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How Microsoft Researchers Might Invent a Holodeck
Deep inside Microsoft is the brain of a mad scientist.
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Animated or Real, Both Are Believable
It is still possible to distinguish between a living, breathing character in a movie and an animated one—but it is getting harder.
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New Sensors Streamline Detection of Estrogenic Compounds
University of Illinois researchers have developed sensors that fluoresce in the presence of compounds that interact with estrogen receptors in human cells.
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Showcasing Award-Winning Scientific Visualizations
Argonne National Laboratory's computer visualizations of arterial blood flow and the dynamics of early galaxy formation both recently won Office of Advanced Scientific...
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Astrophysicists Report First Simulation to Create a Milky Way-Like Galaxy
University of California, Santa Cruz researchers recently solved a long-standing physics problem by using Eris, a supercomputer simulation that created a spiral...
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Taking Mobile Applications Into the Cloud
Microsoft's Mobile Computer Research Center director Victor Bahl, speaking at the recent Microsoft Research Faculty Summit 2011, discussed Project Hawaii, an initiative...
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Jupiter-Bound Space Probe Captures Earth And Moon
On its way to the biggest planet in the solar system—Jupiter, NASA's Juno spacecraft took time to capture its home planet and its natural satellite—the moon.
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Milky Way Galaxy Re-Created
How long does it take to simulate the Milky Way? The answer is about nine months, if you're using a powerful supercomputer.
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Turning Data Into Democratic Action: Social Apps Lab at Citris
Current projects at the University of California Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society's Social Apps Lab include eradicating dengue...
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Robot Teaches English as Second Language
Pasadena City College professor Ron Chang Lee has developed interactive robots that help students learn English as a second language.
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Football Analysis Leads to Advance in Artificial Intelligence
Oregon State University researchers have developed an AI-based tool that combines computer vision, machine learning, and automated planning to create a system that...
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t Researchers Develop Algorithm to Improve Remote Electrocardiography
An algorithm developed by a team at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has the potential to make an electrocardiogram more effective.
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Researchers: Target Cancer Cell Metabolism
Tel Aviv University professor Eytan Ruppin and colleagues have developed the first computerized genome-scale model of cancer cell metabolism.
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Researchers Improving Gps Accuracy in the 3rd Dimension
Ohio State University researchers have developed software that can fix global positioning system errors by taking a more accurate measurement of altitude.
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Virtual Touch Helps Keyhole Surgeons to 'feel' Tumours
Leeds University researchers have developed tactile feedback technology that combines computer virtualization with a hand-held haptic device that gives doctors...
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IBM Work With World's Thinnest Material Seen Creating Faster Pcs
A one-atom-thick layer of carbon may one day help International Business Machines Corp. and the U.S. military build more precise radar and computers that operate...
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New Tool Allows First Responders to Visualize Post-Event Disaster Environments
During the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Level Exercise 2011, emergency preparedness officials and first responders used iPads and SUMMIT,...
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Computational Method Predicts New Uses For Existing Medicines
A recent National Institutes of Health-funded computational study analyzing genomic and drug data has been able to predict new uses for existing medicines.
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Antennas in Your Clothes? New Design Could Pave the Way
Ohio State University researchers are working on a new way to incorporate radio antennas directly into clothing, in an effort to improve communications reliability...
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