ever-Expanding Science Data: Cloudy
Scientists that previously relied on time-shared access to high-performance computers to analyze large datasets are now turning to cloud-based services from the...
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NASA's Dawn Captures First Image of Nearing Asteroid
NASA's Dawn spacecraft has obtained its first image of the giant asteroid Vesta, which will help fine-tune navigation during its approach. Dawn is expected to...
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Technology vs. Terrorists
Advanced technologies, including stealth helicopters, helmet-mounted video cameras, and sophisticated data analysis, are helping find terrorists like Osama bin...
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How Three-Dimensional Transistors Went from Lab to Fab
Intel's new three-dimensional transistor design, announced last week, is the culmination of more than a decade of research and development work that began in...
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Good Thinking, Einstein
The longest experiment in space physics began with three men in a university swimming pool arguing about Einstein. It ended Wednesday, after 52 years and $750...
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Intel Increases Transistor Speed by Building pward
Intel announced that by building a key portion of a microprocessor's transistor above the chip's surface, it has found a way to make smaller, faster, lower-power...
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Researchers Use Xbox Technology to Improve Programs
University of Texas at Arlington researchers are using Microsofte's Xbox Kinect technology to improve virtual sign language software.
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Humanoid Robots Catch Imagination at National Symposium in Pune
Research and Development Establishment, Engineers, recently held a two-day symposium on robotics and autonomous vehicles, which featured 250 delegates who discussed...
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Helmet Camera Technology Enables Live Front-Line Video
Helmet-mounted cameras mean live video can be sent direct from the front line back to headquarters. This technology enabled military and intelligence chiefs to...
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Failure Cascading Through the Cloud
Two major cloud computing services, Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud and Sony's PlayStation Network, recently suffered extended outages. Though the circumstances...
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Information Sharing at the Quantum Limit
Led by Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics director Gerhard Rempe, researchers have successfully transferred quantum information encoded in a single photon onto...
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Voyager Set to Enter Interstellar Space
More than 30 years after they left Earth, NASA's twin Voyager probes are now at the edge of the solar system.
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Researchers Create Functioning Synapse sing Carbon Nanotubes
Using an interdisciplinary approach that combines circuit design with nanotechnology, University of Southern California researchers have built a circuit that acts...
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Quantum Computer Scientist's Aim
University of Arkansas physicist Jak Chakhalian is seeking a new miniature building block for quantum computers, using a new class of nanomaterials known as topological...
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